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 …
257 tsunami houses in Sinnangudi in advanced stage of construction INSPECTION: Nagapattinam Collector C. Munianathan, right, inspecting tsunami houses constructed by Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation project at Chinnakudi village. NAGAPATTINAM: A total of 3,095 development works are under execution under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme on an outlay of Rs. …
The world needs to sign 'Green New Deal' which should focus on investing in renewable sources of energy, eco-friendly infrastructure and energy efficiency. This will not only create jobs, but also tackle global warming. This was stated by President Institution of Engineers of Pakistan (IEP) Engineer Aftab Islam Agha, while …
The World Bank today praised the UPA government's National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGA) saying people can fall back on the scheme "in these hard times." "India is fortunate to have in place a (NREGA) program that people can fall back on to find work in these hard times", World …
With the war over, a senior Minister said Sri Lanka must spend more on science and technology, particularly in research and development, if the country is to achieve higher levels of economic growth and eradicate poverty. Investing now...for our future... - File pic "Sadly, governments have not spent as much …
The economic downturn has claimed the jobs of tens of millions worldwide but most in the thriving climate change sector feel just as safe in their jobs, if not more so, than they did a year ago, a new Reuters survey shows. Some 68 percent of 'green' workers polled in …
Schroders is adding wind power and forestry stocks to its climate change portfolio, saying heightened investor interest in the green theme should support share performances in the second half. Government spending on green projects and excitement surrounding the climate change treaty due to be signed in Copenhagen in December all …
For years, the residents of the slums along Manila's Zapote River have cursed the water lilies that clog up the waterway and cause flooding. Now, thanks to a handicraft project, they can't get enough of them. The lilies, which feed on the garbage that is dumped daily in the river, …
The European Union will boost economies and create an additional 410,000 jobs if the bloc meets its target of getting one fifth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a new report shows. The 27-country bloc will boost gross domestic product (GDP) by a quarter of 1 percent in …
During one of the many meetings preceding the Copenhagen round of talks scheduled to take place in December, the developed countries have tentatively agreed on a plan to collectively raise $100 billion per year in order to provide financial support to the poor and developing nations as they try to …
The City of Brotherly Love is tackling rising unemployment and improving the energy efficiency of homes by training people to weatherize its estimated 400,000 low-income row houses. Edward Abraham, 28, is one of Philadelphia's first class of 20 "weatherization" trainees who are learning how to install insulation, caulk windows, seal …
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH For the second time in succession, farmers in Punjab are in panic with hardly any migrant workers from Bihar or Uttar Pradesh available less than a fortnight before the paddy sowing season due to begin June 10. While the state
India has started a pilot project to quantify climate benefits from a massive anti-poverty scheme that could become one of the country's main weapons to fight criticism it is not doing enough to tackle global warming. The flagship anti-poverty plan, started three years ago, provides 100 days of employment every …
On 22 May 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, said,
The Overseas Development Institute has coordinated a 10-country study on the effects of the global financial crisis and country level policy responses in Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia. These countries exhibit different levels of openness, aid and remittance dependency, financial integration, economic and trade …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to any rural household whose adult members are willing to participate in unskilled manual work The Act is an important step towards realization of the right to work and aims at arresting …
This article reviews work that had the objective of introducing agricultural technologies in a marginal dryland area, the Khanasser Valley, northwestern Syria. The highly variable rainfall is barely sufficient to support livelihoods in this traditional barley
Addressing the climate crisis and an array of other environmental challenges will affect virtually every aspect of the modern economy. There are, however, a number of core areas that are of particular strategic importance and will facilitate broader progress. Greening infrastructure, especially for transportation and electricity transmission, is one high …
This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for 97 industries at the 4-digit disaggregate level …
Maharashtra is the first state in India to formulate a women policy in 1994, which was subsequently revised in 2001. This policy provides for participation, protection, economic development, capacity building and creation of a supportive environment for women. Recognising the spirit of this policy, many development projects and programmes in …
