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MGNREGA will be strengthened, dues will be cleared: Pilot

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said Tuesday that the MGNREGA will be strengthened in the state and the dues will be cleared soon. Pilot said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was stopped for the last three to four years but a special campaign has been initiated across the state from January 5 after which work days under the scheme increased to 23.46 lakh from 12.52 lakh. He said Rajasthan is a leading state in terms of MGNREGA and the 'Kaam Maango Abhiyan' under the scheme has been started by the government. The Congress leader said 83 per cent payment is being made on time under the scheme. Replying to a question raised by CPI(M) legislator Girdhari Lal, he said 9,026 construction projects were completed from January 1 to till date in Bikaner district. He said dues of Rs 3757.51 lakh are yet to be cleared under the MGNREGA. Pilot assured the House that dues will be cleared after receiving funds from the Union Rural Development

UK pay growth hits fresh 10-year high as employment soars

LONDON (Reuters) - British workers' pay growth hit a new 10-year high and employment grew by much more than expected in the three months to the end of November, as the labour market remained robust despite other signs of an economic slowdown ahead of Brexit.

Khandu announces hike in wages of labour class

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday announced enhancement of wages for the labour class, as part of New Year gifts to state government employees. The chief minister made the announcement during the second leg of Arunachal Rising Campaign at Ziro, the headquarters of Lower Subansiri district. As per a government order, the initial wages on appointment of unskilled contingent employees, casual workers and daily labourers have been hiked from Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 per month and from Rs 9,000 to Rs 11,000 for skilled contingent employees. The unskilled contingent employees after completing 15 years and above in service getting fixed wages of Rs 11,000 per month till retirement, would now receive Rs 13,000 from 15-20 years and Rs 16,000 as monthly wages after completing 20 years of service, it said. On the other hand, skilled contingent employees after completing 15 years and above in service getting fixed wages of Rs 11,500 per month till retirement, ...

UP govt announces Rs 100 hike in pension to all destitute

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a monthly hike of Rs 100 in pension to all destitute persons even as it rejected reports of launching a special pension scheme for seers. At present, all old age, widow and disabled destitute persons get a monthly pension of Rs 400. The state government has issued directives to authorities concerned to organise camps all over the state till January 30 to enrol all those eligible for the assistance, a government spokesperson said. Minister for Social Welfare Ramapati Ram Shastri said the aim is to cover all destitute under the pension scheme. The minister said that a section of the media is saying that a scheme is being brought specially for saints and seers which is not true. "Whoever is eligible and fulfils requisite norms will be brought under the scheme," Shastri pointed out. With this, nine lakh new beneficiaries are likely to be included under the pension scheme taking the total number of those benefitting from it to more than 70 ...

Imran Khan to embark on 2-day Qatar visit

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day visit to Qatar from Monday at the invitation of the country's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

J-K Police launches special against child labour in Katra, rescues 7 children

Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a special drive against child labour in the state's Katra city and rescued seven children, an official said Monday. A police team and the Child Welfare Committee (care and protection of child team) conducted special drive against child labour, begging and other crimes related to juveniles in Katra Sunday, the senior police official said. During the special drive, the team found five children working at various eating points on the track to cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi and found two minors begging, he said. The rescued children were handed over by the Child Welfare Committee to their parents with proper guidelines of the Juvenile Justice Act, the official said.

Elon Musk's Boring Company lays off 5 employees

Billionaire Elon Musk's infrastructure and tunnel construction firm Boring Company has laid off five employees, barely a month after it unveiled its first tunnel in the US.

Over 2 lakh artisans, craftsmen got employment opportunities through Hunar Haats: Naqvi

Over two lakh artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts got employment opportunities through 11 'Hunar Haats' organised across the country in the last two years, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Sunday. Naqvi, while speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the 'Hunar Haat' organised here at Baba Khadak Singh Marg from January 12, said such 'haats' have proved to be an "employment exchange" for master artisans and craftsmen and empowered them. The employment-oriented programmes of the Modi government such as 'Hunar Haat' have significantly encouraged and promoted the rich traditional heritage of master artisans which had been marginalised for a long time, he was quoted as saying by a statement from his office. The 'Hunar Haat' has become a credible brand where exquisite handicraft and handloom made by master artisans and various delicacies from across the country are available under one roof, he said. Besides, stalls put up by artisans and craftsmen from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat .

Delhi government's 2-day Mega Job Fair from Monday

A two-day Mega Job Fair, providing employment opportunities to over 12,500 job seekers with 76 companies from the private sector, will start here from Monday, the Delhi government said on Sunday.

Odisha Government hikes old-age pension

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a hike in the monthly pension amount for senior citizens in Odisha, under the "Madhu Babu Pension Yojana" scheme, raising the total number of old-age pension beneficiaries in the state to to 48 lakh.Pension beneficiaries up to the age of 79 years would now receive every month Rs 500 instead of Rs 300 and beneficiaries up to the age of 80 years would get Rs 700 instead of Rs 500.The Chief Minister made this announcement during the weekly "Ama Gaon Ama Bikash" programme."I wish that all bona fide beneficiaries of the state reap the benefits of the social security scheme.Keeping this in view, five lakh more beneficiaries have been included in the Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, thus 48 lakh beneficiaries will now reap the benefits.

