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K'taka urges Centre to increase employment days to 150 under MGNREGS

Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Monday said the state government has appealed to the Centre to increase the employment days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) from 100 days to 150 days in view of severe drought prevailing in the state. Addressing reporters, Gowda said the Central team recently visited the state to inspect the drought situation. The state government has demanded that the Union government should release approximately Rs 475 crore, which has not been paid to the labourers who were employed under the MGNREGS. Those who work as labourers are leading their lives in extreme poverty, the minister said, and added that we will be putting them in further distress by not paying them. Regarding increasing the employment days in the distress year, Gowda said there is a provision in the law that a labourer should get a job for 150 days instead of 100 days during drought. So, the state government sent a request letter to

Learn local language to serve better: FM Sitharaman at Rozgar Mela

Candidates getting selected for jobs and deployed in other states as per the job profile should learn the local language to be able to provide better services, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Tuesday. Sitharaman, after handing over orders to successful candidates at the Rozgar Mela, encouraged more candidates to apply for jobs in public sector undertakings located in Tamil Nadu. Referring to the Centre's Rozgar Mela, Sitharaman said the government has been holding it since October 2022 and about 10 lakh people have received job offers so far. "Today 51,000 appointment orders are being given across the country by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) virtually. I was told 553 people are getting job offers from Tamil Nadu," she said. Speaking of improving the delivery of services to be rendered by the candidates post their selection at a public sector undertaking or bank, Sitharaman said, "If a job offer is given to a candidate who will be servin

Demand for frontline jobs decreased by 17.5% in FY23, shows data

The drop can largely be attributed to global macroeconomic headwinds

Jobs more likely to be augmented than destroyed with Gen AI: ILO D-G

The latest ILO data highlights India's significant progress in enhancing social protection, says Gilbert F Houngbo, director-general, ILO

7.58 million benefit from ARBY employment scheme, exceeding initial goal

The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) was launched in October 2020 to incentivise employers to create more jobs

US labour costs pick up, likely locking in one more Fed rate hike

The employment cost index, a broad gauge of wages and benefits, increased 1.2% in the first quarter, according to Labor Department figures released Friday

90% of Indians expect a pay hike in 2023, why do they feel underpaid?

Presenting a hopeful picture, the report underlines that optimism about the next five years in the workplace continues to remain high at 87%

Bangladesh sees robust rise in overseas employment, mostly in Saudi Arabia

Remittance-reliant Bangladesh witnessed a big boom in overseas employment last year amid growing demand of huge workforce particularly in the Middle East and Asian countries, a senior official said

PM Modi to distribute 71K appointment letters to newly-inducted recruits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits under Rozgar Mela

WB, Jharkhand women get married early due to fewer job opportunities: Study

The findings by a central government study that over half of the women get married before attaining 21 years in Jharkhand and West Bengal also revealed that the scope for sustainable job opportunities for young women is limited, experts said. It is also clear from the findings that the benefits of government schemes are not reaching the desired section of the population, they said. However, some experts expressed doubts about the data authenticity given that the survey was conducted during the Covid pandemic. It was found in the study, the report of which was published late last month, that Jharkhand and West Bengal are the only two states in the country where more than half of the women are married before they are 21 years old. While 54.9 per cent of girls are married in West Bengal before attaining the age of 21 years, the figure for Jharkhand is 54.6 per cent as against the national average of 29.5 per cent. Women, particularly in rural areas, face a lot of problems. They do no

UP govt to promote private industrial parks under the 'make-in-UP' theme

The proposed policy aims to establish UP as an internationally competitive investment destination, generating employment and stoking sustainable economic growth.

New job creation slipped 10% in Omicron-hit March quarter, says govt

Mfg sector was worst hit with 140,000 job cuts, followed by education (22,204) and construction (8,954). IT/BPO created most new jobs at 370,000, followed by the health sector (93,701)

India's hiring outlook ranked second globally: ManpowerGroup report

The report showed that India has the strongest net employment outlook for the December quarter in the Asia- Pacific region, followed by China (46 per cent), and Australia (38 per cent)

Chhattisgarh's first ethanol plant to come up in Kabirdham district

The establishment of an ethanol plant will generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in the region and boost economic prosperity in the region.

India's EV sector seeing 108% job growth, women rising to the top: Study

It revealed that the engineering function dominates the EV sector, followed by operation, sales, quality assurance, business development, IT, human resource and marketing.

India Inc hiring intent up 7% in September quarter: TeamLease report

Indian firms top on this metric among major global markets; intent to hire at 64% in Sept quarter, up from 54% in previous three-month period; could touch 70% in next few quarters

Gig jobs see surge in demand in sales and marketing across sectors

Quick commerce, healthtech, fintech and ecommerce are top sectors in Indian gig space

Flipkart says new fulfilment centre in Bengal will create 11,000 jobs

Facility would help Walmart-owned firm compete with Amazon, Reliance's JioMart, and Tata-owned BigBasket.

Over 825,000 jobs created under flagship scheme PMEGP in FY22: Govt

The government on Tuesday said 1.03 lakh new manufacturing and service units were set up under its flagship scheme PMEGP along with creation of over 8.25 lakh jobs in the last financial year.

'Rozgar Budget' will generate employment opportunities for youth: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government's 'Rozgar Budget' will generate employment for the youth on a large scale.