In a recent blog Post, Columbia University professor Arvind Panagariya mentions that the critics of the present Prime Minister of India failed to underscore ‘employment rate’ -- flip side of unemployment rate -- that stood at nearly 94 percent according to the report on Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18. A recent article by Dr. Vikas Rawal and Prachi Bansal, however, points out that in order to understand the problem of joblessness...
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PM's panel rejects former CEA's paper on GDP growth
-The Hindu ‘Lacks vigour, won’t stand up to scrutiny’ The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has released a detailed note enumerating its objections to former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian’s paper on India’s GDP growth. The note said that Mr. Subramanian’s paper “lacks rigour” and would not stand up to academic scrutiny. Lower GDP The paper, released in Harvard University, Postulated that the GDP growth between 2011-17 was significantly lower than the 7%...
More »Several more SSC jobs disappear under Modi 2.0 -Ashlin Mathew
-National Herald There are fewer jobs in the market. Several people are crying hoarse about the reducing jobs in the government. But the government has been cutting it down even further. National Herald had reported earlier that the government was under-reporting several vacancies. Now it has come to light that several more existing vacancies are being under-reported by the Staff Selection Commission. In the latest RTI responses, it has come to light that...
More »Bihar heatwave claims 17 more lives, toll hits 61
-The Times of India PATNA/ NAWADA/ AURANGABAD: Heatwave in Bihar claimed 17 more lives on Sunday, taking the death toll to 61. Sunday's deaths were also reported from the same three districts of the state - Aurangabad, Gaya and Nawada - that had witnessed 44 fatalities till Saturday midnight. TOI had reported 30 deaths till 11pm on Saturday. Aurangabad reported the highest number of deaths at 30 followed by 20 in Gaya...
More »Joint Secys from outside: How Govt found way to duck quota -Shyamlal Yadav
-The Indian Express Relevant file notings provided by the DoPT to The Indian Express under the RTI Act state, “In a single Post cadre, reservation does not apply. Since each Post to be filled under this scheme is a Single Post, reservation is not applicable.” New Delhi: AS the government draws up an ambitious plan to hire from outside civil services at entry levels, an RTI application has revealed that while...
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