Assam govt increases pension for state freedom fighters'

The Assam government has increased the pension for freedom fighters of the state by Rs 1,000 per month with effect from January one. Now the freedom fighters of the state will get a pension of Rs 21,000 per month. The monthly pension has been enhanced from existing Rs 20,000 per month to Rs 21,000 per month and it will be applicable to all pensioners who are drawing the state freedom fighters' pension from the state exchequer, said a government release on Saturday.

Patnaik increases social security pension by Rs 200 per month

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced a hike of Rs 200 per month in the social security pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY). Patnaik made this announcement while attending a video conference on "Ama Gaon, Ama Bikash" Yojana here. He said 48 lakh elderly, disabled, widows and destitute women will be benefited. As per the enhanced pension, the elderly persons aged over 60 years will get a revised old age pension of Rs 500 per month as against Rs 300 and those who are more than 80 years old, the pension will be Rs 700 per month instead of Rs 500 per month, officials said. Stating that the enhanced pension will come into effect from February 15, 2019, Patnaik said his government had recently included five lakh more beneficiaries under MBPY. The state government had launched Madhu Babu Pension Yojana on January 1, 2008, by merging two pension schemes - Old Age Pension and Odisha Disability Pension schemes. Earlier, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC)

Regular inspections must to prevent instances of bonded labour in K'taka: NCW

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Shama has called for regular inspections in rural areas of Karnataka to identify and prevent instances of bonded labourers after some such cases came to light recently. Fifty-two bonded labourers, including 17 women and four children, hailing from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were rescued in Hassan district in December. "There are lack of employment opportunities in rural Karnataka that makes it very easy for contractors to lure labourers and trap them. I am afraid to say that there must still be many cases of bondage existing and it must be one of the many," Sharma said. The matter came to light recently when one of the workers, who toiled for 20 days, escaped from the clutches of the gang by scaling the fence of the complex where they had been held captive, and informed the police about it. The workers were allegedly held captive in sheds, taken to the fields for work and were beaten up when they demanded their wages. NCW ...

Tesla announces 7 percent cut to workforce

Elon Musk's electric car manufacturer Tesla announced Friday it is cutting its workforce by about seven percent. Musk said the cuts are needed as Tesla works to meet its timetable for producing the Model 3 car. Musk said in a blog post that Tesla is making the staff cut as it works to reach more customers who can afford its vehicles.

Salesforce to double presence in Ireland with 1,500 new jobs

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Salesforce.Com will more than double its workforce in Ireland by adding 1,500 jobs, marking one of the largest single job announcements in the 70-year history of the state's foreign investment agency.

Tesla to cut workforce by 7 percent

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Friday said it will cut its full-time workforce by about 7 percent, while it ramps up production of its Model 3 sedan.

Maha: 7k applicants for 13 canteen waiter posts in Mantralaya

As many as 7,000 persons, mostly graduates, had applied for 13 vacant posts of canteen waiters in Mantralaya, the Maharashtra secretariat, an official said Friday. The government official said a 100-mark written exam was recently conducted for the posts, for which educational qualification required was having passed Class IV. "The exam formalities got completed on December 31 and currently the joining process is on. Out of the 13 selected applicants, eight are men and the rest women. Two-three people are yet to submit their documents and officially join," he said. He further said of the selected persons, 12 are graduates and one has passed Class 12, adding that the maximum applicants for the 13 posts were graduates and those who had cleared Class 12. He informed that the age group of selected applicants was between 25-27 years. Slamming the state government over the induction of graduates as waiters in the Mantralaya canteen, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative ...

Buffett's NetJets, pilots union reach labor pact

(Reuters) - NetJets, the luxury plane unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has extended its contract with its pilots union by three years, avoiding the type of bitter labor dispute that it had with the union earlier this decade.

Campaign against child labour to be launched in Jaipur

With an aim to end child labour in the city, a special campaign 'Child Labour Free Jaipur' (CLFJ) will be launched on Friday. "The campaign has been prepared by taking support from multiple stakeholders and this novel initiative will help in putting an end to child labour in Jaipur," said Karan Malik, programme manager of The British Asian Trust, part of the CLFJ campaign. Government organisations, the Juvenile Justice Committee, the Child Welfare Committee, district child labour task force and non-government organisations (NGOs) have collaborated for the initiative.

My govt helped create crores of employment opportunities: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said his government has helped create crores of employment opportunities across sectors in the last four and a half years. The remarks assume significance as they come after the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, an independent think tank, recently estimated that 11 million jobs in the country were lost in 2018, with the rural sector being the worst hit. "Be it tourism, manufacturing or the services sector, crores of employment opportunities have been created in the last four and a half years," Modi said, after inaugurating a shopping festival here. In 2017, the then Union labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya had said the growth of the Indian economy was not translating into more employment. Modi said the government is helping the micro, small and medium enterprises in every possible way and cited a list of initiatives taken by it in this segment. The move to increase interest subvention to 5 per cent and including merchant ...