108 economists, social scientists said it was imperative that agencies like CSO and NSSO are not subject to political interference.
With a view to removing disparity in minimum wages across the country, the national minimum wage is likely to be raised to Rs 70 per day from Rs 50 at present.
Retail inflation rose marginally to 9.84 per cent in September, mainly due to a hike in food prices, particularly of vegetables.
The pace of retail price rise in January 2016 is the highest since 6.46 per cent in September 2014.
At present, 27 per cent quota in government jobs and educational institutions is given to OBCs, provided the annual income of the family is up to Rs six lakh. Those with higher earnings are referred to as the 'creamy layer' and are not eligible for reservation.
The NSSO had enumerated 79,306 households in rural areas and 45,374 in urban regions.
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Access to private hospitals is a costly affair.
Costlier fruits and vegetables such as onions and tomatoes pushed retail inflation to a nine-month high of 11.24 per cent in November, making it harder for the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates.
India's unemployed, the report said, were mostly those with higher education degrees and the young.
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Terming the rise in October retail inflation despite a bumper crop as "disturbing", India Inc said the government must immediately address supply side bottlenecks to bring down the consumer price inflation.
7 million jobs will be created in formal sector in FY18
The Survey says that present skilled workforce in India is only 2%.
The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas.
Future Group aims to increase customer spends - average of Rs 20,000 over 10 visits at its stores in a year
An NSSO survey has revealed that some are using the new toilets as store rooms.
India must do away with policy paralysis to ensure growth in agriculture.
The Raghuram Rajan committee report for evolving a composite development index of states, submitted to the finance ministry today, has a note of dissent from member Shaibal Gupta.
As of now, 12 million Indians join the workforce every year.
Given the rapid changes in the Indian labour market, there is an urgent need to have current, accurate and publicly available data through regular, dynamic and comprehensive surveys. Indeed, this was the intention behind constituting the NITI Aayog Task Force on Improving Employment Data. The attempts by the government to "improve" labour data has actually made it worse, say Rosa Abraham, Janaki Shibu & Rajendran Narayanan.
The construction sector is now India's second-largest employer after agriculture, the trend coinciding with India's high-growth phase and decline in poverty levels
About 13 million first time car/two-wheeler buyers are entering the market every year. If employment creation is such a big issue, where are these people coming from, asks Mahesh Nandurkar.
He said the NDA's work culture was different from that of the previous governments.
Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure
The World Bank said improved infrastructure, specifically rural electrification, has had far-ranging effects
'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all associated supply chain linkages.' 'This alone will make the farmer an entrepreneur in his own right.'
During the UPA government's second term in office, rural India's consumption expenditure grew at a faster pace than urban India's - for the first time since 1991.
'One one hand, the BJP puts Uniform Civil Code as a goal in its manifesto, and on the other, it pushes massive discrimination against Hindus.' 'This is not sabka saath, sabka vikas. Rather it is "Haj ka saath, church ka vikas",' argues Sankrant Sanu.
With a rise in the clout of Muslims in western Uttar Pradesh, fearful Hindus are being radicalised.
This could be a major drag, not just on the empowerment of women but on the India growth story as well.
Several states that imposed prohibition in the past lifted it once revenue loss began to pinch
With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across India, and that the progress made in this province in western India in improving agriculture, education, healthcare and empowerment of women and children, was not exactly creditable, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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