Labour
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India's growth rate didn't match increase in jobs: IMF
Business | Dec 24, 2019, 07:46 AM ISTThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that India's high growth rate in recent years did not lead to a matching increase in formal sector jobs and labour market participation has declined. The IMF's report on its annual consultations with India released in Washington on Monday said that while India has lifted millions out of poverty as one of the world's fastest-growing economies, "recent labour market data suggests that unemployment is high while labour force participation has decreased, particularly for females."
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Indian couple convicted of labour trafficking
World | Nov 16, 2019, 08:29 AM ISTA married Indian couple, who ran two entertainment clubs in Singapore’s upmarket clubbing precinct of Boat Quay, was found guilty on Friday of illegally harbouring three Bangladeshi women in the first conviction for labour trafficking
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Labourer lynched over child-lifting rumour in Amethi
Crime | Sep 02, 2019, 11:08 AM ISTAmethi, Superintendent of Police, Khyati Garg, said: "The labourers thrashed the man till he died. They were trying to shove the body into their vehicle when a villager saw them from a distance and assumed they were kidnapping a child."
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Wages account for 1/3rd of country's total income: Report
India | Jun 26, 2019, 11:16 PM IST"Return on labour (12 per cent CAGR) grew faster than return on capital (10.9 per cent CAGR) during FY12-FY17.
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Women's agricultural labour cause of malnutrition in rural India
World | Jun 26, 2019, 11:20 AM ISTIn most of rural India, women work as agricultural and family farm labourers, in addition to performing nearly all the childcare and household duties.
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Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report
Business | Jun 20, 2019, 04:32 PM ISTThe Centre and state governments need to pursue labour law reforms as these are necessary for improving investment and generating employment, said SBI in its research report 'Ecowrap' Thursday.
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Laws being sidestepped in name of contract labour, says Sharad Yadav
India | Aug 01, 2016, 05:08 PM ISTPointing out at a rather overlooked issue, Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav today spoke of how the system of hiring contract labour was bypassing the laws, leaving number of workers without any protection. Referring to
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Trade unions' strike to cause Rs 25,000 crore loss: Assocham
Sep 03, 2015, 07:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has estimated a loss of Rs 25,000 crore to the economy due to the all-India strike on Wednesday."Financial impact of the disruption of
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Government to carefully examine 'hire and fire' clause in new law
India | Aug 05, 2015, 07:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government today said it will carefully examine the “hire and fire” clause under the draft Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015, that seeks to make retrenchment easier for employers. The decision on
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Britain has 'duty' to confront IS threat: Cameron
World | Sep 26, 2014, 06:02 PM ISTLondon: British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday said that the Islamic State (IS) was a threat to the "streets of Britain" and it was the "duty" of the government to confront the Sunni radical group,
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Labour unrest hits Toyota India car production
Apr 04, 2014, 11:05 PM ISTBangalore: Labour unrest in Toyota India is having an effect on car production, as most of the striking employees are refusing to return to work even 12 days after management lifted the lockout March 24.“Our
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Labourer killed in fire in factory in Delhi
India | Aug 31, 2013, 08:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: A labourer was killed and four sustained severe burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a factory producing motorcycle parts in Bawana area of North Delhi, Delhi Fire Service said today.According
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Britain's Kate Middleton in labour: Buckingham Palace
World | Jul 22, 2013, 01:56 PM ISTLondon, Jul 22: Prince William's wife Kate Middleton was today admitted to a hospital and is in the early stages of labour, a palace official said.The 31-year-old Duchess of Cambridge travelled by car from the
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One Killed, 14 Injured In Assam Building Collapse
India | Dec 25, 2011, 11:34 AM ISTTezpur, Assam, Dec 25: A labourer from Boko in Kamrup district was killed and 14 others were injured when the porch of an under-construction hotel building collapsed on Saturday evening near this town in Assam's
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Mitra Gets Finance, Former Naxal Leader Gets Labour
India | May 21, 2011, 04:37 PM ISTKolkata, May 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms.Her other departments are Information and