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Big 'M' index: How moms-in-law may influence married women's job prospects

The report said the presence of a mother-in-law in a household may influence a woman's employment status in two different ways

Employment jumped post-Covid but 2 in 5 young graduates still have no jobs

The workforce participation rate of females has improved in the last five years, especially in rural areas. But this is not due to the rise in the number of jobs but self-employment

Best of BS Opinion: Banking investments, India's double brain drain & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Centre launches Skill India Digital platform, to benefit 260 mn students

The SID platform is a comprehensive digital platform aimed at synergizing and transforming the skills, education, employment, and entrepreneurship ecosystem in India

Rajasthan govt plans online training to make youngsters job-ready

The RSLDC is mandated to implement short-term skill development programmes in the state

G20: Skill-based migration pathways to spur formalisation of workforce

To prepare for the future of work, the leaders of the world's top economies at the G20 summit on Saturday recognised that the movement of skilled professionals benefits both the origin and destination

Punjab sees fivefold rise in study loans; statistics indicate exodus

Experts told Mint that the difficult job market in Punjab has led to young individuals seeking opportunities abroad

MGNREGS work demand increases 20% on low August rains, shows data

This does not include the COVID-impacted years of 2020-21 and 2021-22 when work demand for August was higher

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

Employment increased during Modi govt's nine years: Minister Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Monday said employment has increased in the last nine years of the Modi government, during which nine lakh jobs were given to the country's youth. Addressing Rozgar Mela here, he said one of the biggest achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure was that a large number of government jobs have been provided. "Not only the jobs have been generated, but you (prime minister) have generated awareness among the youth that employment is not only (about) government jobs," Singh said, addressing the event presided over by Modi. "At times, questions are raised what is the difference between then and now," he said, referring to employment generation between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the BJP's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime. Singh said during the UPA's first nine years -- that is 2004 to 2013 -- six lakh jobs were given, whereas under the Modi government, nine lakh jobs have been provided

Tourism expected to create 130-140 mn jobs by 2030: PM Modi at Rozgar Mela

Addressing the 'Rozgar Mela', PM Modi said India is set to emerge among the top three economies in the world in this decade and bring benefits to the common man

PM Modi to distribute over 51,000 appointment letters at Rozgar Mela today

The PM will launch the 8th edition of Rozgar Mela and deliver his address virtually across 45 locations in the country, his office said in a statement

Employment in India registered V-shaped recovery post-pandemic: Former CEA

Krishnamurthy V Subramanian also called to cease the use of CMIE data on employment in India till the flaws in its survey methodology are fixed

Karnataka govt, Foxconn sign Letter of Intent for two marquee projects

The Karnataka government on Wednesday said it has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for tech giant Apple, to undertake two marquee projects in the state with an estimated investment worth Rs 5,000 crore. The projects would create employment opportunities for 13,000 people in the state, it said. The signing ceremony took place between a high-level delegation of the Government of Karnataka and Foxconn in Chennai recently, where Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil and Minister for IT and BT, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge along with senior officials met Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and other executives of the company. The two projects are: phone enclosure project under which the Foxconn subsidiary plans to invest USD 350 million (Rs 3,000 crore) with employment opportunities for 12,000 people, and semicon equipment project in collaboration with Applied Materials with a projected investment

Only 45% of India's graduate jobseekers are employable, says study

The study suggests that finding candidates with high employability in non-technical skills is easier than finding candidates with high job readiness for technical skills

Teleperformance aims to hire 60,000 people in India in the next 2 years

This expansion would take the total employee strength to 150,000 from about 90,000 employees in India as of today

Industry-relevant curriculum: Adapting b-school programmes to bridge employability gap in India

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Turning jobseekers into job-givers key goal of govt: CEA Nageswaran

Turning jobseekers into job-givers is an important goal of the government and many steps have been taken in recent years to achieve this objective, said Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran. "It relieves pressure on the job market. In terms of financing, the credit guarantee scheme that was launched during Covid, and continued until this year, has done a wonderful job in ensuring that the MSME space remains vibrant," he said at an event organised by Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) here on Wednesday. Citing a study, he said the unified payments interface is helping create a credit eco-system, as it provides information to banks about the granular behaviour of nano-entrepreneurs. This information flow will encourage banks to increase their lending because the credit footprints created will help them take key financial decisions, he said. "In the 202324 Budget, the government made a very important announcement: those small entrepreneurs who want to claim deductible business

PM Modi has created opportunities for jobs, enterprises: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Asserting that good infrastructure spurs growth in all sectors, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created employment opportunities for youth and also a framework to promote startups in the country. The Vande Bharat, airports, ports modernisation, highways, and expressways, among other projects are examples of how infrastructure would make a difference in people's life, he noted. "After graduation, you will join some stream of economic activity where infrastructure plays a very big difference. If you have good infrastructure in the country, then the shipping industry and other sectors, too, develop," the Minister said while speaking at the 19th convocation of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, here. He said the Modi-government has ensured development across all sectors. Ten years ago the country imported electronics products but today 98 percent of the electronic components were made in India. And Tamil Nadu contributed .

Almost half of workers in India don't feel secure in their jobs: Survey

Job insecurity is a growing concern for workers worldwide, and in India 47 per cent of employees do not feel secure in their positions, says a survey. According to the ADP Research Institute's People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View report, a concerning 47 per cent of employees in India do not feel secure in their positions. "Workers are bound to be worried about their jobs in these volatile and uncertain economic times, especially in light of recent reports of large-scale job losses at prominent corporations and the alleged threat of AI to human employment," said Rahul Goyal, MD, ADP. Across markets, feelings of job insecurity are highest among the young. According to a survey of over 32,000 workers, half of Gen Z (18-24 year-olds) said they do not feel secure in their jobs. This is double the proportion of over 55-year-olds who say the same. Goyal further noted that "many businesses continue to have serious problems finding and keeping talent, so the situation may not be as