Government tenders could soon go to bidders who promise to train highest number of youth.
Thackeray also said it was wrong to impose the lockdown suddenly and now it cannot be lifted all at once.
Launching the scheme, Modi said during the nationwide lockdown, the talent from cities returned to villages and it will now give a boost to development of rural areas. The 'Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan' will be implemented on a mission mode in 125 days in 116 districts of six states -- Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha -- that received the maximum numbers of migrant workers back.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high-octane West Bengal assembly polls.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea against deferment of hearing on a public interest litigation seeking direction to halt construction activity at the Central Vista Avenue Redevelopment Project during the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic but gave liberty to petitioners to approach the Delhi high court for urgent listing of the matter.
Will Covid-19 permanently change higher education, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The panel is expected to suggest various relief measures to put economy back on track as soon as possible, the sources said.
With this allocation of portfolios, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP has got most of the 'plum' ministries.
This prompted some reshoring -- the process of returning jobs and manufacturing to the company's home country -- of manufacturing activity, Shen said while insisting this will not become a general trend, state-run China Daily reported.
A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at least seven people dead and 125 missing who are feared dead.
Retaining the GST rate assumes importance since states are under pressure to increase their revenues, hit hard by lockdown. Also, the Centre has not fully compensated states for their revenue losses on account of GST for 2019-20.
Among other things, the agenda is likely to focus on increasing private investment, employment generation and giving relief to the farm sector
Modi seems to have an innate faith in his capabilities to handle the myriad challenges confronting the nation and would rather manage the affairs of the nation as a CEO would of a large industrial-business empire, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Concerned by GDP slowdown and unrealistic tax targets, the economists urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to implement long-term structural steps like land and labour reforms. Warning against any off-Budget financing the economists said the government should prepare a statement of intent for its social, rural and welfare sector expenditure.
'The answer for a quicker boost to growth is simple -- run a much larger deficit, use the resulting public resources to ensure adequate price support for agriculture, subsidise wage costs of MSMEs and accelerate public sector construction-intensive activities,' advises Nitin Desai.
Particularly hit has been the apparel sector, where the time taken by the industry to adjust to the Goods and Services Tax regime, downward revision of export incentives, and a credit squeeze faced by small and medium scale enterprises, has pushed production downwards.
With less than three months to go until the start of the Games, work on parts of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park and Olympic Village was halted on Monday amid fears for the safety of workers, Brazil's Ministry of Labour and Employment said.
India is currently under the 21-day lockdown since March 25, with only essential services exempted to contain the fast-spreading virus.
'That it was the LTTE was known in three weeks's time.'
Getting the first tyres out from the Sahaganj plant will still require a lot of effort, but with the state government on its side, the hopes are high.
British Parliament's Petitions Committee will consider a Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons complex on the issue of farmers protests and press freedom in India after an online petition attracted over 106,000 signatures.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of going against the interests of fishermen in coastal states.
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.
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period.
Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she will pursue the matter with the finance ministry
Construction at a tennis arena was stopped while work was partially suspended at the velodrome, the ministry said in a note, citing a "grave and imminent danger to the physical safety of workers."
The government on Wednesday cautioned officers of retirement fund body EPFO against any delay in settlement of claims and updation of account, saying their performances would be closely "watched".
'No linen, blankets and curtains shall be provided inside the train. Passengers are advised to carry their own linen,' an order by the Railways said. The order also said that there would be no provision of 'tatkal' and 'premium tatkal' accommodation and there will be very few stoppages during the journey.
A total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories.
In its recommendations to the finance ministry, the commerce ministry has made a strong case for helping exports, particularly in the labour-intensive sectors like leather, textile and handicrafts.
Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has issued as many as 92,000 emergency exit certificates by end of the first phase of grace period for those affected by labour law 'Nitaqat', Ambassador to the Kingdom Hamid Ali Rao said on Thursday even as India was in discussion with the country to streamline the visa regime to check fraudulent contractors.
Gandhi also called upon the government to immediately put money into the hands of the poor and provide a financial package to the industry to help revive the economy.
Empowerment of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with extra territorial jurisdiction and declaration of Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists after legislative amendment were counted among its achievements by the MHA, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The decision will benefit over nine crore such account holders having total deposit of around Rs 32,000 crore.
Gujarat had lowest unemployment rate in the country last fiscal, while Sikkim had the highest.
Nearly 2 lakh (200,000) engineers and 1.32 lakh (132,000) diploma holders were unemployed in 2007, the ministry of labour and employment told the Lok Sabha on Monday, and said that 15 million jobs would be created in public and private sectors by the end of Eleventh Plan.
Concern is growing among healthcare experts who believe that if people do not follow the lockdown or social distancing seriously, the situation can quickly go out of control.
These next generation ships can patrol the oceans for three or four months compared to the navy's current patrol boats, which can be at sea for a maximum of 45 days.
The EPFO started investing in ETFs in August last year after the CBT in March cleared proposal to invest in equity markets.
