Page 35 - Employment In India

As economy slows down, India would need to create 8 mn jobs every year

The real challenge is in raising the labour participation and employment rates

No interview required for central govt jobs in 23 states and 8 UTs

Interview for Group-B (non-gazetted) and Group-C posts in Central govt jobs has been abolished in 23 states and 8 UTs so far -- an exercise that started with effect from January 1, 2016.

Employment rate targeting must be at the heart of Indian policymaking

The labour participation rate in September at 40.7% was 199 basis points lower than the average labour participation rate of 42.7% in 2019-20

Employment may not mean work, wages: Lockdown broke down old assumptions

Employment and work are very closely related but the two are in fact, distinct

Goldman Sachs to open second India office in Hyderabad; offer 500 jobs

Representatives of Goldman Sachs, in a video conference, interacted with Telangana Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao and explained their plans to come to the city

38% engaged in employment, related activities in 2019: NSO time-use survey

The NSO, which is a wing of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has conducted the first Time Use Survey (TUS) in India during January to December 2019

Consumers come to grips with 'new normal' as Covid-19 cases rise in country

From groceries to electronics, consumers are more willing to buy online as compared to three months back

Goa govt to lift ban on new jobs from January 2021: CM Pramod Sawant

The Goa government will lift its ban on new recruitments from next January, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday.

65% people suffer loss of income, 55% may seek loan recast, says survey

65 per cent people polled in a survey have said that the pandemic and ensuing lockdowns hit their income and 56 per cent respondents claimed to have availed moratorium on loan and credit card dues.

Assam Teacher Recruitment 2020: Over 5,043 posts vacant; all you must know

Assam Teachers' vacancy: Applications are invited for Assistant Teacher, Science Teacher, Assamese Language Teacher, Manipuri Language Teacher (Upper Primary School) & Hindi Teacher vacancies

Engineers, teachers, accountants: Biggest job loss among salaried employees

Employment in the category of white collar professional employees and other employees has been rising steadily since 2016 when the survey began tracking them

MGNREGS funds fast drying up as demand surges amid Covid-19 pandemic

Almost 63 per cent of the increased allocation of around Rs 1.01 trillion has been spent in the first five months of 2020-21

India's hiring outlook bleakest in 15 yrs; only 3% firms planning to hire

India is witnessing the weakest hiring sentiment in 15 years with just 3 per cent companies planning to add staff in the next three months, a survey of over 800 employers said on Tuesday.

Covid-19 impact: 21 mn salaried jobs lost in lockdown-hit slowing economy

The damage is likely to be deeper, among industrial workers and also white-collar workers

MGNREGA today and tomorrow

The programme is providing relief today, but how can it ensure the basis of livelihood security in the future?

To soften Covid-19 blow, India plans to extend MGNREGA to the cities

The program, when approved, may be rolled out in smaller cities and initially cost about 350 billion rupees ($4.8 billion), said Sanjay Kumar, a joint secretary

Q1 GDP data: Employment-creating sectors bear brunt of slowdown

Construction sector fell a staggering 50.3 per cent, while manufacturing sector contracted by 39.3 per cent, at constant prices

Labour conditions worsening. Expect job losses in August

In August, barring an exceptional spike in one week, the labour participation rate has been slipping

Virtual innovations enable to honour hiring commitment during Covid-19: L&T

Amid the challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic, domestic infrastructure giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said virtual innovations enabled it to honour its job offers and hire 1,297 candidates from institutions like IITs and government colleges. The conglomerate had visited 112 colleges in 2019 for the recruitment of graduate and postgraduate engineering trainees for 2020. Over 18,000 candidates had applied for the recruitment and finally, 7 per cent or 1,297 were hired, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said. "We had honoured all our offers made to these engineers and graduates from the IIT's, NIT's and government colleges last year... I am glad that L&T has been able to live up to its commitment even in these extenuating circumstances of COVID-19," S N Subrahmanyan, CEO & Managing Director, L&T Group told PTI. "It is critical that as good corporate citizens, we recognise the difficulties faced by the potential employees at personal and professional levels and have the best ..

Parliament panel may recommend portal job cards, data on migrant workers

Committee believes the government has not maintained datasets to estimate the number of migrant workers in country