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Payroll data can be used to gauge job creation: Statistics Ministry
Payroll data is one of the tools that can be used to gauge job creation in the formal sector, a report by the Statistics Ministry said. Following the recommendations of a government-constituted task force, an initiative to report the progress made in formal employment using measurable data from administrative records or payroll data has been launched, the ministry said today. According to the report, Payroll Reporting in India - A Formal Employment Perspective, released by the Statistics Ministry, the "measurement of job creation, employment and unemployment are usually done through statistical estimates from Household surveys, Enterprise/Establishment surveys, Administrative data and (payroll) data from government schemes". The report has been released close on the heels of Niti Aayog coming out with estimates that showed creation of 35.3 lakh new jobs between September 2017 and February this year. Retirement fund body EPFO, state health insurer ESIC and PFRDA last month released ...
College students in Hry to be entrusted task of cleanliness of village ponds
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today launched 'Sahyog Club', where engineering and polytechnic colleges students of the state would be registered as its members and entrusted the task of development and cleanliness of village ponds. While addressing the entrepreneurs of the state at the inauguration of 'I Tech' (Industry Technical Excellence Changing Haryana) organised at a government polytechnic, Manesar in Gurgaon district, he said that the students would visit the ponds and assist the concerned Ponds Development Authority in the state. He urged the entrepreneurs to train the youth of the state as per their industrial requirement so that they could avail maximum employment opportunities, an official release said here. The chief minister assured that the government would facilitate in-creation of more employment opportunities for the youth and would make every effort to bridge the gap in providing skilled youth to the industry. The state government has initiated various .
Cabinet extends scheme to strengthen healthcare infra
The government on Wednesday extended the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) by two years till 2020 with a financial outlay of Rs 14,832, crore to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in the country including setting up of more AIIMS-like hospitals and upgrading the state-run hospitals.
Cabinet nods plan to set up 20 AIIMS across country
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a plan to set up 20 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country, six of which have already been established, and to upgrade 73 medical colleges.
Cabinet approves MRA between accountancy institutes of India, S Africa
Now it will be easy for Indian accountancy professionals to explore employment opportunities in South Africa, with the Cabinet today approving a proposal in this regard. The Union Cabinet has approved the mutual recognition agreement (MRA) between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). "The MRA is likely to lead to greater employment opportunities for the Indian Chartered Accountants in the region and also lead to greater remittances from them to India," an official statement said today. MRAs pave the way for recognition of the professional bodies of one country by the other. Regulatory bodies of various professional services like engineering, accountancy and architecture are encouraged to enter into these pacts. These agreements are part of free trade pacts that India has signed with several regions, including Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Asean. The agreement will facilitate recognition of Indian ...
Indian-American owned IT company fined for H1-B visa violations
An Indian-American owned IT company in California was today asked to pay USD 173,044 in wages to 12 of its foreign employees, most of them from India, in violations of the H-1B visa program salary requirements. Investigations carried out by US Department of Labour's Wage and Hour Division revealed that some of the H-1B employees that information technology provider Cloudwick Technologies Inc. brought from India with promised salaries of up to USD 8,300 per month instead received as little as USD 800 net per month. Notably, the crackdown on the company came just a day after many countries in the world celebrated the International Labour Day (International Workers Day or May Day). Based out of Newark in California in the famed Silicon Valley Indian-American Mani Chhabra is the founder and CEO of the Cloudwick Technologies, as per the company's website. It describes itself as leading provider of bimodal digital business services and solutions to the Global 1000. Its services include ...
Tomorrow's jobs require impressing a bot with quick thinking
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Andrew Chamberlain started in his job four years ago in the research group at jobs website Glassdoor.com, he worked in a programming language called Stata. Then it was R. Then Python. Then PySpark.
Working on plan to end contractual labour system in Delhi: Kejriwal
The Delhi government is working on a proposal for regularising the services of contractual workers and to abolish contract labour system in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today. The chief minister assured the labourers of taking action against those who are not abiding by the minimum wage norms. He also urged all the labourers to send their students to school and assured that the government is taking steps to make its schools at par with the private schools. "The government is also working on a proposal for regularising the services of contractual workers and to abolish contract labour system in Delhi," Kejriwal said, while addressing a gathering on the occasion of Labour Day. "If Delhi was granted statehood, we would have made all contractual labourers permanent. We are facing certain hurdles but we will do it soon. We will take strict action against those not abiding by minimum wage norms for labours," he added. Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai announced that the ...
