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 …
Based on fieldwork in the Tiruppur garment manufacturing cluster in Tamil Nadu, this paper focuses on the ways in which ethical corporate regulations are shaped by and constitutive of power relations and inequalities in the global market. It explores the ways in which standards imposed on supply firms help to …
Solar power plants in deserts using mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays have the potential to generate up to a quarter of the world's electricity by 2050, a report by pro-solar groups said on Monday. The study, by environmental group Greenpeace, the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) and the …
A new government is at our doorstep. Here's a list of things it needs to do in the first 100 days of power. Action 100: Social Sector 1. Set up ministry for skill development 2. Tackle malnutrition 3. Launch national mission for female literacy 4. Beef up NREGA, launch plan …
Australia's government defended its scheme to cut carbon emissions on Friday, amid mining industry warnings that its carbon trading plan would cost 23,000 resource sector jobs as the country battles recession. The powerful Minerals Council of Australia, representing miners, said carbon emissions trading would see 23,510 mining jobs cut after …
United Nation's Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Thursday signed a project document with Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and Economic Affairs Division (EAD) for the implementation of $19.2 million plan for setting up mini-hydel power plants in the district of Chitral. The agreement for the project titled 'Productive Uses of …
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, splitting largely along party lines, approved on Thursday the most ambitious energy and global warming legislation ever debated in Congress. The bill
Kolkata: The Left Front Government, already facing criticism for land acquisition, on Thursday rejected a proposal to acquire 120 acres at Kharagpur for setting up a city centre. In the first Cabinet meeting of his government post-election, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee withdrew the proposal. At the very outset of the …
Peru has no plans to grant Doe Run Peru an extension to meet the terms of an environmental cleanup that is scheduled to be completed by October, the vice minister of mining said on Wednesday. One of the company's suppliers told Reuters earlier this week that Doe Run Peru, the …
AGARTALA, May 20: The Tripura government has decided to launch a special employment guarantee scheme assuring 50 days of work for each urban poor replicating the Centre
The Canadian government announced details on Tuesday of the C$1 billion ($860 million) clean energy fund it promised in February, with the lion's share of the cash going to support the development of carbon capture and storage projects. Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said in a statement C$650 million has …
New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of its employment scheme for the rural poor, India may now get a similar programme for urban areas. Some outgoing Planning Commission members have suggested to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that an urban job security scheme on the lines of the National Rural Employment …
BARPETA: Though the Government has initiated a number of development and employment-generating projects, yet due to the lack of commitment and indefferent attitude of a section of officers and politicians, a large number of such projects undertaken in Barpeta district have either been abandoned or are laying half done. The …
A leading US lawmaker behind efforts to tackle global warming predicted on Monday that his climate change bill will advance this week in the House of Representatives, even as Republicans warned it will ruin the ailing US economy. Representative Henry Waxman, the Democratic chair of the House Energy and Commerce …
The White House will unveil an auto fuel efficiency proposal on Tuesday to resolve a dispute between California and the US government over emissions and accelerate the timeframe for sharply improving mileage performance, industry and other sources said. The proposal, if accepted by California and a dozen other states that …
The emphasis must be on accelerating the rate of growth in new jobs, a goal which has proved elusive for so many years Business Standard / New Delhi May 19, 2009, 0:49 IST A widespread assessment of the UPA
New Delhi: The government is in no mood to pare the wage rates under its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme despite the strain on the exchequer, due to substantial hikes in minimum wages by states during the last two years and concerns that higher wage rates led to ineffective …
Completion of all on-going irrigation projects will be the top priority for the new Government to be formed in Andhra Pradesh. This was disclosed by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, at a media conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Saturday after the ruling party regained power by …
