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Congress slams Narendra Modi govt as ' anti-worker', calls for review of new Labour codeThe Congress has slammed the Modi government, labeling it 'anti-worker' and demanding a review of new labor codes. Citing rising unemployme...
Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
Sharpening inequality now firmly embedded in nature of country's economic growth: CongressCiting a World Bank report, Congress alleges that India's economic growth is marked by increasing inequality. Jairam Ramesh highlights the ...
Budget 2024: Sitharaman may ramp up efforts to boost consumption demand, rural economyBudget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her sixth consecutive Budget with the focus on infusing more funds into ...
India needs to take manufacturing to rural areas to bridge income gap, say expertsFormer secretary of Rural Development Ministry Nagendra Nath Sinha laid emphasis for formulating policies for rural areas that are fast tra...
What happened to poverty during Covid pandemic in India?The decline in inequality and the much modest increase in poverty during the pandemic as observed in various studies is not a finding exclu...
Jobs generated under MGNREGS stay highData from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act website shows work provided to households in June stood at 27.2 million co...
Rajasthan govt approves guidelines for implementation of new urban employment schemeUnder the new urban employment scheme, 100 days of employment per year will be provided to the families residing in urban areas. The state ...
Govt pegs NREGS persondays work generation at 227.6 croreThe labour budget for 2021-22 stood at 337.76 crore, in 2020-21 at 385.67 crore, in 2019-20 at 277.63 crore and in 2018-19 at 256.56 crore.
Rural India, a cause no one worries about: fall in real wages, unemployment, food price rise hit hardFMCG and auto companies sensed the heat first. The slow burn of tapering demand from rural India. Now others are flagging something that fe...
Work under MGNREGS falls 7% in FY22However, it is 36.5% higher than pre-pandemic period, showing high dependence on the scheme for livelihood
Rajasthan govt presents Budget 2022-23 with special focus on employment, health, educationPresenting the Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly, Chief Minister Gehlot during the almost three-hour-long speech announced the launch of the...
Opposition attacks govt over unemployment, privatisation in Rajya SabhaTaking part in the debate, TMC's Dola Sen said when the Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power in 2014, it claimed that it would cr...
Budget 2022 expectation: Why India needs an urban MGNREGA
Budget 2022: No news on sin goods would be good news for ITCDuring the first two years of the pandemic, India’s household savings, which cumulatively used to range between 10-20% of income, is now la...
Economic agenda for 2022: Top focus areas for the coming budgetThe government should direct its efforts towards placing India as a global supply hub, as global manufacturing and trade begin to find new ...
View: How the upcoming Budget can rev up India's economic growth engineThe challenges in the upcoming fiscal are on varying fronts ranging from the impact of the new virus variant to high level of inflation in ...
Quick vaccination is the key to growth: DK Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL"Till the time vaccination happens, you will always have to live in the fear of an impending wave."
Speedy development work underway in J&K; couldn't meet target due to COVID: MoS Home AffairsAsserting that "revolutionary and historical decisions" have been taken for the development of the Union territory, the minister said in Ra...
Budget 2016: Arun Jaitley gives extra thrust to rural and farm segmentsArun Jaitley’s Budget also tried to woo the BJP’s traditional urban non-salaried middle class, with reforms towards presumptive tax.