-MoneyControl.com Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal could face a crisis if they fail to curb non-merit expenditure, the central bank has warned A study of fiscal parameters of states by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) identified Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal as highly stressed due to their high debt levels, the quality of expenditure and the level of fiscal deficit. These states could face a crisis if...
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NITI Aayog launches report on gig economy in India: Key takeaways -Haripriya Suresh
-MoneyControl.com The report looks at the present size of the sector, its job generation potential, and also offers recommendations for growth. India’s gig workforce, estimated to be at 77 lakh in 2020-21, is expected to go up to 2.35 crore by 2029-30, according to a NITI Aayog report. The report, titled 'India's Booming Gig and Platform Economy' looks at the present size of the sector, its job generation potential, and also offers...
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-The Telegraph Delhi asks state to recover funds spent on 100 days’ job scheme projects where malpractice was ‘found’ by the monitoring team Calcutta: The Centre has asked the Bengal government to recover funds spent on 100 days’ job scheme projects where malpractice was “found” by a national-level monitoring team while making it clear that release of more Money under the MGNREGA for 2022-23 financial year may depend on the state’s efforts...
More »Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe in hiring of primary teachers -Tapas Ghosh and Kinsuk Basu
-The Telegraph Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay asked central agency to file an FIR The high court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into recruitment of teachers in government-aided primary schools by the state’s primary education board. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay asked the central agency to file an FIR to initiate an investigation into alleged illegal recruitment of teachers by the board based on the teachers’ eligibility test in 2014. The judge asked 269 teachers, identified as...
More »Almost half of Indians feel it's ok for kids to work if they are going to school: CRY survey -Sravani Sarkar
-TheWeek.in More than one-third feel Money earned by children essential to running household Child labour might not be easy to eradicate given the worrying perception of Indians on the issue, as brought forth by a rapid assessment survey on social perception of child labour conducted by Child Rights and You (CRY) India volunteers on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour (June 12). The survey shows that 45 per cent of the...
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