Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
“Migrant workers are not aliens. No matter how dirty, they do it for Thais,” sang Paradon. The Bangkok-based band’s was the opening performance in a month-long exhibition on migrant workers that opened in Bangkok in the third week of February. The lyrics—like the art works on show—aim to get Thais …
Tata Chemicals plant in Haldia turned into a battlefield today as the workers of the Citu and Inttuc clashed with each other over the issues pertaining to a month-long strike, which the Citu workers are observing at the Tata plant. A Trinamul Congress worker was shot at while two others …
The Union health ministry has kickstarted the process of vaccinating healthcare workers across the country against swine flu. According to officials in the ministry, the vaccines procured from international pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteurs is being distributed to the states from Mumbai and Delhi. The mass immunisation has started for those …
The paper examines the influence of technological innovations on employment and labour productivity growth of a sample of 72 small and medium enterprises in the auto component sector of Bangalore. Innovative SMEs, engaged in both product and process innovations, could achieve a considerable increase in their sales and employment during …
The National Policy on Safety, Health and Environment at workplace to eliminate the incidence of work related injuries, diseases, fatalities, disaster and loss of national assets. It aims to not only ensure achievement of a high level of occupational safety, health and environment performance through proactive approaches but also to …
The death of two labourers on Monday has brought the unabated illegal sand mining in the district into focus. Ramanji (36) of Gownasandra and Muddurappa (40) of Kallinayakanahalli were buried alive when they were engaged in sand mining in Alaganahalli village of Gauribidanur taluk on Monday. The families of the …
NREGS has a strong rights-based perspective. The facilitation of the basic right of a decent job which requires complementary social supports such as insurance, gender equity, child care, financial literacy, awareness building, etc., is critical to it. The setting up of social supports and enhancing the efficiency of delivery, all …
The tritium poisoning episode highlights grave safety lapses and the urgent need for an independent nuclear regulator. THE poisoning of workers at the Kaiga power station with tritium is another black mark in the none-too-bright record of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The number affected was variously stated
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
More than one billion people in the world are employed in agriculture, and most work in extremely precarious conditions. They cannot guarantee the food security of their families. Improvements will come only if these workers are better organised and better able to engage in collective bargaining. The IUF is working …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: Faced with the shortage of workers, Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) has decided to approach the ministry concerned in the Central government with a proposal to affiliate National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the industry in order to ensure free …
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 …
National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducted an integrated survey of households and service sector enterprises in the 63rd round of NSS during July 2006 - June 2007. The subjects covered were service sector enterprises (excluding trade) and household consumer expenditure. One distinctive feature of survey on service sector enterprises was …
This compilation examines the impact of the global economic crisis on informal sector workers in India and is part of a series of studies that UNDP India has commissioned. Herein, the focus is on daily waste labour, majority of whom are poor, uncounted and invisible, lack assets, are poorly educated …
contract labourers working at the Banduhurang mines in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand went on strike last month demanding health facilities and minimum wages. The protesting workers said the mine operator, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (ucil), had turned down their demand to give information about radiation levels in the …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which entitles rural households to 100 days of casual employment on public works at the statutory minimum wage, contains special provisions to ensure full participation of women. This paper, based on fieldwork in six states in 2008, examines the socio-economic consequences of the nrega …
Bishnu Dash / Bhubaneswar September 08, 2009, 0:20 IST With 100 days of work assured to unskilled workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), the labour supply to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state has been impacted. Though the degree of impact is yet to …
Chiranjit Banerjee "We are aware we have not kept up to the original agreed schedule of completion affecting the plans of customers who had booked well in advance. The reasons are many but if I have to single out one primary reason, it is shortage of labour (due to tremendous …
