India's unemployment rate is likely to decline by as much as 97 basis points by 2028 as the country's economy hits the USD 5 trillion mark, fuelling a rise in employment, a new report said. Unemployment rate -- the percentage of people in the labour force who are without jobs …
It was a death that could have been avoided. A landless labourer, Kishen Singh (45), died on Christmas day after going without food for five days in this south Rajasthan village. Neither he nor his wife Ganga, a job card holder under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, knew that …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide huge employment in rural and semi-urban areas and also act as a mechanism for distributing wealth. They come next to agriculture in providing employment, according to Dinsha J. Patel, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The MSME …
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had already altered the land acquisition template of the Indian Railways in a bid to ensure no land was forcefully acquired for projects undertaken by her ministry. Mamata Banerjee
In a bid to persuade farmers to part with their land for rail projects, the railways has decided to offer every land loser family a job as well as compensation. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she had amended railway rules to make this arrangement possible. Speaking at the foundation …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today approved 16 projects, including 10 new ones, with proposed investment of Rs 30,000 crore to keep the process of industrialisation rolling. The projects once completed will generate employment to 47,000 people. Chief Secretary TK Mishra presided over the meeting of …
Over the last couple of decades there has been a huge swelling in the importance of the financial sector in the world economy. Investors now demand the same elevated returns in all economic sectors
How does the population of inegalitarian countries react to their governments’ initiatives to fight poverty and reduce inequality? Numerous studies published recently assume that the level of income inequality determines the level of popular support for redistribution. The most influential theoretical framework in this research agenda has been proposed by …
Srikakulam, Dec. 29: Former MLA and district president of Telugu Desam, Mr Gouthu Shyama Sundar Sivaji led a group of unemployed youth to Collectorate in a rally favouring thermal project coming up in Sompeta. For the first time, a rally was taken out in support of the project while mass …
As many as 94 Koraga families were given job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) in the taluk, wherein jobs were provided to 18 families, said Bantwal MLA B Ramanatha Rai. Speaking at an interaction programme on MGREGS and development of Koragas at Bantwal Taluk …
Meena Menon It was a night out under the stars. These were not city slickers but a group of villagers from Salona. On the way down from Chikhaldhara hill station in Amravati district, the darkness of the cold night is lit by small fires. Groups of people huddle around the …
This report from the Green New Deal Group argues that the UK is currently missing a historic opportunity in the pre-budget report to tackle public debt, create thousands of new green jobs and kick-start the transformation to a low-carbon economy.
Haldia, Dec. 4: The Apeejay Group, which is building a 90-acre logistic hub in Haldia, today started distributing photo-identity cards to landlosers promising preference during recruitment. However, the move, launched at a programme attended by the local Trinamul Congress MP, is possibly the company
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata December 05, 2009, 0:20 IST Industrial projects in West Bengal are unlikely to be affected by the Allahabad High Court judgment that questioned the legitimacy of invoking the Land Acquisition Act for private companies
Bracing criticism for poor implementation of the UPA's many "aam aadmi" centric programmes, including its flagship scheme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) with rampant leakages at the ground level, the government has decided to constitute a high-level group to suggest measures to overcome the malice. If things …
Sandip Das New Delhi: After getting clearance from the law and finance ministry, the government has decided to bring in a notification to cap the daily wage of workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) at Rs 100. The notification, expected to be issued shortly, would also restrict …
A review of implementation of NREGS in West Bengal. Concludes that state’s NREGS programme is abysmally poor, despite the fact that there are committees and councils existing at various levels to monitor and review the programme. NREGA is the only Act in this country that ensures guaranteed employment to the …
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) envisions the provision of 100 days of employment to at least one member of every rural household that seeks such employment. It goes without saying that if wages were set at or below the minimum wage and NREG programmes (NREGP) were executed efficiently, …
Layoffs During Downturn Resulted In Record Number Of Job Applications From Corporate Professionals Preeti Kulkarni MUMBAI WHILE the Indian corporate sector seems to have shaken off the effects of the worst financial crisis the world has faced since 1929, recruitment activity in several sectors is yet to pick up speed. …
