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Competition, rains drag services activity to 5-month low in October

India's services PMI slipped to 58.9 in October, a five-month low, as competition and rains slowed growth even as demand and GST relief supported business optimism

Govt to hold meet with states next week to finalise national labour policy

The Union Labour Ministry will meet state labour ministers on November 11-12 to build consensus on the draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 and discuss expansion of social security coverage

India's dev trajectory is an emulative model for Global South: Mandaviya

At UN summit in Doha, India offers its inclusive growth model to the Global South, citing major gains in poverty reduction and social security expansion over the past decade

India needs to find vocations least impacted by AI: CEA Nageswaran

He further added that AI is moving in an automation-centric direction, which is likely to replace labour, instead of taking a human-centric approach

Chandigarh, Delhi have highest share of services in GVA: NITI Aayog report

The report used 22 major states/UTs for the analysis. At the all-India level, the share of services in GVA stood at 54.5 per cent in 2023-24

Rise in new orders after GST cuts drove manufacturing PMI to 59.2 in Oct

Goods and services tax (GST) relief, productivity gains and tech investment led to a faster increase in new orders

Stats ministry plans fresh look at CPI housing gauge, seeks public feedback

Housing is an important component of the CPI series as it has a weightage of 21.67 per cent in urban areas and 10.07 per cent at the all-India level in the current series

Draft policy recasts labour ministry role from regulator to job facilitator

The Centre's draft labour and employment policy reflects new economic realities. But, concerns remain over its enforcement in a labour landscape marked by a massive informal sector

Services sector risks falling into 'low-wage job trap': NITI Aayog report

Behind the boom lies a fragile core: informality and poor pay still define India's largest employer, says a NITI Aayog report

Devise way to capture placement figures on NCS portal, tells House panel

Committee dissatisfied with ministry's response that NCS portal has data on shortlisted candidates, instead of placement figures

Southern states lead in household debt charts, Delhi least indebted: Mospi

Delhi least indebted; relative prosperity allows southern households to take bigger loans and service them

Core sector growth slips to 3-month low of 3% in Sep as energy output fall

Core sector growth eased to a 3-month low in September as output in coal, crude oil, refinery, and gas declined, even as steel demand stayed robust

75% withdrawal allowed after job loss, full after a year, clarifies EPFO

The clarification comes after EPFO's revised withdrawal norms, announced on Monday, drew criticism on social media

Jobless rate inched up to 5.2% in Sep, rural saw sharp rise: PLFS

The headline unemployment rate for people of age 15 years and above in the current weekly status (CWS) terms for rural areas rose to 4.6 per cent in September from 4.3 per cent in August

95% respondents unwilling to share income details in NSO pre-test

A pre-test for the national household income survey finds high non-responsiveness on income, tax, and asset details, raising concerns ahead of the 2026 rollout

EPFO launches enrolment scheme to boost social security coverage

Employers can enrol all existing employees who joined the establishment between July 1, 2017, and October 31, 2025, and who are alive and employed on the date of the declaration

High-level panel to review RBI advisory on EPFO's investment practices

The committee with members from RBI, Labour and Finance Ministries will draft a roadmap to improve EPFO's fund management and accounting practices

EPFO plans new benchmarks for EPF, EPS, and EDLI investment returns

EPFO presently assesses the performance of its multiple fund managers on the basis of an evaluation conducted by its consultant Crisil Limited based on portfolio yields and asset quality

RBI outlines steps to improve investment management of EPFO corpus

Suggests differentiated investment strategies, market-linked accounting

Labour Ministry drafts policy to recast itself as job facilitator

The labour ministry has put the draft policy out for public consultation, after which it will be finalised and sent to the Union Cabinet for approval