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Work generation under NREGS surges in DecemberGovernment data showed 18.1 million rural households got work under the scheme in December compared to 15.8 million in November, a growth o...
Household demand for NREGS work up 14% in December"The employment generation capacity of rural India is committed. Till the time farm jobs pick up in February, the MGNREGA demand will be un...
Demand for Mgnregs work expands 21% in NovemberDemand for work has been fluctuating month on month. Demand for work by households stood at 15.5 million in October and that by individuals...
Work demand under NREGS dips in OctoberHousehold demand for work under the rural employment guarantee scheme stood at 23.2 million in April, 30.7 million in May, 31.7 million in ...
Demand for work under MGNREGA rebounds marginally in SeptemberGovernment data showed that demand for household and individual segments under the scheme was up more than 5% in September compared to Augu...
Rural jobs scheme work generation down 50% in JulyThe fall in the number last month was largely on the back of a pickup in agricultural activities, as labour demand has shot up for kharif c...
Demand for work under rural jobs scheme up in MayData shows month-on-month household demand jumped 32% in May to 3.07 crore compared to 2.32 crore in April 2022, while the year-on-year inc...
Work generation under NREGS declines in AprilThe decline in work generation corroborates with the decline in demand for work under the rural guarantee scheme, which has witnessed a yea...
MGNREGA work in January lowest in FY22Demand for work under the flagship rural jobs scheme also remained among the lowest in the fiscal, with only October and November witnessin...
Labour code may cap allowances at 75% of wages in first year, 50% over next three yearsThe other major change under consideration is restoration of the threshold on the number of employees in an organisation to 100 from the pr...
MGNREGS work fails to keep up with demandYear-on-year, the personday work generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Mnrega) scheme fell by 50.5% again...
Pension scheme for unorganised workers: Lowest PM-SYM enrolments in OctoberCumulatively, 4.51 million informal workers have been enrolled till October after the scheme was rolled out three years ago. This is, howev...
Women workforce skews further off pre-pandemic levelsIndia's already low female workforce participation has been skewed further by the pandemic with female workforce still in high double-digit...
Revised wage rate index likely next month; base year to be 2019Wage rate under the index is the sum of basic wage and dearness allowance in respect of workers who receive both these components while for...
Demand for work surges 89% under MGNREGA in AprilThe demand during the month has been the highest in any April since compilation of the data started in 2013, suggesting the pressure on hin...
New Labour Code: Govt to set up three national boards to determine minimum wages and social security parametersThe national social security board will recommend to the Centre suitable social security schemes for different sections of unorganised work...
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana: Job plan may have a tough job to doThe ceiling will exclude employers from benefiting from the subsidy for jobs that pay even slightly more than ₹15,000 but well within wage ...