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 …
There is a touch of irony in India's growth story. Jobs in the government, private and public sector are limited and restricted to the educated. At the same time, the informal economy in India is growing at a fast rate, employing 93 per cent of the labour force in the …
RAMPAL Singh Yadav, 25, moves with an air of purpose on his crutches, supervising the stone-crushing work by a nearly 80-strong group laying a road in Sunela gram pan-chayat, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. An intermediate student, Yadav is among a handful of young men with varying physical disabilities who have …
Meet nine warriors who used the Right to Information Act as a potent weapon By Dnyanesh Jathar, Kallol Bhattacherjee, N. Bhanutej and Deepak Tiwari SHAILESH GANDHI His visiting card has a short and amusing one-liner. It says 'Mera Bharat mahan nahi hain, par yeh mera dosh hain' (India is not …
It has been realized that promotion of entrepreneurship among women can play a major role in economic development and poverty reduction in rural areas. With this background in mind, this study was formulated and assigned to AER Centres. The basic objective of the study has been to understand viability of …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed last year primarily to strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural poor, and enhance their social security. But within the country -- particularly in the districts targeted by this act -- there exists a vast difference in how communities perceive livelihood …
while India draws attention for being the second-fastest growing economy in the world, workers in the unorganised sector continue to be denied basic facilities, says a government study. In a first-ever initiative to quantify the contribution of more than 340 million (close to 93 per cent) workers in the country's …
At least three major cities saw protests in May against Reliance, India's largest corporation, entering the business of retailing fresh vegetables and fruits through its brand Reliance Fresh. In Ranchi and Indore, the protests had political backing and turned violent. The protestors, mostly street vendors, fear the company's low prices …
Everyday as the evening settles, a 2-km stretch in Govindpuri comes alive. Food vendors line streets of this resettlement colony in the outskirts of posh South Delhi, trying to attract workers heading home after work. The anda parantha maker tries to outdo the chaat vendor, fruit sellers engage each other …
the unrest over Reliance's plans to enter the retail fresh vegetable and fruit market is only to be expected. It is just about possible that its entry into this sector will not completely drive out small vendors who are at present the backbone of the trade, but the fears that …
on april 24, 2007, kendu leaf (used for rolling bidis) workers in Orissa ended their strike after the government fulfilled two of their demands. They had started the agitation on April 18 asking for, among other things, a hike in wages and salaries. The government increased the workers' wage from …
The Union information and broadcasting ministry (i&b) is considering amending rules pertaining to employment of foreigners and non-resident Indians (nris) in newspapers and other current affairs publications. These publications will have to intimate details of foreigners/nris they propose to employ. But they can employ foreigners or nri while the process …
Hope floated in drought-hit Mastapur village when people heard of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) in 2006. Residents of this village in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district thought of the scheme as the perfect opportunity to renovate their local tank to tide over a four-year long drought. For, under …
kujang, Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa, April 15, 2007: a contingent of armed policemen at B B High School testifies to mounting tension. The school is the site for a public hearing organised by the Orissa Pollution Control Board. The environmental ramifications of the contentious Posco steel project is up for discussion. …
The Oriya name for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is baula kumbhira, which literally means crazy crocodile. The moniker certainly rings true for people living in about 50 villages around Bhitarakanika National Park in Orissa's Kendrapara district. Home to the largest concentration of saltwater crocodiles in the country, the reserve …
Should we feel comfortable with the latest government claim that unemployment is coming down? The government says unemployment has come down due to growth. During the 2006-07 budget, finance minister P Chidambaram reiterated that growth rate must go up further for unemployment to go down. Development economists and government agencies …
the 61st round of the National Sample Survey (nss) seems to suggest that the unemployment rate in the country has come down. But this statistic has to be read in context. The entire gamut of data generated by the survey also indicates that the unemployment rate based on daily status …
50 more districts in the ambit After months of squabbling among the Union ministry of rural development (MoRD), the Union ministry of finance (MoF) and the Planning Commission, the Centre has agreed to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to another 50 districts. Currently, NREGA is in operation …
The Chinese government has issued its latest roster of jobs entitled to official state recognition. In are career consultants, jewelry evaluators, coffee baristas, sports agents and digital video mixers. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security did not release the job categories stricken from its list. In recent years, though, …
>> Abul Hussam, a chemistry professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, was awarded the Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. The Bangladesh-born US citizen was awarded by the Lake-Forest, USA-based Grainger Foundation for his work on a filtration system that prevents serious health problems caused by arsenic in water. >> …
