-ThePrint.in India’s salaried class shrank by 2.7 percentage points during pandemic, govt’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) shows. But data for religious minorities, women is even bleaker. New Delhi: There’s much to lament in India’s post-Covid job market, where recovery has been painfully slow. However, government data suggests that when it comes to the salaried sector, the participation of religious minorities — Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians, in that order — has been...
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More women in the labour force must not lead us to complacency -Sona Mitra and Bidisha Mondal
-Livemint.com It’s a pandemic-related rise and we still need an ecosystem of enablers that can lighten the domestic commitments of women The female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) in India has witnessed an increase, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) covering June 2020 to July 2021. The figure in the period stands at 25.1%, far better than the 17% in 2017-18. While this is...
More »Rupee Co-operative Bank’s collapse leaves many depositors in distress -Siddhi Nayak
-Moneycontrol.com Rupee Co-operative Bank's depositors are dealing with financial hardships and navigating family emergencies as they struggle to access their own money In the 1990s, Virendra Kumar Joping’s father, a small-time carpenter, came to Pune from Rajasthan to earn a living. Over the years, he saved his hard-earned money by opening a fixed deposit in Rupee Co-operative Bank. Rupee Co-operative Bank was among the trusted names in Pune. Little did the Joping family...
More »Cracked earth & nasty weeds: How UP farmers are battling a drought to save their rice crop -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in In 5 east UP districts, where rice is primary rain-fed crop, the overwhelming sentiment is despair. For most, planting has been delayed by over a month, which means a drop in yield. Hardoi, Rae Bareli, Barabanki: From a distance, the sight of cattle grazing with abandon in a lush meadow appeared like that default desktop screensaver — a serene landscape spanning over a hundred acres, the deep green of the fields...
More »India's female employment set to rise but may not be transformational
-Moneycontrol.com India’s low level of female participation is due to two major structural factors: more young women staying in education and a historic failure to implement labour market reforms and develop a strong manufacturing base. India’s female employment is set to rise over the coming years but may not be transformational, Capital Economics said in a note, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi focussed on women’s power in his Independence Day address. “We agree...
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