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Big growth, bigger gaps: India's uneven pay storyDespite India's rising GDP per capita between 2017 and 2024, income inequality in the labor market persists. While median incomes increased...- Compulsory paid leave announced for offices in Delhi, Gurgaon; Here's penalty for not following EC's guidelinesDelhi government has announced a public holiday on February 5 due to assembly elections. Voting will determine if AAP secures a third term ...
- Manufacturing’s ‘Be Your Boss’ moment: About 48% of workers in the sector are self-employedNearly half of India's manufacturing sector workers are self-employed. This trend is linked to the rise of startups and entrepreneurship. I...
- Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Is voting day a ‘paid holiday’? Here's what the law says and penalties for not followingThe 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India is scheduled across seven phases from April 19 to June 1, with Saturdays reserved for the final two p...
- Labour ministry issues advisory to states to mitigate effect of high temperature on labourersFollowing the seasonal outlook by the Indian Meteorological Department for above normal maximum temperatures during April-June, the labour ...
- Poorest Indians see spending grow at a faster clipThe Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23 reveals that per-capita spending for India's poorest households has grown faste...
- Why household finance data holds the key to capex recoveryThe financial position of households is, perhaps, the most important driver of domestic consumption. Advanced economies are presently reeli...
- Now consumer goods companies face labour exodus amid infection and lockdown worriesThe labour shortage is said to be mostly at component suppliers, third-party manufacturers, and outsourced packaging and supply chains, for...
- Covid + Lockdown impact: Kerala estimates Q1 loss of Rs 80,000 crore to GVAKerala govt report estimates a loss of about Rs 80,000 crore in GVA to the Kerala economy in Q1 (Apr-Jun) of 2020. For March, the shortfall...
- India needs to grow at 8.5 per cent in succession to get back on track: Report"We estimate 4% permanent loss to real GDP (from the decadal trend levels) in the base case" Crisil said. "Catch-up requires a never-before...
- Economic growth may fall to 1.1 per cent this fiscal: SBI reportThe economic growth rate during 2019-20 is estimated to come down to 4.1 per cent from 5 per cent projected by several agencies before the ...
- Meghalaya to open govt offices on April 15, educational institutions to remain closed till April 30The cabinet has decided farmers in rural areas will be allowed to resume sowing activities with immediate effect. Strict protocols to be ma...
- Unemployment rate up at 4.9% in 2013-14: Labour BureauOn the positive side, the unemployment rate dropped in urban areas to 5.5 per cent in 2013-14, from 5.7 per cent in the previous fiscal.
- High growth not enough for job creationBetween 2004-05 and 2009-10, a period that saw three successive years of 9%-plus growth, data from the NSSO showed virtually no growth in e...
- Invisible, volatile 'Middle India' needs attention and policy supportGiven the size of this group, we need to turn the spotlight on them and see how they earn, live and fit into the world around them.
- India's income inequality has doubled in 20 yearsInequality in earnings has doubled in India over the last two decades, making it the worst performer on this count of all emerging economie...
- Inequality rises in India, says OECDIndia has become "less equal over time" and earnings inequality in the country has increased significantly since the early 1990s, OECD said.
- UPA govt ignored farm, labour reforms; failed at creating jobs: ExpertsThe key findings of the latest NSSO survey bring to the fore the futility of pursing misguided job-generation policies instead of going for...
- Over half of India's workforce self-employed: NSSO surveyMore than half of the country's overall workforce is self-employed, as per the data of a government survey released today.
- Casual workers can't claim permanent appoitment as right: CATA temporary employee or a casual wage earner cannot claim permanent appointment merely because he served beyond the period for which he was...
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