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Mumbai Angels raises $ 2mn funding for recruitment automation start-up

TurboHire ensures accuracy in candidate selection and reduces the cost and time spent on hiring

18 states join National Career Service portal; What it does, who started it

Under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the NCS portal acts as a bridge between job seekers and employers. It also provides career counselling and training to the candidates

The real higher education reforms

India needs excellence in higher education with employability

India's unemployment rate of 6.4% in September is the lowest in four years

It was rural India that made the bigger con­tri­bution to the turnaround in labour conditions

Amazon partners with govt to provide jobs to people with disabilities

The tripartite agreement between DePwD, SCPwD and Amazon focuses on skilling, certification, and entrepreneurship designed to uniquely enable and position PwD participation in mainstream society

NHM rollout created 271,000 jobs in FY21, Centre spent Rs 28K cr on mission

Across-the-board improvement in mortality rates over the years, shows govt data

Most job vacancies recorded during third Covid wave were in health sector

Besides health, trade and IT/BPO sectors saw vacancies increasing during the pandemic's Omicron phase

India Inc seeks help from law firms to address moonlighting: Report

The companies want law firms to redraft employment agreements, find loopholes and enforce restrictions to address the issue of moonlighting

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)

Recovery deep dive: Top 5 states bag lion's share in formal jobs post Covid

India's post-pandemic recovery appears to be shaping up like the letter K. In a three-part series, Business Standard illustrates how the K-shaped recovery is widening the inequality among states

Firms should not pin down staff: MoS IT Chandrasekhar on moonlighting

He added the days when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job were long gone

Moonlighting: No blanket ban in India though several laws frown upon it

The Factories Act is one such, but its provisions don't apply to firms that don't run a factory; many states have their own laws on the matter

E-com firms ramp up hiring delivery staff to meet festival season demand

Companies such as Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho and Myntra are gearing up to host their biggest festive sale events without covid restrictions for the first time in three years

Moonlighters beware: Companies may start using digital tools to track them

Nasscom calls for firms to re-imagine engagement models

Investments taking shape ahead of Rajasthan summit; 3k delegates may join

Around 2,000 people have got direct employment while conditions for indirect employment have been made

Rs 19,500 cr PLI-II for solar equipment to save Rs 1.4-trn forex: R K Singh

Union Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday exuded confidence that the second version of production linked incentive (PLI-II) scheme for solar manufacturing worth Rs 19,500 crore, will help save close to Rs 1.4 lakh crore forex every year. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, approved the implementation of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (Tranche II) on National programme on High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules', with an outlay of Rs 19,500 crore for achieving a manufacturing capacity of 65 Giga Watt (GW) scale in High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules. The government has expanded the scope under PLI-II as the domestic manufacturing capacity will also boost exports. The PLI-I for solar modules was worth Rs 4,500 crore, which was brought with intent to meet domestic requirement mainly as India has been importing solar equipment. "This (PLI-II for solar module) will lead to a saving of Rs 1.40 lakh crore saving because of domestic manufacturing. And it will also .

Bengaluru most promising for job seekers in services sector: Report

According to the 'Employment Outlook Report' by TeamLease Services, 61 per cent of employers of India Inc. were keen to hire during the period, growing by 7 per cent compared to last quarter

Flexi staffing grew 6.6% in April-June quarter, adds 66,000 jobs: ISF

The growth in the staffing demand was led by the sectors like e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, banking and financial services in the June quarter, ISF reported

Bengal will be No. 1 in creation of jobs in 4-5 years, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the state will be number one in creation of jobs in the next four to five years which is the aim of the government now. Banerjee, who was speaking at an event in Kharagpur, said that the government's job is to "match make" job seekers and industry with employment generation as its target. "Employment generation is my target at the moment. My aim is to make Bengal number one in job creation in the next four to five years," she said. Distributing certificates and offer letters to those who have successfully completed the 'Utkarsh Bangla' skill development programme, Banerjee said the state has been adjudged number one in skill development. "The number of polytechnics and ITIs have proliferated in Bengal and the government has created a platform for the match making," she said. Banerjee said that while there has been a 45 per cent decrease in employment in the country, the figure for West Bengal has risen by 40 per .

Bias behind Indian women finding fewer jobs, earning less: Oxfam report

The latest numbers underscore challenges in providing equal opportunities: Between 2010 and 2020, the number of working women in India dropped from 26% to 19%, according to the World Bank