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Teva Pharm agrees with workers on closing Jerusalem tablet plant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with workers on closing its tablet factory in Jerusalem by the end of 2019, ending weeks of labour unrest at the facility.
Former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna appointed deputy NSA
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appointed former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA), an official order said.
Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna appointed Dy NSA
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Rajinder Khanna as the Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).The appointment is fixed as re-employment on contract basis, until further orders, as per usual terms and conditions as are admissible to the deputy NSA, the Committee said, in an official notice.Khanna, joined RAW in 1978, and is the first chief of the agency who was directly recruited into the Research and Analysis Service (RAS) cadre. He headed the RAW from December 2014 for a fixed two-year period, where he spearheaded many counter-terrorism operations.Presently, Khanna is serving as an Officer on Special Duty (Neighbourhood Studies) in the National Security Council Secretariat.
Job creation under PMEGP
The rate of job creation under PMEGP for the financial years 2015 - 16 and in the corresponding period of 2012-13 is given below:
Sebi plans to hire full-time chief vigilance officer
Markets regulator Sebi plans to appoint a full-time chief vigilance officer (CVO) primarily to keep a check on its officials and their dealings. The position of CVO will be equivalent to that of an executive director in terms of pay and benefits. He would be responsible for detecting and punishing malpractices within the organisation. The board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has already approved a proposal in this regard, officials said. Besides, Chief Vigilance Commission has also advised that considering the dealing of Sebi with sensitives cases, a full-time CVO may be appointed. According to officials, Sebi as a regulator is different and is more likely to be exposed to vigilance related issues in future. The markets watchdog would soon come out with an advertisement inviting applications for the position of CVO. External candidates would be considered for the post. However, this post would not add to the existing sanctioned number of posts (nine) ...
Haryana approves service bye-laws for contractual employees
The Haryana government has approved service bye-laws for contractual employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in the state, Health Minister Anil Vij said here. These rules will be applicable from today, Vij said. Under these rules, the employees have been divided into three categories. In category-I, apart from experts, maximum honorarium of the present or the entry level would be given to employees who have completed satisfactory service till five years, he said in an official statement released here. They would also get medical allowance of Rs 500 per month or Employees' State Insurance (ESI) scheme with annual salary hike of five per cent. The minister said those who have completed five to 10 years of service would be included in category-II and they would be given basic pay and dearness allowance. Similarly, basic pay, dearness allowance and house rent allowance would be admissible to those who would have completed 10 years or more continuous ...
Nagaland, Assam CMs discuss improving connectivity
Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Monday called on his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati and discussed formulation of a common strategy for improvement of connectivity.
2018 awaits shiny job landscape with 2 lakh hirings in IT
The year 2017 was a year of disruption for Indian job landscape, but hiring scenario looks glossy in the new year with likely addition of 2 lakh jobs in the IT industry, experts say. The Indian job market is in a state of flux, thanks to rising adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), and according to experts, upskilling is the only way employees will be able to survive this transitory phase. While rising adoption of automation technologies will lead to job losses for some segments, sectors like mobile manufacturing, Fintech and startups look bullish going ahead. "Improvements in financial services and digital businesses, especially increase in investments in digitisation and automation and conducive investment climate are expected to result in business growth," said Alka Dhingra, General Manager, IT staffing, TeamLease Services. According to Dhingra, the uptick in hiring will be also because of new employers, as around 20 per cent more employers are likely to hire in ..
Biometric attendance compulsory for Kerala secretariat staff
Starting Monday, over 5,000 employees at the Kerala State Secretariat here will have to compulsorily record their biometric attendance when they come to office and repeat this when they leave in the evening.
53k casual jobs lost in Jan-Mar,overall employment up by 1.85L
Casual workers remained the most affected post demonetisation, with as many as 53 thousand workers losing their jobs in 8 select sector during the first three months of 2017, according to a Labour Bureau survey. However, the overall jobs situation improved in sectors like manufacturing and IT as employment increased by 1.85 lakh during the January-March period across eight sectors at all India level. "There was a positive change of 1.97 Lakh in regular (not on contract) workers and 0.26 Lakh in contract workers whereas the casual workers declined by 0.53 Lakh," the latest quarter employment survey by Labour Bureau, a wing of the labour ministry, said. Out of total estimated change in job (1.85 lakh), self employed experienced a positive swing of 15 thousand and employees showed an increase of 1.70 lakh. The survey shows that casual workers employment declined in six sectors covered under the study except in accommodation & restaurant and IT/BPO space. The government .
Haryana govt to open academy for labourers
The Haryana government would soon open an academy for training labourers engaged in construction work so that they could get better employment opportunities. The labourers will be trained to become carpenters, plumbers, painters, electricians etc. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while addressing a gathering organised by the labour department here today. He said labourers play an important role in development of a state and the country. In order to give them equal status, the state government has, during three years, distributed about Rs 250 crore for their upliftment, Khattar said. The chief minister said aim of the state government is to ensure development of every person and bring them to mainstream. With this target, 23 welfare schemes have been introduced for the labourers, he said. The BJP leader also urged the labourers to get themselves registered to avail benefits of all such schemes. He said that programmes were being organised at ...
