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India's job engine strains as Iran war hits remittances and tradeThe Middle East conflict is impacting India's economy by forcing migrant workers home and reducing demand for manufactured exports. This do...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor backtracks on his stance on Kerala's industrial growthCongress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed disappointment over Kerala's start-up ecosystem, citing the shutdown of 42,000 MSMEs in nine years aff...
Stalin in UAE: Lulu Group to invest Rs 3,500 crore in Tamil NaduThe group, according to a statement from the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's office will ink the Memorandum of Understanding on Monday in Abu D...
Top World Bank economist explains the impact of coronavirus on foreign workersAs lockdowns have shut banks and money-transfer offices, marooned migrants couldn't send money home.
For Indians in the Gulf, Covid paints an uncertain futureMillions of Indian workers are staring at an uncertain future as Covid shuttered businesses and crashed oil.
How economic downturn in Gulf states has resulted in a drop in remittances into IndiaIndia, the largest remittance-receiving country worldwide, witnessed a near 9% drop in NRI pay-in flows to $62.7 billion in 2016 over the p...
Why Kerala cuts a sorry figure on jobsA survey showed the share of working women in women's population was just about 22% in rural areas and 19% in urban ones, unlike other 'wom...
Kerala Polls: Politics of Left, Right & Centre in the stateThe BJP has always taken part with gusto in Kerala polls, but this year, emboldened by the Narendra Modi factor, it has stitched together a...
How the oil crash is sending Indian migrants in the Gulf back home packingMany of them have lost jobs and are packing up to return home; others are settling for salary cuts and bleak days ahead, reports Jayaraj Si...
Impact of crude crash on remittances will play out only over time: Shyam Srinivasan, Federal Bank"Our share of the remittances has increased quite materially. This gives us the strength. Even if there is a consolidation, we will be at t...
NRIs from Kerala pitch in to help sagging rupee and economyWith rupee on a free fall, these NRIs are sending much-needed foreign exchange into the country like never before. NRIs’ deposits jumped 14...
Sunday ET: Labour laws: Indians in Gulf forced to return or look for greener pasturesBack home, the workers are looking to start afresh. Their best bet seems to be rehabilitation packages.
India hopes to stall Saudi Arabia labour lawThe Centre has decided to send a ministerial delegation headed by overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi to hold talks with the Saud...
Kerala Inc looks beyond remittances; bets big on IT, gold & financeA fresh crop of entrepreneurs is rewriting rules of enterprise in a state that has always viewed capital with suspicion.
Sunday ET: Will controlling availability of booze restrict alcoholism in Kerala?The state, with almost half of its revenues coming from booming alcohol sales, is confronted by a question : is booze too freely available?
- Migrants land sops as labour shortage grows
Plantation owners in Kerala and Punjab say that to retain the immigrant workforce, they will offer provident fund, gratuity and pension.