Women's reservation bill: A history of female participation in India's workforceAccording to the International Labour Organization (ILO), doubling the percentage of women in the workforce could boost India's growth rate...
20 Sep, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
China to name Unicom CEO Liu Liehong as head of new data bureauLiu, 54, an electronics and information technology veteran who also serves as China Unicom's chairman, will take the helm of the National D...
18 Jul, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
PFRDA appoints Suraj Bhan as chairman of NPS TrustPension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority has appointed Suraj Bhan as the chairman of the National Pension System Trust (NPS Trust), ...
16 Nov, 2022, 04.33 PM IST
Can Amazon Labour Union finally rally the support of workers to join them?The ALU is now heading in to the fourth Amazon union vote count this year after tackling various challenges. It faced some internal dissent...
18 Oct, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Window to apply for IB, SSC and other govt jobs closes soon; check posts, last date to apply hereA number of government institutions are hiring! Here's a list of job openings that you can apply this week.
17 Aug, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
We are in talks with HR heads of companies on wage code: Labour Minister Bhupender YadavAccording to labour and employment minister Bhupender Yadav, India's labour codes are futuristic. "India is one of the few countries in the...
02 Mar, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
Retail inflation for industrial workers rises to 5.64% in March"Year-on-year inflation for the month (March) stood at 5.64 per cent compared to 4.48 per cent for the previous month (February 2021) and 5...
30 Apr, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Air India stops issuing tickets on credit to government agencies that owe it over Rs 10 lakh: Official"Various agencies, including the Central Bureau of Investigation, , Information Bureau, Central Labour Institute, Border Security Force and...
26 Dec, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
Rented houses for migrant labourers in metros soonGovernment to come up with single-room tenements for families with annual income of under Rs 3 lakh.
18 Jun, 2019, 06.52 AM IST
Niti Aayog CEO says 'need to capture jobs on real-time basis'Amid concerns over job creation in India, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that there should be a solid framework to keep a track of job cr...
16 Jan, 2018, 10.17 PM IST
Skill councils told to ensure jobs by industryThe push comes ahead of general elections scheduled in 2019, where the slow pace of job creation could be a big issue.
02 Jan, 2018, 11.39 PM IST
Government sets up a high-level task force to compute timely data on employmentIndia suffers from a lack of reliable data on employment which has made it difficult for policy makers to assess the extent of employment g...
09 May, 2017, 09.54 PM IST
What the trade union workers' fight is all about: Rs 350 vs Rs 692The central trade unions are upset at this sleight of hand and have called upon the government to issue a "correction" or a "rejoinder" on ...
02 Sep, 2016, 04.44 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan wants individual bankers to take onus for large loansRajan listed a number of institutions that oversee banks, including parliament, the recently created Banks Board Bureau to improve governan...
16 Aug, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
Government-funded plans may be assessed for job potential"A high-level panel has recently proposed that there is need for policy and process interventions as the government formulates strategies f...
08 Feb, 2016, 04.11 AM IST
- Citu leader takes flight, misses crucial PF meet
Citu leader W R Vardarajan, a member of the board, had left the meeting to catch a flight to Chennai when labour and employment minister Os...
31 Jul, 2008, 05.59 AM IST
- Time to update old economy rules for new economy
Let’s start with that old scourge, wage inflation. Forget for a minute that there is no such beast as wage inflation.
09 Jan, 2007, 01.28 AM IST