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The most significant component impacting employees' salaries is the Code on Wages, 2019, which introduces a uniform and expanded definition of “wages”. (AI Image)
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India’s new labour codes may decrease your take-home salary, but raise benefits| Business News

India’s new labour codes—which restructures 29 existing labour laws into four labour codes—has wide-ranging ramifications of what you earn today and save for the future….

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India's new labour codes introduce major changes to gratuity, Provident Fund (PF), and salary structure, aiming for wider worker protection and formalisation. (AI Image)
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Impact on provident fund (PF), income tax, gratuity — Explained| Business News

The implementation of India’s four new Labour Codes—which consolidate 29 existing laws—marks a significant overhaul of the country’s employment and social security framework. India’s new…

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India's new labour codes aim to modernise the legal framework, extend social security to a wider workforce, and ensure universal wage protection. (AI Image)
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Explained — The wage and bonus rules under India’s new labour codes| Business News

India’s new labour codes, consolidating 29 complex central laws into four streamlined codes, represent a landmark reform in labour laws that govern the largest working…

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Key milestone, will mark new growth chapter amid online, qcomm boom: Shiprocket CEO on upcoming IPO
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Key milestone, will mark new growth chapter amid online, qcomm boom: Shiprocket CEO on upcoming IPO

Shiprocket Co-Founder and CEO Saahil Goel sees the upcoming IPO as a key milestone reflecting internal discipline, scale and governance, and believes it will set…

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Indian exports to continue strong show in H2 FY26: Commerce Ministry
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Indian exports to continue strong show in H2 FY26: Commerce Ministry

New Delhi: India is poised for a strong export performance in the remainder of FY26 with the momentum of the first half of the fiscal…

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With no finger on the pulse, crop and prices in disarray

New Delhi: The agriculture ministry’s production estimates on pulses for kharif 2025-26 are being awaited with some apprehension, according to experts, given that forecasts for…

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India set for record wheat planting as soil moisture and prices rise

Indian farmers are set to expand wheat acreage by about 5% to a record high, aided by higher returns and October’s untimely rains, which improved…

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India’s Q2 growth gets GST & rural push as SBI predicts a near 7.5% print

India’s economy is expected to have expanded by about 7.5% in the second quarter of FY26, supported by stronger investment activity, better rural consumption and…

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Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said that early scepticism about India’s electronics ambitions had been dispelled. (HT File Photo/Sanjeev Verma)
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Govt clears 17 projects to boost production of electronic goods| Business News

NEW DELHI: The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) on Monday cleared 17 projects, with a cumulative investment of ₹7,172 crore, in the second…

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Financial sector to aid next phase of transformation, says DEA secy Anuradha Thakur
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Financial sector to aid next phase of transformation, says DEA secy Anuradha Thakur

New Delhi: The financial sector would be a catalyst for India’s next phase of economic transformation and aid in sustaining its high-growth momentum amid global…

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