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Mini textile park in Hulagur to provide employment to women: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that a mini textile park will be made functional in Hulagur this year aiming to give employment to women

Job seekers made to count trains in New Delhi, duped of over Rs 2.5 cr

At least 28 people from Tamil Nadu were deployed at different platforms of the New Delhi Railway Station every day for eight hours for a month to count the arrival and departure of trains and their coaches, unaware they were victims of an employment scam. They had been told that this was part of their training for positions of travel ticket examiner (TTE), traffic assistants and clerks, and each of them paid amounts ranging between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 24 lakh to get the jobs in the Railways, according to a complaint filed with the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW). For the one-month training which took place between June and July, the victims were duped of Rs 2.67 crore by a group of fraudsters, according to the complaint lodged by 78-year-old M Subbusamy. Subbusamy, an ex-serviceman, had put the victims in touch with the alleged fraudsters, but he has claimed that he was unaware that the entire thing was a scam and he too had fallen for their trap. "Each candidate paid mone

Unemployment rate rising in December

The unemployment rate was over 8% in all three weeks that ended in December

Over 15000 posts filled in J&K govt departments in 3 years: SSB chairman

More than 15,000 vacancies in various government departments were filled in three years while the selection process for 8,000 more was in progress, Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (SSB) chairman Rajesh Sharma said. He said court litigation by aggrieved candidates is one of the major factors for the delay in the recruitment process. "Against last year's figure of 9,300, this year the SSB filled 4500 posts in various government departments and 3,400 among them are class-IV posts. A total of 1,500 posts were filled up in the year 2020," Sharma told PTI here. He said the candidates selected for the class-IV posts under phase two were handed over appointment letters at special 'Rozgar melas' presided by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar and Chief Secretary Arun K Mehta in Jammu recently. Under the first phase, more than 5,000 deserving candidates were given appointment letters last year after the government mandated the Jammu and Kashmir SSB to make recommendations for ...

Ficci releases roadmap to achieve 600 mn jobs, 6x rise in income by 2047

The roadmap also focuses on doubling female participation in the labour force to 45-50%, cut carbon emissions by 80-100%, and provide access to clean water for all

Indian tech industry hired nearly 380,000 freshers in FY22: Nasscom report

Indian tech industry hired around 380,000 freshers in FY22 and over 70 per cent of Gen Z students are keen to take up tech jobs in the near future, a Nasscom report said on Friday

Worker Population Ratio continues to grow, up by 5.8% in 4 years: Centre

An increase in the worker population ratio reflects the higher engagement of people in productive activities, said union minister Jitendra Singh

UP govt to give jobs to poor couples wedded under CM's mass marriage scheme

UP's Minister of State for Transport Dayashankar Singh has said that the state government will provide jobs and employment to newly married couples according to their merit. Dayashankar Singh on Wednesday addressed a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Social Welfare department under Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme at Bansdih PG College in the district. "The marriage of young men and women from poor families is being done under the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme. After the mass marriage, the government will give jobs and employment to these newly married couples according to their merit," Singh said. He said that the people are set on a path to progress benefitting from various schemes under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. In the ceremony, 506 couples from different blocks of the district got married under Hindu rituals. Singh congratulated the newly married couples by giving them gifts.

Placements in national skill development programme 'abysmally low': Report

Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), aiming to skill the youth of the country has performed poorly so far as placement of the trained or certified people under the scheme is concerned

With jobs no longer secure, career cushioning is taking centre stage

Professionals and students striving to make themselves future-ready, future-proof

Digital economy to create 10 million in 2 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Start-ups leading technology development, can emerge from small villages even: Minister

What explains wide rural-urban divide despite more job creation?

Despite lay-offs in tech sector, employment by Indian listed companies touched an all-time high. But the rural-urban divide shows that the pick-up is uneven. What is behind this uneven job creation?

Govt will promote IT-electronics industries in Agra: Yogi Adityanath

The Chief Minister also said that in the last five years everyone has witnessed the changing picture of Agra

Smart pickup in good jobs

The estimated 0.7 million additional jobs created by listed companies may easily more than offset the recent layoffs seen in tech companies

Centre to review spending pattern of rural job scheme ahead of Budget

The October work demand under the scheme, according to the MGNREGS website, is the lowest in a month so far in this financial year

One who wants to serve country will never become Agniveer: Akhilesh Yadav

Raking up the Agnipath scheme once again, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the one who wants to serve the country will "never want to become Agniveer"

1.6 mn jobs being generated by Centre every month: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Highlighting the Centre's efforts in creating employment opportunities, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that about 16 lakh jobs are being generated every month by the central government

PM Modi launches Rozgar Mela, releases 71,000 job-offer letters to freshers

This is the second Rojgar Mela within a month; In the October Mela, PM handed over 75,000 appointment letters

About 160,000 jobs being generated every month: Railway minister Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday claimed that about 16 lakh jobs are being generated every month by the Central government. Vaishnaw was addressing a 'Rozgar Mela' (employment fair) programme organized in Ajmer by the Central Reserve Police Force. He said that about 16 lakh jobs are being created every month under this Central government and transparency is the key of the Narendra Modi government, according to an official statement. The railway minister said, "India has emerged as a source of energy with full of opportunities even in the situation of global economic crisis." He said that today the life of every class of society has become easier due to the Centre's schemes. Calling upon the youth to adopt the mantra of 'Nation First, Always First', he said that only those people achieved success in life who always put the nation first in their duty. Referring to the challenges faced by the youth, Vaishnaw said, "If they remember only one thing, only one mantra, then t

Rozgar Mela: 186 recruits get appointment letters in Chhattisgarh

A total of 186 candidates, including 33 women, from Chhattisgarh on Tuesday received appointment letters for various positions in the Central government as part of the "Rozgar Mela" (employment fair) held in Raipur district, an official said. Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta and Raipur BJP MP Sunil Kumar Soni handed over the appointment orders to the recruits at the Group Centre of CRPF in Bhilai village, around 45 km away from the state capital. As part of the employment fair, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday distributed more than 71,000 appointment letters to recruits via video conferencing from New Delhi. Physical copies of appointment letters were handed over at 45 locations across the country. Of the 186 candidates, 44 were recruited in Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB), 35 in Border Security Force (BSF), 26 in Railways, 17 in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and 14 in AIIMS, Raipur, said a statement issued by CRPF's Deputy Inspector General