Besides, the prime minister in his speech also stressed upon the need for harnessing the demographic dividend and for creating a future ready skilled workforce
Prices of vegetables, led by tomatoes, shot up 37.3 per cent annually in July, while pulses, cereals, and spices witnessed double-digit inflation
Food inflation in wholesale prices had shot up to 7.75 per cent in July from -1.24 percent in June, led by massive acceleration in the prices of vegetables in July from -21.98 per cent in June
Only Rs 4,307.5 crore of the Rs 6,216 crore entitled to parliamentarians were disbursed
Food inflation hits double digits
Growth in manufacturing output decelerated to 3.1 per cent, whereas that in electricity and mining accelerated to 4.2 per cent and 7.6 per cent, respectively, from last month
Since the inception of the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme in 2016, a total of 25 lakh youth have been engaged as apprentices up to July 31, 2023
"The Q1 industrial growth remained buoyant, especially construction and consumer non-durables; however, the agricultural growth was muted and the services growth was sluggish," it said
The committee also advised re-examining the data of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2017-18 for specific cases before finalising the results
The committee noted that after the implementation of the full premium payment regime in April 2020, there was 'nil' enrolment under the PMSBY and PMJJBY in 2020-21
The proposal to elicit response from the interested actuarial firms was issued on Friday and the process is slated to commence by August 17
Moreover, the committee also expressed concern over the persistent instructor vacancies in the ITIs and low enrollment levels
Companies continue to exercise caution in pricing decisions, says S&P Global survey
GDP to nearly double to $6.7 trn by then, it says
Manufacturers' output has increased continuously on a monthly basis since July 2021
In June last year, the core sector had grown by 13.1 per cent. The print for May 2023 has undergone a significant revision to 5 per cent from 4.3 per cent estimated earlier
In line with the Rangarajan Commission's recommendations on June 1, 2005, the Centre set up a NSC to serve as a nodal and empowered body for all core statistical activities of the country
Launched in October 2020, ABRY aimed to incentivise employers for the creation of new jobs and the reinstatement of retrenched workers during Covid
However, at the national level, the total number of employees contributing regularly to the EPF grew by nearly eight per cent in the same time period
The deliberations by MoSPI will see participation of officials from other ministries and departments, and will feature nine points of discussion