Tag: employment

Jobs take backseat in Himachal Pradesh

The employment opportunities in the state however do not match this. The typical mindset of Himachalis of not leaving their state for jobs is another hurdle, responsible for stagnation in employment.

May 13, 2019

A Law for the Worker

For some years, responsible opinions have been expressed that as part of India’s modernization, “worker laws” need to be reformed. The opinions have, however, remained as good intentions well preserved. Meanwhile, economic growth has been slower than possible and the outcry for more jobs is getting louder. The problem with the current industrial laws are …

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December 1, 2018

CPM slams govt for ‘all-round failure’ on jobs front

Editorial in party's mouthpiece said GDP grew but employment declined.

October 17, 2018

Vulnerable Employment

Mr Narendra Modi’s 2013 promise that if voted to power, the BJP would “provide one crore jobs” was surely indicative of his discerning grasp of the anxieties of India’s army of unemployed youth with little save the right to the ballot box; a vulnerable vote-bank that could be profitably tapped. That he did so by …

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September 29, 2018

Tourism to help generate job opportunities: Jai ram

Jai Ram Thakur announced promotion of products made by self help groups at 26 Tourism department complexes.

September 28, 2018

Traditional livelihoods replaced with despair

Far away from the shrill debates on the quantum of employment generation, millions of livelihoods are being destroyed silently without causing much worry in the centres of power. This can be seen among artisans, informal sector workers and various marginalized communities including nomadic and semi-nomadic people. The Kalandar community, traditionally nomadic, has been in the …

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May 27, 2018

Disoriented education~II

The insistence on learning by rote, cramming of facts and passing an examination often numb the thinking faculties of our children as they are all made to run the rat race of landing a gainful employment. As one can gather, often the syllabi of the formal education and requirements of the employment market have no …

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May 14, 2018

Emphasise on large scale industries for employment: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said the state government is laying special emphasis on setting up large scale industries and bringing investment to the state so as to provide maximum employment opportunities to the youth. In a meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Sohail Mahmood who made a courtesy call on …

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April 24, 2018

TUs slam ‘fixed term employment’ notification

Major national trade unions on Thursday condemned the government’s notification of “fixed term employment,” which they said, would make all employment insecure, and reduce workers’ provident fund, gratuity and pension payments. The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said the Modi government had allowed fixed term employment of workers by passing an amendment to the …

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March 23, 2018

50% libraries running headless, Bengal takes baby steps

Even as more than 50 per cent libraries are running headless, state government is set to fill up only six per cent posts and that too through re-employment on contractual basis. There are around 5,600 posts of librarians across the state of which 3,200 are lying vacant. There are 2,400 libraries in the state. During …

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March 18, 2018

Khattar buys ‘pakodas’ from protesting Congress MLAs

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday purchased “pakodas” from protesting Congress MLAs here, saying selling pakodas is a good business proposition for these unemployed elders. “If anyone is getting employment by selling pakodas, it’s a good thing. They had become unemployed, but now they have got the pakoda-selling job … a good thing,” …

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March 6, 2018

Over 40, 000 got jobs in 10 months: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said in past 10 months of his government, more than 40,000 youth have got jobs in the state through the job fairs. Stating this in a tweet, the CM said registration has now started for the 2nd state level mega job fare and will continue till March …

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February 20, 2018

S Dinajpur prepares rural employment plan

The South Dinajpur district administration has started preparing its Annual Action Plan under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for the financial year 2018-19. For the year ahead, the district administration will implement a new scheme– “100/100 Raising Million Dreams”–under the MGNREGA, it is learnt. The scheme aims to make the beneficiaries self-dependent. A high …

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January 31, 2018

BJP distorting debate on employment: P Chidambaram

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for “distorting and deflecting the debate on employment”. The Congress leader said he empathised with all those who aspire for a regular job. “A young man who sells ‘pakodas’ (fritters) is honourably self-employed but poor and aspirational. Ask him and …

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January 29, 2018

Bengal BJP slams CM’s claim on employment generation

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is making false promises of giving employment to the youth of the state by projecting the just concluded so called business summit as a grand success, said state BJP president Dilip Ghosh today. He also challenged Trinamul Congress (TMC) supremo to hold free and fair bypoll in Uluberia Parliamentary and Noapara …

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January 19, 2018

Labour welfare to be given priority: Himachal govt

In the wake of complaints of labours working in registered private units being paid less the state government is will prioritise the labour welfare. While presiding over the meeting of the state Labour and Employment Department, Industries minister Bikram Singh said on Wednesday that a mechanism would be evolved to make Aadhar linked payments of …

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January 17, 2018

BJP misleading public on employment issue: Virbhadra

Himachal’s former Chief Minister (CM) Virbhadra Singh has accused CM Jai Ram Thakur for misleading the public of the state in the name of employment issue. “The previous Congress government had established the Skill Development Corporation, to provide employment to the youth in the state. In addition, more than 70,000 jobs were provided in the …

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January 15, 2018