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Crores of job created in last 4.5 years: PM

Rejecting allegations of rising unemployment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said crores of new jobs have been created in formal and unorganised sectors including transport, hotels and infrastructure. Jobs have been created both in informal and formal sectors, he said in Lok Sabha, citing data from provident fund and National Pension System (NPS), Income Tax filings and sale of vehicles among others. The strong rebuttal came amid allegations of jobless growth under the Modi government. Replying to the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's address to Parliament, Modi said informal sector accounts for 85-90 per cent while the formal sector provides only 10-15 per cent employment in the country. The Prime Minister said in 15 months till November 2018, 1.8 crore people got enrolled in the Employees Provident Fund for the first time. Of these 64 per cent were below 28 years of age. As many as 65 lakh employees were part of NPS system in 2014 which has ...

BJP youth wing, police clash over rising unemployment in Odisha

The youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha on Thursday clashed with the police while marching towards the state Assembly protesting over growing unemployment in the state.

Rs 4.79 lakh cr budget presented in the UP Assembly

A budget of Rs 4.79 lakh crore was presented in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday by the state's Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal.

Mamata urges Manoj Sinha to address BSNL's contractual workers' plight

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Union Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha urging him to take steps to regularise wage payments to contractual workers working in BSNL.

Youth march in national capital tomorrow to demand educational, employment opportunities from govt

Student leaders and union members from different universities will take part in a march from the Red Fort to Parliament Street here on Thursday to demand educational and employment opportunities from the government. Some of the demands include filling up of all government vacancies, creation of more government jobs, stopping the policy of fund cuts and seat cuts and spending 10 per cent of the country's GDP on education. Various leaders from opposition parties are expected to address the gathering in Parliament Street. Patidar leader Hardik Patel pledged support to the march and tweeted, "I am going to Young India Adhikar March. 24 lakhs govt. Posts lying vacant. Crores of youth on streets unemployed. From SSC to Railway From Bank to UPSC Their voices unite on 7th Feb, Young India Adhikar March Let's support and be part of the student-youth unity! #7FebDilliChalo." Students of Jamia Millia Islamia have said they will boycott the march since the demands do not include tracing JNU ...

Cabinet approves revised office memorandum for upper caste quota

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval to the revised Office Memorandum (OM) pertaining to the Cabinet Note on "Amendment of Constitution to provide for reservation for Economically Weaker Sections".

Cabinet nod to regularization of allowances for key AAI staff

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the regularization of certain allowances being paid over and above the 50 per cent ceiling to certain employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Shops to be allowed to remain open 24 hours in Gujarat

Shops in Gujarat could be kept open round the clock, the state government announced on Wednesday. The decision will come into effect after a legislation in the upcoming 'Vote on Account' session of the assembly this month.

Soon, shops, eateries in Gujarat will remain open 24 hours

Shops and food joints in Gujarat will be able to operate 24 hours very soon as the government has decided to amend the law which imposes time restrictions. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. The cabinet, led by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, approved changes to the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act of 1948, which bars shops, restaurants and other such business entities from doing business between 12am to 6am. A bill to amend the Act will be tabled during the upcoming Assembly session, starting February 18. "As a step towards promoting ease of doing business in the state, we have decided to amend this Act so that these units can remain open 24 hours," said Patel. The decision would generate more jobs as additional people will be hired for night shifts, he said. Over 7 lakh units employing 10 lakh persons are registered under the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act. For employees working in such units, the ...

NMDC reaches agreement with unions on pay revision

NMDC Wednesday said it has reached an agreement with worker unions over wage revision and other benefits for the next five years. "Today (Wednesday), the tripartite agreement for revision of pay scales and other benefits was arrived in a meeting in New Delhi. The 10th pay revision of NMDC unionised category workmen wage agreement signed today," NMDC said in a statement. However, the company did not provide the details of wage revision. In NMDC, pay scales and other benefits of workmen are revised every five years. Last time, the pay revision was effective from January 1 2012. Therefore, the pay revision was due with effect from January 1, 2017. The agreement was signed in the presence of leaders of the All India NMDC Workers Federation led by Vice-President R D Tripathi. The meeting was also attended by another Vice-President R D C P Rao, Director (Personnel) Sandeep Tula (NMDC management representative) and other senior government officers. NMDC Chairman and Managing Director N ...

