The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), fell from 52.1 in February to a five-month low of 51.0 in March, indicating the slowest improvement in operating conditions recorded by the survey since last October.
Making a case for liberalising labour laws, the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector suggested on Thursday adoption of conditional hire and fire policy, while safeguarding the interest of workers. Share your views on this with us.
The independent institute advising the PM on jobs seems to have missed the point that the challenge is to create net additional jobs, says Mahesh Vyas.
Nokia is keen to shift its Chennai plant to Vietnam.
Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she will pursue the matter with the finance ministry
However, survey by Japanese firm shows India as most preferred Asian market for Japanese investors.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its circular, had asked all employers to make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction for the period their establishments were under closure during the lockdown to contain COVID-19.
The employment structure of India's organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last decade.
"CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) territorial aggression is also apparent on its Indian border where China has attempted to seize control of the Line of Actual Control by force," US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien said in a remark on China early this week in Utah.
Road projects alone worth $10 billion face delays over land disputes and other clearances.
'This government has not created any employment.' 'Forget employment, the government had not done anything in skill development.'
Sanand has catapulted into the big league of automobile industry hubs.
The European Parliament has urged India and Pakistan to resume dialogue in pursuit of a peaceful solution in Kashmir, while urging for 'normalcy' in the region.
Once the GST is passed, the centre and states will have to adopt their own law.
In a bid to check industrial unrest, the government on Friday extended "the public utility service" status of the coal industry till December 17.
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022.
'The household sector, which is still the largest contributor of financial savings, has been experiencing a decline in the last six years, and it has fallen below 8% of GDP.'
In order to check frequent strikes by bank employees, the government on Tuesday extended the period of public utility status of banking services and made it mandatory for workers to give six months notice before proceeding on strike.
Drawn in by fuzzy promises about unleashing the entrepreneur in each of us and the benefits of being one's own boss, people find themselves instead oppressed by an algorithm, notes Rahul Jacob.
Modi also berated the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress combine in Bihar, calling it an alliance of "double-double yuvraj" (two crown princes) whose sole concern was to protect their "respective thrones".
The Delhi government had earlier threatened to impose the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to ensure smooth functioning of the Metro and appealed to the employees not to resort to strike.
We have only three differences with the Bharatiya Janata Party on the GST, said the Congress vice president.
A jailed undertrial from West Bengal was found in possession of maps related to Rajpath and Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Those working from home devote 66 per cent more time to work than regular office goers, leading to more stress.
The interim Budget has attempted to tick all the boxes that could help the Modi government return to power, reports Archis Mohan.
The recent government shutdown and debt default crisis hit the US economy so badly that it cost the country 120,000 jobs and wiped out 0.25 per cent of economic growth for the fourth quarter, the White House said.
'We are not going to be threatened by China neither are we going to threaten China.'
Rajasthan has taken the lead on structural reforms which could help India attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
The workers, however, said there was no plan to join back as of now.
Do a straw poll of any business friends and you will laugh and weep at what they go through, points out Rahul Jacob.
It is increasingly clear that Rajasthan, under the leadership of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, will lead the country in terms of policy reform.
Sitharaman, who is in Russia on a three-day visit, also met her Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the international security conference.
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Besides staging a hunger strike on March 31 in Chennai, the Nokia India Employees Union have decided to further step up their protest post the Lok Sabha elections.
Modi must focus on other state-level reforms, such as those in labour laws, leasing of land and agriculture
Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector.
'Workers and employers should be ready for a change demanded by the new dynamism of the economy'
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This is the third meeting between the two parties, including one in which the Company Law Board had taken part.
