-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government will have a brand new set of employment numbers to flash before the next general elections in 2019, which will highlight job creation. Under the first of its kind massive survey, which starts on the first week of April, the government wants to track employment generation in micro, small and medium enterprises that are currently out of the coverage of the social security net. The survey...
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Nepal girls trafficked into India up by 500% in last 5 years: SSB report -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A study conducted by border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on "Human Trafficking on Indo-Nepal border" claims the number of victims brought illegally into the country has gone up by 500% since 2013 with girls trafficked from villages and Terai region of Nepal sold to brothel owners in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other cities for up to Rs 50,000. In 2013, 108 girls/children were rescued...
More »Treat labour in construction work as formal sector, says Supreme Court -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a bid to ensure relief to more than four crore construction workers, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to treat them as formal sector employees by bringing them within the ambit of social welfare laws and provide benefits like paid maternity leave, provident fund and minimum wage. The court directed the Centre to frame a scheme to ensure workers receive proper education,...
More »Smriti Irani Reveals Modi Government Plan to Monitor, Regulate Online News
-TheWire.in Union minister for information and broadcasting has announced the possibility of such a framework arguing that the present regulations on online content are “not clear” with regard to news and broadcast content material. New Delhi: In at attempt to regulate online content – particularly news and opinion – the Modi government is working on a “code of conduct” and perhaps draft legislation too that it will be “incumbent upon [media] agencies”...
More »Jharkhand court convicts 11, including BJP worker, for lynching man over beef in Ramgarh
-Scroll.in They had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in June 2017 on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A Jharkhand court on Friday convicted a local Bharatiya Janata Party worker and 10 others for lynching a Muslim trader in June 2017. The convicts had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in Ramgarh district on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A petition the prosecution filed to treat a 12th...
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