Mamata urges Manoj Sinha to look into plight of BSNL workers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday wrote to Union Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha about the plight of contractual workers of BSNL and urged him to take steps to stop job loss and regularise payment of wages. In her letter, Banerjee said, "Thousands of contractual workers associated with different establishments of BSNL under Calcutta Telephones and West Bengal Telecom Circle are facing acute hardship due to non-payment/irregular payment of wages as well as faced with loss of jobs." She requested Sinha to look into the matter urgently. Banerjee also enclosed a letter from the INTTUC-affiliated BSNL-Nationalist Thika Workers' Congress Union on the same issue. The union's letter, which was sent to the chief minister earlier in the day, said BSNL contract workers in the state were not getting their monthly wages on time since 2017 and requested her to take up the issue with the Centre.

U'khand approves 10 % reservation for economically weaker sections in general category

The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday approved 10% reservation in education and employment opportunities for economically weaker sections in the general category. With this, Uttarakhand became the eighth state after Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam and Maharashtra to have approved the bill to implement the reservation.Earlier on Monday, the Maharashtra cabinet had approved the Centre's scheme of 10 per cent reservation to the economically weaker section among the general category in government jobs and educational institutions across the state.The Parliament recently passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, approving a 10 per cent reservation for economically backward upper castes in government jobs.

Over 20 lakh UP government employees strike work

Over 20 lakh Uttar Pradesh government employees went on a strike on Wednesday to demand restoration of the old pension scheme.

Bangladesh suppliers to H&M, Next lay off workers after wage protests

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least three garment manufacturers in Bangladesh that supply European brands such as H&M and Next have laid off thousands of workers weeks after they had joined wage protests, union leaders said on Tuesday.

M.Tech, B.Tech, post-graduates fight for sweeper's job in TN Assembly

Believe it or not, persons with professional qualifications such as M.Tech, B.Tech and MBA, post graduates as well as graduates are in the race to bag the work of sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat.

MP govt makes it mandatory for industries to hire 70% locals

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has made it mandatory for industries seeking various incentives to provide 70 per cent employment to locals in the state. Hours after taking over as the chief minister on December 17 last year, Nath had announced that the incentives would be granted to those industries that give 70 per cent of jobs to the local youths. Nath Monday stated his government was implementing the poll promise, which was a part of the Congress' manifesto for the 2018 assembly elections, by asking industries to provide 70% jobs to local youths. "'Vachan Patra Ke Vaaydon Par Amal Karte Huye Humne Rajya Sarkar Dwara Poshit Sabhi Udyogon Mein 70 Fisadi Rojgar Madhya Pradesh Ke Sthaniya Logon Ke Liye Anivarya Kar Diya'. (While implementing the promises in manifesto, we have made it mandatory to all industries incentivised by the state government to hire 70 per cent local people of Madhya Pradesh)," Nath said in a tweet. The announcement came at a time when ..

GM cutting 4,000 workers in latest round of restructuring

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Monday said it was starting to hand pink slips to about 4,000 salaried workers in the latest round of a restructuring announced in late November that will ultimately shrink its white-collar workforce in North America by 15 percent out of 54,000.

708 govt employees found absent from duties in Jaipur

As many as 708 government employees in Jaipur district were found absent from their duties during a surprise inspection by district administration officials on Monday. The inspection was conducted on the direction of District Collector Jagroop Singh Yadav, according to an official release. Notices would soon be issued to such employees, it said.

Now, women allowed to work in underground mines

The Central Government on Monday decided to allow women to work in underground coal mines and also do night shifts in open cast or over ground mines, in a bid to bring about greater gender equality and generate more employment opportunities for women.The government in a notification said it had decided to exempt the women employed in any mine above and mine below ground from the provisions of section 46 of the Mines Act, 1952, which restricts the women from working in mines.Following the request from women employees and mining companies, the ministry has also decided to extend the timing of women workers in coal mines initially and it would be extended in other such mining sectors on the basis of the initiative. However, the deployment of women has been subjected to certain rules, which includes providing adequate facilities and safety to them.The labour ministry has ordered that the deployment of women should be in a group of not less than three in a shift.In addition, the deployment

Women can now work in underground and opencast mines, says Labour Ministry

Earlier, employment of women in underground, opencast mines were restricted under Mines Act, 1952