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UK risks a 'lost generation' of jobless young peopleThe UK stands at a crossroads as more than a million young adults find themselves adrift, disconnected from education, employment or traini...- Telangana caste survey finds 89,000 child labourers; majority from SC, ST communitiesA recent Telangana caste survey found 89,000 children under 18 working daily. SC Madigas and ST Lambadis form a significant portion. The su...
- Employment in India’s unincorporated sector surges to 128.1 million in 2025India's small businesses created 7.5 million new jobs in 2025. Total jobs reached 128.1 million, a significant rise. The services sector le...
- Parliamentary panel advises MoSPI to optimise fund use, seek extra funds if neededA Parliamentary panel has urged the Statistics Ministry to use allocated funds wisely. The ministry faces funding shortfalls for key scheme...
- Over 1.6 million children engaged in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh: OfficialA recent survey reveals over 1.6 million children are in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh province. Many work in hazardous conditions. Whil...
- Missing children?Fix root causesIndia faces a critical challenge in protecting its children, with tens of thousands rescued from exploitative labor and reported missing. A...
- India launches pilot project for skills training of girls to boost their presence in labour forceIndia launches door-to-door mobilisation drive to train 3,800 adolescent girls in 27 districts across 19 states in skills like IT and hospi...
- India looks to match world average for share of women in workforceProposals under consideration include incentives to create employment, development of the care economy, and enabling easier access to finan...
- Govt has taken number of steps to increase women participation in labour force: Labour ministerAs per the results of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted during 2017-18 and 2018-19 by National Statistical Office (NSO), minist...
- Number of births drops by 320,000 in China in 2015About 16.55 million children were born in China in 2015, about 320,000 fewer than previous year despite relaxation of family planning polic...
- China's two-child policy evokes poor response from couplesStatistics from the NHFPC shows the population aged between 15 to 64 in China is around one billion in 2015 and will reduce to 830 million ...
- Bill on women's job security and minimum wages soon: DattatreyaThe government will introduce a bill on women's job security and minimum wages in Parliament soon, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya...
- Rapidly ageing China to face labour shortfall by 2021: ExpertsChina's labour population will show a downward trend as workers born during the baby boom in the 1960-70s begin to retire in 2021.
- Cabinet approves ILO protocol to deal with forced labourThe government today approved an International Labour Organisation (ILO) protocol to make a national policy for remedial measures to deal w...
- Now, a survey to find out how people spend their 24 hoursFocus of the survey will be women, especially since most studies simply ignore the amount of work that goes into keeping a household runnin...
- Government to quantify household works done by women in IndiaGovernment is considering quantifying values silently created by women in India and devise strategies to empower them.
- Supreme Court seeks Centre, States response on 1.17 lakh 'missing' kidsSc sought response from the Centre, States and UT on over 1L missing children from their homes across the country between 2008 and 2011.
- UK plans benefits clampdown on foreign nationals residentAccording to a report, ministers revealed they had instructed their officials to compile and publish the amount of benefits paid to foreign...
- Bimaru states account for half of child labourThe hindi-belt including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as ‘BIMARU’ states, account for a chunk of the ...
- Profile: Shanta SinhaChild rights activist Shantha Sinha, founder of MV Foundation and proud winner of the Magsaysay Award, has her plate full.
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