The ministry of labour & employment on Friday announced a hike in variable dearness allowance for more than 1.5 crore workers in the central sphere by Rs 105 to Rs 210 per month. The hike, which will be effective from April 1, 2021, will also result in an increase in rate of minimum wages for central sphere employees and workers. It will be for scheduled employment in central sphere and applicable to the establishments under the authority of central government, Railway administration, mines, oil fields, major ports or any corporation established by the central government. These rates are equally applicable to contract and casual employees/workers.
Three years after the prime minister's election promise that his government would create 10 million jobs, the emerging picture is not pretty. Employment HAS TO take on a critical status in the government's agenda, says Shyamal Majumdar.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has sent a high-level team to Ayodhya to deal with cyber threats ahead of the inauguration of the Ram Temple in the historical town on January 22.
Most economists were of the view that the NSSO should release the data, as any move to withhold it will dent the image of country's statistical system.
The Prime Minister's Office has decided to set up a panel, led by former chief statistician T C A Anant, to deliberate on whether the enterprise-level quarterly data, which is released by the labour bureau, should be discontinued.
The number of new jobs created declined by around 65 per cent to 64,000 in April-June 2017, from 185,000 in January-March 2017, according to the Labour Bureau's quarterly report on employment.
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However, several other Indian products continue to be in this list.
The second annual employment and unemployment survey 2010-11, by the Labour Bureau, will show an improvement in the employment situation, officials said, while attributing the positive trend to a change in methodology, sample size and some extent to an improved labour situation in the country.
In what would surely come as intriguing information for policy-makers, a Labour Ministry survey has found that with an increase in education levels in the country, the unemployment rate was also increasing across age groups.
Employment in nine selected sectors, including construction, manufacturing and IT/BPO, was at 3.08 crore in the April-June quarter of 2021-22, reflecting a growth of 29 per cent compared to 2.37 crore reported in the Economic Census of 2013-14, according to a survey. Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday released the report of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) part (April to June 2021), of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES) prepared by the Labour Bureau. Announcing the results, Yadav said the estimated total employment in the nine selected sectors from the first round of QES is 3 crore and 8 lakh approximately against a total of 2 crore and 37 lakhs in these sectors taken collectively, as reported in the sixth Economic Census (EC 2013-14) reflecting a growth rate of 29 per cent.
43 months after Modi's election promise that his government would create 10 million jobs, the reality does not paint a pretty picture, warns Shyamal Majumdar.
"As per the labour bureau inputs, some improvements are noticeable and there are possibilities of further improvements," labour and employment minister Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters in New Delhi.
Gujarat had lowest unemployment rate in the country last fiscal, while Sikkim had the highest.
The NDA govt launched the Mudra scheme to give unsecured loans of up to Rs 10 lakh to small enterprises with the objective to provide self-employment
Consumer price-based index of products consumed by agricultural labourers rose to 17.21 per cent in December compared to 15.65 per cent in previous month, a Labour Bureau statement said on Wednesday. However, inflation measured by wholesale prices was 7.31 per cent in December.
A positive outcome in the year was when India signed an ILO-sponsored 'jobs pact' in July and put employment and social protection at the centre of crises responses.
The Model Code of Conduct for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has come in the way of release of routine economic data like the consumer price indices.
It is necessary that at least three million additional jobs (if not more) are created every year to ensure that there isn't an increase in the stock of unemployed, says Mahesh Vyas.
During this period, employment increased in almost all sectors except transport, which saw a marginal decline, according to the Labour Bureau, under the labour and employment ministry.
The survey covered around 3,000 units from sectors like textiles, gems and jewellery, metal and metal products, leather, automobiles, as well as infotech and business process outsourcing. The latest survey says total employment in the surveyed units was 15.72 million. This is less than the 16.2 million jobs in the same units seen in September 2008.
The motion was given by Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Rupchand Pal and Santashri Chatterjee (both CPI-M) who were sharply critical of the government's "insensitive" attitude to large scale retrenchment and wage cuts and spoke of job losses to the tune of 20 lakhs (Rs 2 million) in the country.
The unemployment rate in India has shot up to a five-year high of five per cent in 2015-16, with the figure significantly higher at 8.7 per cent for women as compared to 4.3 per cent for men, says a report by Labour Bureau.
The payroll data has been revised downwards for each of the nine months between September 2017 and May this year
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An upward trend in employment has been continuously observed since July 2009.
With exports turning positive since November 2009, the sector added 1.87 lakh jobs during the January - March period over the previous quarter.
Over five million man-days were lost last year due to strikes and lockouts in the country, while 61 units were closed down affecting around 2200 workers, an official report has said.
Retrenchment of workers in the organised sector has gone up by 10 per cent to 3,952 persons in 2002-03 as opposed to 3,594 persons retrenched in the previous year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
China's demographic problem due to ageing population is showing up as the labour force for first time has decreased by 3.45 million last year, prompting officials to appeal to the new leadership to devise "appropriate and scientific" population policy.
The Opposition parties need to spell out how exactly they will protect the citizen from government excess, asserts T N Ninan.
After taking benefit of the scheme, jobs increased by around 11 mn in establishments that took loans.
Central and state government employees would be entitled to five per cent additional dearness allowance of basic pay and 50 per cent DA from July 1, 2006 following proportionate increase in price index since January this year.
From January-March this year, 64,000 jobs were created in eight crucial sectors of the economy.
ASK Wealth Advisors says 5 million, CMIE's estimate is 2 million and Ghosh & Ghosh said it was 7 million!
While overall employment rose from 456 mn to 463 mn between FY11 and FY15, with farm employment falling by 26 mn over the same period, the net addition to employment over the entire four year period was a mere 7 mn.
Terrorism has to be fought at its root of origination. Today we are just removing cobwebs but not killing the spider, asserts counter-insurgency expert Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
The government is targeting export of goods and services worth $2 trillion by 2030.
How soon can India reach a point when there is no hidden underemployment and all who want work can find it at a fair wage and decent work conditions, asks Nitin Desai.
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