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Flexi-staffing industry records four-quarter high growth in Q2: Report

The flexi-staffing industry had grown by 5.4 per cent in the previous quarter

Fresh formal job creation dips to 7-month low in October, shows EPFO data

But EPFO data shows share of youngsters and women as part of formal workforce marginally up

Saudi Arabia emerges as top destination for skilled workers: Govt to LS

The data showed that 13,944 skilled candidates got jobs in Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar (3646), United Arab Emirates (2832) and the United Kingdom (1248)

NPS added 19% fewer fresh corporate subscribers in first half of FY24

Experts blame the fall on higher exemption limit for Rs 7-5 lakh IT bracket

WPI turns positive after 8 months in November as food, mineral prices jump

The uptick in factory gate inflation comes days after retail inflation bucked the downward trend and touched a three-month high in November due to a seasonal spike in vegetable prices

ADB raises India FY24 growth forecast to 6.7%, cites industry performance

China in 2024 is expected to slow down to 4.5%, says lender in report raising estimate for Developing Asia

IIP surges 11.7% in October; retail Inflation jumps to 5.55% in November

IIP surges 11.7% in Oct; uptick in food prices lifts retail inflation to 5.55% in Nov

79% employers looking to sustain or increase their workforce in H2FY24

Both new hires, at 79 per cent, and replacement hires, at 74 per cent, are occurring rapidly, indicating a flourishing labour market in the country

Delhi University, OP Jindal Global University join hands to host 74th AICC

The main theme of the 74th AICC is 'One Earth-One Family-One Future', and it will see discussions on the New Education Policy 2020, business transformation and digital economy

PM Narendra Modi urges youth for ideas to make India developed by 2047

The prime minister also said that this is the historic period when India is going to take a quantum jump and asked the nation to take a pledge

Investment by EPFO in ETFs crosses Rs 2.5 trillion: Rameswar Teli to LS

The body had invested Rs 14,983 crore in ETFs in 2016-17, Rs 24,790 crore in 2017-18, Rs 27,974 crore in 2018-19, Rs 31,501 crore in 2019-20, and Rs 32,071 crore in 2020-21, according to the reply

Share of urban women with salaried jobs at 6-year low in Q2: PLFS

A recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI) claimed that India's labour market including female employment is undergoing a structural transformation with self-entrepreneurship in 'all echelons'

Sebi looks to introduce new 'high-risk' investment vehicle, says Buch

The proposed category will likely have a higher minimum investment threshold but lower than that of PMS

E-rupee to cut cost of cross-border remittances to 2-3%, says DEA secy

CBDC was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The RBI began the pilot wholesale CBDC project on November 1, 2022

No 'spectacular announcements' in interim Budget, says FM Sitharaman

"Budget that will be announced will just be a vote on account because we will be in election mode, and elections will happen during the coming summer", the FM said

CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran urges India Inc to step up investments

The CEA further said that the drivers of economic growth have to rebalance between consumption and investment, as usually the consumption has to be a residual in the growth cycle

Pvt investment to pick up from second half of FY24: CII President R Dinesh

'Headwinds are majorly all macro-economic and global issues. The larger challenge is the volatility'

India to drive Asia Pacific growth as China's fortunes wane, says S&P

On the other hand, China's growth is projected to slow to 4.6 per cent in 2026 from 5.4 per cent in 2023

Softening demand drags India's November PMI to 12-month low of 56.9

Growth momentum weakens despite demand fuelling new business intakes and output

Centre recruits nearly 700,000 in 11 'rojgar melas' during Oct 22-Nov 23

Santosh Mehrotra, visiting professor, University of Bath, says recruiting close to 300,000 people in less than a month is highly unlikely as the process can be a long-drawn process