The challenge for politicians is that the continuous electoral cycle favours short-termism and the loan waiver type of policy, whereas prosperity requires hard decisions where commonly held perceptions must be disrupted and over-turned, says Dhiraj Nayyar.
'This government has not created any employment.' 'Forget employment, the government had not done anything in skill development.'
"I will never forget that my responsibility is to keep you -- the American people - safe and free," Trump said.
As beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojna have to be EPF subscribers, these numbers indicate that the increase in EPFO payroll estimates is largely due to an increase in the beneficiaries registered under PMRPY.
Perhaps half-way through India's demographic transition, what is the outlook for the future?
One popular strategy is to hire contract workers.
From crisis leaders to future Goliaths, India Inc saw them all in 2017, says Shailesh Dobhal.
The unemployment rate among women came down to 12.4 per cent in urban areas
This could be a major drag, not just on the empowerment of women but on the India growth story as well.
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If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
India is ranked lower than all its BRICS peers -- Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa
Several factors force women out of the workforce. But mainly it's lack of good childcare facilities.
The unemployment situation is becoming increasingly acute.
About 45 per cent of those who are part of the workforce, or about 207 million, are estimated to be engaged in agriculture and many of them will be outside the income-tax net and hence may not need a PAN. So, what does allotting PAN to 369 million individuals actually mean, wonders A K Bhattacharya.
After assuming power in 2014 with a full majority of its own, the BJP-led NDA government started an ambitious process of reforming labour laws in the form of codes aimed at making the framework less cumbersome with a variety of alterations. It had planned four codes each for industrial relations, wages, social security and welfare, and occupational safety, health and working conditions. To this end, 35 central labour laws were to be converted into four codes that would have had the virtue of streamlining labour relations. But none of the proposed code Bills could be converted into a law principally because neither trade unions nor industry representatives came on board. They hold the key to India's low-growth-high unemployment paradigm but the government may struggle to push them through this time as well. Somesh Jha explains why
India Inc is automating and squeezing more output from its workers and so needs fewer of them, finds out IndiaSpend Team.
'... because their parents wanted a boy.' 'But over 2 million women go every year due to sex-selective abortion, disease, neglect or inadequate nutrition,' says Devangshu Datta.
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
'If the Indian economy formalises, industrialises, urbanises and develops human capital, 10 lakh youngsters will join the labour force every month in the next 10 years.' 'It's not a bulb that will go off; it is a sunrise.'
The President said that for rapid creation of jobs in the manufacturing sector, the government will strategically promote labour-intensive manufacturing.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
Sino-India ties can usher revolutionary changes: media.
New age technology will reshape India's future.
The Survey says that present skilled workforce in India is only 2%.
Make in India crucial for growth.
The Anglo-Dutch merger was meant to revive the ailing British Steel which had incurred a net loss of 81 million in the year ended March 31, 1999
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
Endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of India outlined in his address to Parliament, India Inc said the efforts to improve farm productivity, rein in price rise and impart skills to youth will transform the nation in the days to come.
In the year 2016, 8132 human trafficking cases have been reported in India.
The steady decline of economy recently made Chinese youth anxious.
Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India campaign and the emphasis on ease of doing business, India Inc today said the initiative mirrors the country's ambition to sprint ahead in the global manufacturing race, thereby creating jobs and boosting economic growth.
Rising unemployment rate reflects a rise in the labour participation rate, which in India's case has been worryingly low.
Index of industrial production data had also shown that the sector grew at 3.1 per cent after contracting in the previous quarters.
In fact, since 2013, China has become the largest market for robots.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
Republican presidential presumptive nominee Donald Trump would throw the United States economy back into recession, his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton said.
The government earned Rs 7.42 lakh crore as direct taxes in 2015-16, a 66 per cent increase from Rs 4.45 lakh crore in 2010-11
According to the global professional services company, the sharp fall in the value of the rupee against the US dollar in 2013 contributed to reducing labour costs in India.
Financial globalisation - or ultra globalisation - has done more harm than good to the majority of economies, say Anshuman Gupta & Karunakar Jha.
Making employers provide creche facilities would be a powerful incentive for women to stay on in the workforce rather than drop out owing to the pressure of child care, says Shuma Raha.
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