-The Hindu Kerala today is not generating enough jobs to meet the expectations of educated Keralites entering the labour market. Changing this is vital and doable Kerala’s development model is in focus yet again as the newly elected Left Democratic Front government is in the process of evolving a vision for the State’s economy. On the one hand, Kerala has made spectacular achievements in land reforms, education, and health since its formation. Amartya...
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Cities choked, but 90% of Indians don’t own vehicle -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as cities reel under the growing burden of private vehicles, government data shows that nearly 90% of Indians don't own a vehicle. This points to the need to scale up public transport, both to provide affordable travel options to such citizens and to prevent them from buying private vehicles and adding to the traffic chaos. According to government estimates, there are 18.64 crore vehicles in...
More »Women’s ownership of land in rural areas can help cut poverty -Kritika Singh
-Livemint.com Increasing women’s ownership of land in rural areas can help cut poverty and boost agricultural output in a country like India where dependence on agriculture is high New Delhi: Increasing women’s ownership of land in rural areas can help cut poverty and boost agricultural output in a country like India where dependence on agriculture is high. Women constitute 30.3% of the total number of cultivators and 42.6% of the agricultural labourers...
More »How do India’s top 100 companies fare in terms of sexual harassment? -Amritha Pillay, Sachin P Mampatta and Ritika Mazumdar
-Livemint.com Reporting of sexual harassment complaints has increased from 2012-13 to 2014-15, but some sectors and smaller companies might be prone to serious under-reporting Mumbai: Last month, Tata Motors announced its decision to increase the number of women employees on the shop floor from 6% to 20% within two years. Both private players as well as the government are making efforts to encourage more Indian women to work across sectors. A...
More »30% ATMs of PSUs non-functional due to snags, no cash: RBI survey
-PTI New Delhi: An RBI survey has found that 30% ATMs of public sector banks and 10% belonging to private banks were non-functional due to technical snags and no cash, among other reasons. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, minister of state for finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said RBI has informed that it recently conducted a “representative sample survey” of about 4,000 ATMs situated in metro, semi-urban, urban and rural...
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