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Job Creation In India

Between September 2017 and November 2022, 6.09 crore new subscribers joined the EPF scheme

Updated On: 25 Jan 2023 | 4:55 PM IST

Aiming to boost career opportunities for India's youth under Skill India Mission, the MSDE will hold the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela on Dec 12, across 197 locations in 25 states and UT

Updated On: 10 Dec 2022 | 10:36 PM IST

The Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has decided to offer MSMEs and start-ups training in marketing, and financial support

Updated On: 24 Nov 2022 | 8:16 PM IST

Employment-linked incentive scheme for services sector suggested

Updated On: 21 Nov 2022 | 11:53 PM IST

The number of fresh formal jobs created fell for the second consecutive month in September, declining 9 per cent sequentially to 930,000

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 10:09 PM IST

Stepping up his attack on the NDA government at the Centre, ruling TRS working president in Telangana K T Rama Rao on Tuesday alleged that the Centre's recent 'Rozgar Mela' (an online job fair) is a cruel joke on the unemployed youth. Saying that this new drama has been unveiled before elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an assurance that two crore jobs would be filled every year. In an open letter to Modi, Rama Rao asked if a White Paper would be released on the number of jobs filled by the BJP government in the past eight years. The TRS working president said the Telangana government has filled 1.50 lakh government jobs and has initiated the process of filling 91,000 more. Besides, 16.5 lakh jobs, employment opportunities were provided in the private sector. This was done in the State with a 3.5 crore population, he said. Meanwhile, State BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay

Updated On: 25 Oct 2022 | 10:27 PM IST

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constantly sought to create new avenues and opportunities for livelihood, government jobs and income for the country's youth. He said that right from the beginning the prime minister has given the highest priority to the issues and concerns related to the youth. The prime minister has constantly sought to create new avenues and opportunities for livelihood, government jobs and income for the youth, said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel. In his welcome address at a Rozgar Mela at the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) here, he said that very soon his department will come out with the next instalment of appointment letters to meet the target of 10 lakh government jobs in the next few months. Prime Minister Modi on Saturday launched Rozgar Mela -- the recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel -- via video conferencing. During the ceremony, appointment letters were handed over

Updated On: 22 Oct 2022 | 7:26 PM IST

The ramp-up includes the addition of over 6,300 personnel to fulfil demand across first- and mid-mile delivery and 3,000 personnel to cater to last-mile delivery

Updated On: 09 Sep 2022 | 6:11 PM IST

The finance minister said if India and the United States joined efforts in growing their respective economies, they might be the engines of global growth within the next two decades

Updated On: 07 Sep 2022 | 7:02 PM IST

Study says growth in prosperity also needs to be environmentally sustainable and must be solid and resilient in the face of external shocks

Updated On: 30 Aug 2022 | 3:40 PM IST

Self-employed persons, students, retired professionals, other job seekers may sign up as last-mile agents; they only need a two-wheeler, valid driving license and smartphone

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 4:39 PM IST

Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age -- roughly the population of the US and Russia combined -- don't want a job, according to the CMIE

Updated On: 26 Apr 2022 | 2:04 AM IST

To achieve scale, one has to vaccinate 5-10 million people a day and this would need strong cooperation between govt and private sector, he says

Updated On: 30 Jan 2021 | 12:53 AM IST

Total spending plan for next fiscal may surpass last year's Rs 30.4 trn, with focus likely on expanding a jobs guarantee program to cities and increasing allocation on education, housing, and health

Updated On: 29 Jan 2021 | 8:25 AM IST

A total 40,445 jobs were created in 2018-19 and 35,914 jobs in 2019-20

Updated On: 20 Mar 2020 | 2:25 AM IST

The report also showed that during the September 2017-December 2019 period, around 3.50 crore new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme

Updated On: 26 Feb 2020 | 2:01 AM IST

The government is targeting khadi and village industries to boost job creation in the rural and tribal areas and improve purchasing power of people, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. "Our focus is on village industries including honey, kulhads, bamboo, fishing, bio-fuels towards employment generation in the agriculture, rural and tribal sectors and to enhance their purchasing power through favourable policies," Gadkari told PTI. The minister for MSME and Road Transport & Highways shared that a special emphasis is being accorded to 115 aspirant districts across the country to achieve these objectives. Gadkari said he foresees a huge demand for honey going forward, with growing health awareness among the masses and an untapped potential market for products like honey sachets, biscuits and chocolates, which can be leveraged to generate employment. The khadi, village and coir industries come under the MSME ministry helmed by Gadkari.

Updated On: 12 Feb 2020 | 4:44 PM IST

Tax rate cuts, job creation measures expected: BS POLL

Updated On: 29 Jan 2020 | 3:14 AM IST

GAME, a social initiative started by Ravi Venkatesan, aims to create 50 million jobs, half of which would be for women

Updated On: 13 Jan 2020 | 1:13 AM IST

India is expected to witness a marginal 7 per cent rise in job creation in the October-March period of this financial year, as subdued economic conditions have dampened employment outlook, a report said on Monday. According to TeamLease's bi-annual Employment Outlook Report for HY2 2019, economic reforms lifted the spirits for seven of the 19 sectors surveyed, while nine sectors reported a decrease in their outlook for October-March period of this fiscal. India will witness a 7.12 per cent increase in job creation in the current half year (October-March, 2019-20), it said. Positive hiring outlook was reported in sectors like healthcare & pharmaceuticals, information technology, e-commerce and tech start-ups, educational services, KPO, power and energy, and logistics. The sectors that are expected to witness decrease in hiring include manufacturing, engineering and infrastructure, construction and real estate, financial services, retail, BPO/ITeS, telecommunications, travel and ...

Updated On: 09 Dec 2019 | 6:06 PM IST