Run a business? There are 26,134 ways you can go to jailBusinesses, irrespective of their size, have to deal with complex laws, arbitrary compliances and too much discretionary powers of the bure...
02 Oct, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Missing the wood for the trees: Covid exposes fault lines in India’s $5 trillion economy dreamThe human misery from the second wave of Covid-19 is a stark reminder that size of an economy alone is not the only metric to chase.
16 Jun, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
AI-based platform SAHI to help industry find skilled gig workersSAHI, powered by India's largest pre-vetted contingent workforce, will make it easy for organisations looking to hire talent on a task-basi...
18 Feb, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Budget 2021: FM races to fix flaws in labour modelThe Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first post-Covid budget had several measures to bring the unorganised working class into the main...
05 Feb, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
From automation to gig economy, India needs to work on its skilling programDespite running a skilling mission for years, India has very little to cheer about when it comes to availability of skilled labour.
24 Jan, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Budget 2019: Pension scheme for BharatGovernment has gone all out to woo the unorganised sector with what is being touted as the world’s biggest pension scheme, the Pradhan Mant...
02 Feb, 2019, 11.10 AM IST
Making skilling part of education system a challenging taskNeed to strengthen skilling ecosystem with a regulator, more private participation, and by integrating it with school and higher education.
22 Jan, 2019, 12.41 PM IST
Job market eyes GST booster for over 1 lakh immediate openingsThe tax reform, to be rolled out from July 1, is expected to help the formal job sector attain an annualised growth rate of 10-13% and fuel...
25 Jun, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
Social enterprises increasingly getting more capital, from impact and venture capital fundsThere might still be a lack of clarity over the term social enterprises, which are for-profit ventures looking to make an impact on the bot...
04 Jan, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
Women entrepreneurs show the way for workplace gender parityWith startups like Zivame, Embibe, Grabhouse, The Lebel Corp and LimeRoad among others, they are making their presence felt in the online s...
15 Mar, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
Festive hiring to help create 4.5 lakh new jobs in October-December quarterThe hiring landscape has seen an improvement in the past few months thanks to the revival in business sentiments and scenario.
21 Oct, 2014, 02.33 PM IST
Social worker Gayathri Vasudevan's LabourNet helping the unskilled labourVasudevan invested in R&D related to vocational education and linked it to work. Today, the 300-employee LabourNet services candidates and ...
19 May, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
Companies training blue-collared fail to get private fundCompanies that train blue-collar workers remain largely unable to attract investments, in part due to their overdependence on govt for busi...
22 Oct, 2013, 04.16 AM IST