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 …
The study investigates whether the employment shift from the farm to the non-farm sector in Uttar Pradesh arises out of prosperity-induced or distress-induced factors. The examination of employment patterns at various levels leads to conclusive evidence that distress-induced push factors have been predominant in driving workers to non-farm employment. The …
Date: 21-Jan-09 Country: BELGIUM Author: Pete Harrison BRUSSELS - Employment in the wind power industry will more than double in the European Union to around 330,000 in 2020, according to a report issued on Tuesday. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) also called for greater investment in the renewable energy …
Once covered with lush teak forests, Pati block in Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh now has a depressing lunar landscape of denuded hills, where only subsistence agriculture is possible. Most rural households there survive on wage labour and seasonal migration. The Jagrut Adivasi Dalit Sangathan (JADS), an unregistered organisation with …
The NREGA is a piece of new-age legislation which invokes the framework of legal rights to provide employment in rural areas. The rights framework should, ideally, provide an antidote to government irresponsibility in the form of accountability under the law. In practice, however, this transition towards an accountable system has …
Ahmedabad: About 8,500 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) projecting an investment of Rs 12,00,000 crore were signed during the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors
This paper examines the evolution of poverty in India through the prism of agricultural wages and employment. It links the movement in wages (and hence poverty) to the fundamental process of sectoral labour flow that underlies economic development. It finds that despite the rapid growth of the non-farm sector, its …
Recession Has Forced Many Penniless Labourers To Sign Up For Risky Medical Trials, Women May Have To Opt For Flesh Trade Ahmedabad: Recession in diamond trade has forced many jobless workers to become guinea pigs for clinical trials in city to keep their home fire burning! Over 85,000 diamond workers …
Driven by situational factors in the Malenad region, intellectuals at the Kavi-Kavya Trust in 1996, formed a new initiative called the "Charaka Gramodyog Unit", primarily to generate alternate reliable employment opportunities for rural women. Starting with just 2 hand-operated looms and 2 sewing machines near Heggodu village, this unit was …
A national mission to make investments in 63 Indian cities over seven years has run half its course, but there are concerns about how projects are being chosen and whether all the money and effort will finally deliver an improved and inclusive urban environment. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
In a bid to increase public spending and take counter cyclical measures to beat the downturn, the Government plans to spend around $2 billion towards health, education and urban amenities. Of this, over $700 million will come in the form of grants from European Commission and UK
An initiative for manufacturing and marketing of tulsi garlands in the remote Behtana village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan has ensured profitable monetary returns for nearly 150 women who were earlier waging a daily struggle against poverty. The Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation has launched the project for evolving …
In a world that attempts to move towards a low-carbon economy Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change have created a new market, generating new opportunities, dubbed green jobs. According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, over the coming decades, millions of green jobs …
It was a profitable venture in the the 1980s and 1990s. But shrimp farming, the livelihood of many in the Sunderbans, has hit a terrible low. MAUREEN NANDINI MITRA finds out why Squatting on the slippery, clay-covered jetty, her thin cotton saree dripping wet, Meena Sahu, scoops water out of …
People of Pillaiperumalnallur near Porayar in Nagapattinam district laid siege to a private oil exploration company on Monday in protest against the failure of the company management to keep to its promise to the locals in a land deal, leading to the arrest of about 75 of them. According to …
Clay filters promise clean drinking water in villages - Terafil technology to benefit Chakdoha & Chapri in Ghatshila, pilot project to encourage self-employment Terafil technology will not only ensure clean drinking water in villages but also turn the rural people into entrepreneurs. Chakdoha and Chapri, two villages of Ghatshila in …
