New Delhi: The Government on Monday said unemployment was on the decline in both urban and rural areas as per the figures of recent surveys. "Reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office. Last such survey was conducted during 2009-10," Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge told Lok Sabha in reply to a query. "As per the two most recent...
04:31 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: In signs of better job market prospects, hiring activities increased across many sectors, including banking and pharma in April, says a survey by leading employment portal Naukri.com. Naukri.com's Job Speak Index climbed to 1,193 in April from 1,170 in March. The index is a monthly measure of online job demand. Noting that the first month of the financial quarter starts on a positive note, Naukri.com said the index...
08:10 PM, May 10, 2012
Geneva: Fiscal austerity and tough labour reforms have failed to create jobs, leading to an "alarming" situation in the global employment market that shows no sign of recovering, the International Labour Organisation said. In advanced countries, especially in Europe, employment is not expected to return to pre-crisis levels of 2008 until the end of 2016 - two years later than it previously predicted - in line with a slowdown in...
05:49 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the envoys of 12 countries, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it was very important to work together and have institutions in which the voices from developing countries find expression owing to the global financial crisis and developments in the Euro zone. "Improved financial governance, employment generation, promoting trade and investments are essential," said Pratibha. She said that India is willing to share its development experiences and...
12:18 AM, Apr 25, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state has scored high in the performance graph of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in 2011-12 by notching up a remarkable feat of providing 44.96 days of work for target families, as against the national average of 39.95. Likewise, if the number of work days provided to women under the scheme at the national level was 48.71 per cent out of the total days, it...
11:34 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Ahmedabad: 13,380 youths were on Thursday handed over appointment letters on behalf of private employers by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as part of 'Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week'. Speaking on the occasion, Modi said earlier the youths were reluctant to take courses at ITIs but the government has brought about a drastic change in industrial training being provided at these centres. The state government's labour department had organised surveys...
12:27 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Rajkot: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the state is far ahead of others in terms of job creation and nearly one lakh youths would be offered jobs soon. "When the state is celebrating Swami Vivekanand's 150th birth anniversary, creating job opportunities for youths was government's top priority and within a week nearly 65,000 youths would be given appointment letters in various parts of the state, which...
08:00 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Washington: Asian Americans with college degrees are more likely to be jobless than their white counterparts in this harsh economy, according to a report. A study by the Economic Policy Institute entitled "Unfairly Disadvantaged" found that, while Asian Americans had lower overall jobless rates than whites from 2007-2010, those with Bachelor's degrees or higher faced tougher odds of finding work than their Caucasian counterparts, reported Xinhua. The findings are important,...
07:51 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Shortage of trained nut pluckers is a grim farm sector problem in Kerala but for 37-year-old Selvin Chacko coconut plucking is a hi-tech profession involving car, mobile and even a dedicated website. While many youngsters looked down upon coconut plucking as a less-esteemed career, Selvin from Changanassery has opted for it with "career pride and pleasure" and keeping in tune with the changing times he is using modern facilities...
01:24 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Technopark is helping in employment generation and the number of professionals at the IT hub is all set to touch 100,000 in the next five years, a state government official said on Friday. "Today at Technopark there are more than 35,000 professionals and in the next five years this is going to touch one lakh," said IT Secretary P.H. Kurian. Technopark's software export turnover is only Rs.2,000 crore. Kurian...
05:16 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said on Sunday that the Congress government in the state was committed to create employment opportunities for the educated youth in the state. Addressing a public meeting at the RK beach in connection with Visakha Vasantostavam, he said 1.6 lakh jobs would be created in government departments in the state this year. Stating that the government intention was to provide good...
01:05 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Jammu: A Jammu and Kashmir minister on Saturday said it was not possible to provide everyone with a government job, and educated unemployed youth should set up their own income generating units. "It is not possible to provide government jobs to everyone," minister for sheep and animal husbandry Aga Syed Ruhullah said at a book release function organised by the department of Animal Husbandry in Jammu on Saturday. He appealed...
05:08 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday announced the creation of an 'Employment Bank', its flagship programme, to provide a common platform among job-seekers, employers and placement agencies. "I am happy to announce the launch of two flagship programmes of the state government for providing facilities to job-seekers and workers of the unorganized sector. The first flagship programme relates to the creation of an Employment Bank," state finance minister Amit...
09:14 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing its upward trend, employment in the country during the October-December quarter last year increased by 2.26 lakh, the government said on Friday. During this quarter, the increase was visible across all the sectors except leather and automobile. The results were based on the thirteenth quarterly survey report carried out by the Labour Bureau of the Labour and Employment Ministry to assess the effect of economic slowdown on...
09:04 PM, Mar 23, 2012
London: An Indian-origin head mistress at a school in Britain has alleged that she faced racial discrimination at her job and did not get support from authorities. Sudhana Singh told an employment tribunal on Wednesday that one man was heard saying "bloody Indian woman should not be in charge of our children" while children were reported gossiping that their parents "hated blacks", the Daily Telegraph reported. Singh, a teacher for...
07:05 PM, Mar 15, 2012
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