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Decoded: How govt's SVAMITVA scheme aims to help rural property holders

Launched by Prime Minister Modi on Sunday, it is aimed at digitising all rural properties by 2024

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.

UP govt to grant 5% reservation to ex-servicemen in 'group B' jobs

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to grant 5 per cent horizontal reservation to ex-servicemen who are natives of the state in 'group B' government jobs

Contracts and support

Govt must stay the course on fixed-term contract jobs

Best of BS Opinion: Economic slowdown, auto sector recovery, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Labour codes hugely increase coverage of workers: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

Necessary, not sufficient: Labour reforms a good start; will we see more jobs now?

If the law changes work, everyone can celebrate. If not, it will be for want of reforms in several other areas like land, transport, electricity, and tax laws, writes T N Ninan

Amazon India creates over 100,000 seasonal jobs ahead of festive season

The new seasonal positions will help elevate its delivery experience and boost the company's fulfilment and delivery capabilities, Amazon India said.

E-commerce firms to create 300,000 jobs this festive season: RedSeer

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales

Railways generates over million man-days of employment in six states

Indian Railways has generated 1,066,246 man-days of work till September 25 under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in 6 States

Govt proposes liberal hire-and-fire rules for firms with under 300 workers

Proposal will be a part of the Code on Industrial Relations, 2020 scheduled to be introduced by Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar in the Lok Sabha

EPFO records 845,000 new enrolments in July, up from 482,000 in June

Provisional payroll data released by the EPFO last month had shown that net new enrolments stood at 655,000 in June this year. The figure has now been revised down to 4,82,352

FM urges ADB to step up lending, private sector operations to ease poverty

India has the absorptive capacity to receive about USD 4 billion a year from sovereign operations and about USD 1.5 billion annually from the private sector financing window, Sitharaman said

Indian economy staring at double-digit decline as Covid-19 cases spike

The failure to get infections under control will set back business activity and consumption -- the bedrock of the economy -- which had been slowly picking up

Flipkart says Big Billion Days will create 70,000 direct jobs in festivals

Flipkart is undertaking training programmes for its direct hires in various aspects of the supply chain

Need to support youth in their 'fight' for employment: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the youth are raising their voice over stalled recruitments, exam dates and new jobs, as she underlined the need for supporting their "fight" for employment

Covid-19: Strengthening rural jobs scheme critical to address migrant woes

MGNREGS, which offers 100 days of work in a year to rural households who seek employment, has played a critical role in curbing distress migration and in building assets in rural areas

How national recruitment agency will help both employers, job seekers

Overall cost for both will come down but financial health of entities will lead to fewer new recruitment

EPFO records 655,000 net new enrolments in June, up from 172,000 in May

The net new enrolments with the EPFO hover around 700,000 every month on an average

Four-fifths of CEOs expect Covid pandemic to entrench remote working: PwC

New York, London and some other major cities currently have only a fraction of their normal workforce in offices as employers and governments have told staff to work from home