TASMAC shops to remain closed on Jan 25;Assn secretary
The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) employees association today decided to down shutters of state-owned liquor outlets on January 25 to press their charter of demands. The association's secretary Balasubramanian said the demands include regularisation of TASMAC workers and regular pay scale. The decision was taken at a meeting of the association here, he added.
Farm distress, unemployment led to voting against BJP: Guj
Gujarat Chief Secretary J N Singh has said that distress among farmers, coupled with unemployment, led to some sections of the society to vote against the ruling BJP in the recent Assembly elections. Farmers across Gujarat in general, and Saurashtra in particular, "expressed their anger" against the BJP for various reasons such as less-than-expected prices of farm produce, Singh said. He was speaking at the inauguration of Ahmedabad office of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday. "Another thing...which has come out during the elections...two factors came out very very strongly. One was farmers' distress. Farmers all throughout Gujarat, particularly in Saurashtra. They have expressed their distress, their anger, by voting against the ruling party," he said. "Why has it been so? There is some sort of feeling that things are not remunerative, things are not coming out. And second factor is ...
HC asks Delhi govt to hike pay of cluster bus drivers
The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government to increase the pay of the drivers and ancillary staff of buses run under the cluster scheme by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) in accordance with the recent hike in minimum wages. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the government cannot treat the drivers, provided by concessionaires running the cluster buses, differently from the conductors being supplied by state-run agencies like the DIMTS and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). "The respondents (government) cannot treat the agencies, who provide the services of the conductors, differentially from the treatment which is being given to the petitioners (concessionaires), who are providing the services of staff drivers and other ancillary staff," the bench said. It asked the government to make necessary amendments in the concessionaire agreement, with regard to the amount payable in terms of the
RS rejects pvt bill to make employment fundamental right
The government today narrowly escaped facing an embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha, as the House rejected by just three votes a private bill seeking to guarantee employment to every citizen above 18 years of age or provide them unemployment allowance. The private member bill was rejected by 21 votes in favour and 18 against, after Vishambhar Prasad Nishad of the Samajwadi Party refused to withdraw it twice, necessitating a division and voting on it. There were about 40 members in the House when the bill was being debated. The present Rajya Sabha has 245 members. Nishad, while moving the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2016 (insertion of new article 16 A), sought the support of the House for it, emphasising that due to lack of employment opportunities, the youths were being forced to indulge in criminal activities. In his intervention during the debate on the measure, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said "Government is committed to create new avenues of employment despite the
Himachal CM announces additional 3 pc DA for govt employees
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today announced the release of additional three per cent dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees with effect from July 1, 2017. Making the announcement while addressing the secretariat employees, he said that it would be paid in cash with salary for the month of January and the pensioners would also get three per cent dearness relief. The total burden on account of the release of additional DA would be Rs 180 crore annually, he added. Urging the employees to work with dedication, he said that the government would try to create more jobs but the scope was limited. He said that the employees should also work beyond duty hours to give enough time to the society. "We have always maintained cordial relations with the employees and I wish that the tradition would be continued in future as well," he said, adding that the government would do everything possible for the benefit of the employees. He said he was always ...
U.S. jobless claims steady in latest week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week and the underlying trend remained consistent with a tightening labor market.
Union Bank of India announces appointment of director
With effect from 27 December 2017
Macron under fire over plan to tighten joblessness monitoring
French President Emmanuel Macron came under fire today over his policy on jobless benefits after a press leak pointed to plans to tighten monitoring of people on the dole. The investigative weekly Canard Enchaine, citing an internal memo, said those receiving jobless benefits would be required to submit a monthly report on their job-hunting efforts. Politicians both to the left and the right of the centrist president assailed the idea of a monthly reporting requirement, with the Socialist Party tweeting that it was first mooted by the head of the employers' federation, Pierre Gattaz. But Macron defended the plan in an interview with French radio LCI. "If there are no rules, things cannot move ahead. That doesn't mean that we'll chase everyone," the 40-year-old said Wednesday evening. Macron, elected in May on a pro-business platform, included a pledge to overhaul unemployment insurance -- along with his landmark labour reforms -- with a view to reining in ...
Dabur opens skill development centre for women in Assam
Dabur India Ltd today inaugurated a skill development centre for women here, as part of the company's CSR campaign. The vocational training centre, set up at Dhekidol Village in Sonitpur district, will start with a six-month course on stitching and tailoring, the company said. "Providing vocational training, we feel, will not only bridge the gap between skilled and unskilled labour but also help the rural women with better employment and self-employment opportunities," said A Sudhakar, head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Dabur India. The unit will be run by the company's CSR arm, Jivanti Welfare and Charitable Trust. The programmes that will be offered have been devised after detailed discussions with community members and keeping in mind specific needs and sensitivities, Sudhakar said. In the future, Dabur India plans to add a number of vocational training courses such as beautician training, computer education and English language speaking, he said. The company runs .