A combination of demonetisation, a poorly and hurriedly implemented GST, and more recently the "botched up" lockdown of the economy to control the spread of Covid has brought the economy to its knees.
Congress leaders from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh claimed that they have an indication from the Union home ministry on creation of a separate state.
The situation could become more acute as millions of migrants who had returned to their villages during the lockdown come back to the towns for higher wages and better livelihoods.
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.
Last week, the Ministry of Labour and Employment suspended the second in command in EPFO's Hyderabad office.
The Centre is confident of meeting employment creation target of ten million jobs during the current financial year, Union Labour Secretary P D Shenoy said.
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.
Labour Law in Saudi Arabia has called for replacement of foreign workers in stores by Saudi nationals.
The unions have called for a strike against proposed closure of associate banks and their merger with the State Bank of India
100 model career centres all across the country to help job seekers connect with potential employers and skill providers.
'In the real economy, the scars of the pandemic will continue to define 2021.' 'It is still hard to tell the effect on unemployment, migrant workers, poverty, and the informal sector of the lockdown and of the pandemic,' observes Mihir S Sharma.
'This prime minister thinks he knows everything.' 'He has to consult, he has to talk and he has to mobilise the best people, but having seen him function, I have no expectations from him.'
The female tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with COVID-19 in the US. It is suspected that she contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at that time.
A series of car bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday killed at least 127 people and injured nearly 500 others, according to Iraq's Interior Ministry.The first vehicle, reportedly targeted at a police patrol, exploded at southern Baghdad's Dora district at approximately 10 am local time, and was followed by four similar blasts.One of the blasts struck near the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs while the other two took place in crowded commercial areas.
Expat friendly new Saudi labour law increases annual leave from 15 to 21 days and to 30 days for those who have completed five years of service. The law also urges employers to pay end-of-service awards.
The EPF Board on Saturday once again deferred decision on the contentious issue of interest rate for its four crore subscribers till the next meeting to facilitate more consultations between the Labour and Finance ministries.
'The much-awaited decision could be a welcome change at a time when the Indian armed forces are crying for self-reliance and the defence industry is looking forward to more indigenisation,' notes Nitin A Gokhale.
The Indian High Commission made its displeasure known despite the British government earlier reiterating that the three New Delhi laws on agricultural reform were a "domestic matter".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday warned that the farmers' agitation will spread across the country if not resolved soon and asserted that the only solution to the issue was to throw the new agri laws in the 'waste paper basket'.
In a move that could affect hundreds of Indian expat workers hard, the United Arab Emirates has begin enforcing a new rule on age bar in the private sector under which employees above 60 years of age face the sack.\n\n\n\n
There were instances of 'rasta roko' at various places in rural Maharashtra
'During the lockdown if you terminate your employee, then you will face action under the NDMA.' 'This will be the first time something like this will happen in the history of India.'
If the protests have cemented the ties between the peasantry and the traders, the political implications for the BJP might become too serious to be disregarded because its core base was made up of the urban Khatri merchants.
Data from market research agency Nielsen shows that 152 new players entered the hygiene market in March as the lockdown was implemented to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease. The trend is expected to continue, the agency says, as hygiene and health emerge as key themes.
ISI chief Faiz Hameed coerced the Taliban to announce an interim government guaranteed to preserve Pakistan's control over the levers of power in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'As soon as the BJP feels they are going to lose power, they will publish the caste census data of 2011 and conduct the caste census of 2021.'
Of the 20 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, eight were from Maharashtra, three each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, two from Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
C P Chandrasekhar, who has served on key statistical panels in the past both as a chairman and member, said he was present in the campus when the ruckus broke out on Sunday and found the incident "disturbing" and "unprecedented", and that it further undermined the faith in the system. Somesh Jha reports.
The prime minister is likely to talk about its possible extension.
'You cannot start an MSME again.' 'It is not like a Yes Bank that someone comes and saves the bank.' Once the shutter is down for an MSME, nobody will come to its rescue.'
The number of contributors was 46.4 million in July and 44 million in September.
Setting a target of $500 billion for two-way trade by 2010, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday directed various ministries to work towards removing constraints to exports, including infrastructure bottlenecks, and easing of labour laws.
A large number of American companies like Google, Uber and IBM are offering their resources to help India successfully fight the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
By passing this bill, Congress is showing that the US will not turn a blind eye to the suffering of the oppressed, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said.
Faced with stiff resistance from the Union Home Ministry for his efforts to do away with Section 377 of IPC which penalises gay sex, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today said he and other "like-minded" colleagues planned to meet PM Manmohan Singh and seek a solution.
The finance ministry has kicked off the budget exercise for 2005-06, discussing with four ministries the expenditure outlay and areas of austerity measures besides working on the broad contours of tax reforms.
The prime minister seems to have turned his face away from the business of introducing serious reform, says T N Ninan.
It also said up to 200 victims at Simra, Sitaipurawa, Khalaicha of Holiya VDC and Piprahawa were rescued with the help of Indian Border Security Force.
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy
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.