Will take action against those not abiding by minimum wage norms for labours: Delhi CM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today assured the labourers of taking action against those who are not abiding by the minimum wage norms. He also urged all the labourers to send their students to school and assured that the government is taking steps to make its schools at par with the private schools. "We will take strict action against those not abiding by minimum wage norms for labours," Kejriwal said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of Labour Day. "If Delhi was granted statehood, we would have made all contractual labourers permanent. We are facing certain hurdles but we will do it soon," the chief minister said. Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai announced that the registered construction workers will soon receive passes for free travel in DTC buses plying across the city. "The construction board is making a proposal for providing passes for free DTC travel to registered construction workers," Rai said in his address.
Par panel finalises report on Wage Code Bill, says Gangwar
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar today said a parliamentary standing committee has finalised its report on first labour code, Wage Code Bill 2017, and the legislation would be pushed for passage in the monsoon session of Parliament after the document is submitted. The law will enable the central government to set benchmark minimum wages for different regions across the country. The bill's provision provides that states cannot set minimum wages below the benchmark set by the Centre. "I have spoken to the chairman of the committee (regarding finalisation of its report on Wage Code Bill). He told me that everything is completed and it will be submitted soon. We will push (the bill) for passage," Gangwar told reporters on the sidelines of the International Labour Day. The draft code on the bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2017. Thereafter, it was referred to the committee for scrutiny which is expected to submit its report in the monsoon session. The bill also seeks to ...
Cachar Paper Mill workers protest non-payment of salaries
The contractual workers unions of Cachar Paper Mill in south Assam's Barak Valley staged a day-long protest, alleging non-payment of salaries for the past 20 months. Members of several contractual workers unions staged the protest yesterday in front of the mill, demanding immediate payment of pending dues. Cachar Paper Mill Project Workers Union president Manabendra Chakraborty told reporters today that an indefinite hunger"strike was to be staged by the contractual workers on April 23, but it was deferred after the mill's management assured three months' outstanding salaries within this month. The management, however, paid only one month's salary to the workers and said that the remaining two months' salaries would be paid before April 30, Chakraborty said.
Workers, activists mark May Day with defiant rallies
Workers and activists marked May Day today with rallies to demand their government address labour issues. International Workers' Day is a public holiday in many countries, though activities are restricted in some places, sometimes leading to confrontations. A look at some of the events around the world: TURKEY Police in Istanbul detained more than a dozen demonstrators who tried to march toward Istanbul's symbolic main square in defiance of a ban. Turkey declared Taksim Square off-limits to May Day celebrations citing security concerns. Roads leading to the square were blocked and police allowed only small groups of labour union representatives to lay wreaths at a monument there. Still, a group of some 25 people, chanting "Taksim cannot be off limits on May 1" tried to push their way into the square but were rounded up by riot police. Major trade unions were scheduled to mark the day with rallies at government-designated areas in Istanbul and Ankara Taksim holds a symbolic value for ..
Kerala becomes 'NokkuKooli' free on Labour Day
In a major push to transform Kerala as an investment-friendly destination, the CPI(M)-led LDF government has banned the obsolete 'Nokku Kooli' practise used by headload workers to extract exorbitant wages without doing any work. "The order, which was issued last night, comes into effect from today on Labour Day," an official statement said. "NokkuKooli, which literally means 'gawking wages,' is a euphemism for extortion by organised labour unions in the state under which wages have to be paid to trade union workers for loading and unloading works done by other workers or by machines," it said. The practise is widely considered a product of militant trade unionism that resulted in frequent altercation between workers and businessmen. "The order was issued after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held discussions with labour union leaders on March 8," the statement said. Overcharging and 'Nokkukuli' had been causing difficulties in entrepreneurship development in the state, the ...
