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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

Jobs for youngsters dwindle in slowing economy hit by Covid-19, lockdown

Slowly, the age profile of the workforce is shifting towards the relatively old workers

Job losses among salaried employees likely to get worse: CMIE's Mahesh Vyas

The number of salaried people who have lost their jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic has now surged to 18.9 million

Apart from benefit hike, recent ESIC move to make jobless claims easier too

Relief would be given after 30 days of unemployment as against 90 days at present; no burden on exchequer as ESIC has surplus funds

Q1 snapshot of the Indian economy: Attaining recovery will be a long haul

The severity of contraction in economic activities due to Covid-19 is declining, but sustainable recovery is far away still. A K Bhattacharya explains the problems and positives for the Indian economy

Raiding RBI war chest, asking people to deposit gold needless distractions

Using the central bank's gold to raise resources is no substitute for bolstering the sovereign's credibility with investors

A recovery to worry: Revival in employment has left out salaried jobs

The recovery is largely in informal jobs. The situation has worsened for the salaried class

Shorter meetings but longer days: How Covid-19 has changed the way we work

Perhaps the biggest question for both employers and employees is whether working from home has led to a decrease in productivity

Telangana clears draft policy giving preference to locals for employment

The state Cabinet approved the draft policy under which the majority share of employment would be given to the local residents in industries that are established in Telangana

A partial, slowing economic recovery underway after sharp fall of April

But, its momentum could be petering out well before the recovery is complete

Attempt is being made to transform intent and content of education: PM Modi

New Education Policy emphasises on making 'job creators' instead of 'job seekers', says PM Modi