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What Noida's factory protests mean for India's wage debateFactory workers' protests in Noida have reignited India's minimum wage debate. Rising inflation erodes real wages, impacting workers' purch...- The show must go on: Push agriculture, make states fiscally responsible, avoid the middle income trap & stick to the PoAThe Indian electorate has defied predictions of certainty, but the economic agenda for India remains unchanged. Despite impressive economic...
- Ukraine admitted into UN fund that supports small farmersFarmers in the western provinces, where many people have fled to escape fighting in the east, "will require support to meet the increased d...
- World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 won't be metThe COVID-19 pandemic marked a historic turning point after decades of poverty reduction, the report said, with 71 million more people livi...
- View: Impact of pandemic on female labour force participationThe peculiar changes in rural employment over the year seem to signal distress-driven employment. Thus, the turnabout in the female LFPR sh...
- Living standard, not income, key to fixing poverty line: Govt paperThe future definition of poverty line cannot be the subsistence level income required by an individual but will have to factor in living st...
- Budget may provide long term measures for agriculture sector: ReportThe report said income support to the farmers should be provided in higher magnitude for a prolonged period, at least for five years.
- India can't afford to guarantee a minimum incomeRahul Gandhi has promised to guarantee a minimum income for the poor if Congress gets voted to power.
- Finding a decent job may be difficult this year, says ILOILO's latest World Employment Social Outlook shows that the progress in reducing vulnerable jobs has stalled and could actually reverse in ...
- Obesity now common in low-income Indians tooObesity is no longer confined to India's prosperous elite, as more than one in the low and middle-income group now has unhealthy midriff bu...
- Supreme Court seeks government’s response on MGNREGS wagesThe three petitioners - social activists Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey and Lalit Mathur - requested SC to direct the central government to ensure t...
- Decline in poverty is real and encouragingFor affluent Indians, the idea that a monthly per-capita expenditure of about Rs 1,000 denotes escape from poverty seems ridiculous.
- Interest of LDCs and developing nations should be taken into account: Anand SharmaAnand Sharma also endorsed the G-33 proposal for food security and flexibility in their public stock holding operations for public distribu...
- India to press for balanced package at WTO meeting: Anand SharmaIndia today pitched for a "balanced package" for the least developed and developing countries in the WTO's forthcoming talks.
- Steep price rise erodes purchasing power of RupeeA new research by the Reserve Bank of India shows that the average value of a currency note rose nearly eight-fold while there was an 18-fo...
- RBI revises regulatory norms for microfinance NBFCsThe RBI on Friday changed regulatory norms for microfinance companies with liberal norms for those operating in the North Eastern states.
- PM hits out at developed nations over carbon emissionsPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today hit out at industrialised countries over the issue of making available additional finance and technolog...
- 'No urgency to revise income tax rates now’Parthasarathy Shome,advisor to Union finance minister P Chidam-baram on how he saw Indian tax system evolving.
- No kidding around with your taxesDon’t try to shift your income stream to junior to avoid paying taxes.
- No kidding around with taxesDon’t try to shift your income stream to minor to avoid taxation. I-T Act has provision to curb such events.
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