May Day: All you need to know
Every year, on the first day of the month of May, i.e., May 1, 'International Labour Day' is celebrated to celebrate labourers and the working classes. The day is dedicated to the labourers and workers.Labour Day, happens to be a public holiday in many countries, and is also celebrated as May Day in many European countries. In India, Labour Day is known by the name Antarrashtriya Shramik Diwas or Kamgar Din.It all began with the rise in industrialization, when the industrialists exploited the labour class and they had to work for up to 15 hours a day.Finally, they took the courage to stand united and raise their voice and demanded paid leaves, proper wages and breaks for the workforce.The day has different story for different countries, however, the main reason behind it remains the same and that is unfair treatment of the labour class.The first Labour day or May Day was celebrated in India in the year 1923. It was the Labour Kisan Party who had organised the May Day celebrations in ..
Chhattisgarh: Naxals torch 5 vehicles engaged in road construction
The naxals set ablaze as many as five vehicles engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Monday.The ultras also beat up the workers present at the site.On April 28, Naxals in Balrampur town of the state torched six vehicles being used in the construction work.One sub-engineer and two construction workers were also abducted.
Unemployment to be main issue in 2019 polls: Chidambaram
Questioning the competence of the Modi government to create jobs, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday that "unemployment" will be the biggest issue in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
AIUWC demands universalisation of social security as right of workers
The All India Unorganised Workers Congress (AIUWC) today demanded universalisation of social security as the right of workers in the country. In a letter to Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, AIUWC chairman Arbind Singh condemned the proposed Social Security Code. "The AIUWC feels that the government's draft Social Security Code falls far short of meeting needs of the unorganised workers of the country," he said, a day before the International Labour Day. It demands a comprehensive law for unorganised workers as both the 2nd Labour Commission had recommended an umbrella legislation for ensuring a minimum level of protection to them and the National Commission on Enterprises in Informal Sector also had emphasised it, saying the guarantee of social security was incomplete without simultaneous generation and protection of decent employment for workers, he said. "Thus, social security as a right to all workers along with decent employment should have been the focus of any such effort .
India Skills Kerala 2018 concludes
Showcasing the skill and excellence of immensely-talented students, the three-day grand finale of 'India Skills Kerala 2018' concluded here today. The event was jointly organised by Industrial Training Department and Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE),the nodal agency of the state government for its Skill Development Mission. Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Skills Department, Tom Jose, gave away the prizes to the winners at the valedictory function, the organisers said in a release here. Speaking on the occasion, he said the event would be a stepping stone for the talented students to become job providers of the future. Sriram Venkitaraman, Director, Employment and Training, and Managing Director, KASE, presided over the function. The 112 finalists qualified for the grand finale by beating 7,422 participants in the district and zonal competitions. The state-level winners will represent Kerala at the 'India Skills 2018' planned in July, which will pave the .
Kuwait seeks to calm Philippines crisis over workers
A senior Kuwaiti official today sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf state. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer's freezer. The resulting row deepened last week after Kuwaiti authorities ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. "This is largely a misunderstanding and exaggeration of some minor or one-off cases," Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih told reporters in Kuwait City. "We have taken a serious stance ... but we do not believe in escalation and want to remain in direct communication to resolve the problem," Subaih added. Kuwait has also detained four Filipinos hired by the Philippine embassy and issued arrest warrants against three diplomatic personnel. Subaih said those .
Prez stresses need for social security of unorganised workers
President Ram Nath Kovind today emphasised the need to have social security for workers in the unorganised sector. The president was addressing 'Asangathit Shramik Sammelan', a convention of labourers from the unorganised sector here. "No society can progress without being mindful to the welfare of the working classes, the deprived and underprivileged sections. In the labour sector in India, the share of workers in the unorganised sector is over 80 per cent," he said. Kovind said most of the workers of the unorganised sector are engaged in agriculture and construction. "There is a great need for social security for these workers," the president said, adding that he was happy over the Centre's move to create a 'Social Security Code' for such workers. Later in the day, the president addressed a function related to the 'Mini Smart City Mission' of the Madhya Pradesh government in the city. Kovind said the Union government has launched the Smart Cities programme, as cities .