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Himachal assembly in session: Speaker refuses to allow discussion on ‘removal’ of outsourced staff, BJP stages walkout
The issue of “termination of services” of outsourced employees echoed loud in the Himachal Pradesh assembly on Tuesday with the opposition BJP staging a protest and later walking out of the House after their adjournment notice was rejected by the speaker.

Is your PF contribution by employer delayed? Here's what you should do now
According to Section 7Q of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, an employer will be asked to pay higher interest on the amount due from it from the due date of actual payment.

PPF, other savings schemes to witness interest rate hike? What experts say
The savings schemes include National Savings Certificates, Kisan Vikas Patra, time-deposits, senior citizens savings scheme and the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.

Govt okays 8.1% interest on EPF deposits for 2021-22, lowest in four decades
The new rate of interest on employees' provident fund is the lowest in over four decades, since 1977-78 when it stood at 8 per cent.

No individual can own more than one PPF account: Govt
The department of economic affairs, under the ministry of finance, which has released the circular also asked not to send any such proposal for consideration of merging of PPF accounts opened under the PPF rules, 2019.
