-The Hindu Govt. data for 2012-2015 recorded 11.54 lakh new jobs The number of net jobs created in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in the last four years stood at just 3,32,394, which is 13.9% higher than the base four years ago, according to a CII survey of more than one lakh companies. The findings for the four-year period — beginning 2015-16 — pale in comparison with that from the...
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How bankruptcy code can help fix India's agrarian crisis -Aishwarya Satija
-The Economic Times The IBC’s ‘fresh start’ process provides a systematic manner of waiving debts overseen by a judicial body. Historically, farm loan waivers have been used as a quick-fix solution to agrarian distress in India. Commonly used by political parties before elections, they have a long history at both central & state levels. However, the efficiency of waivers in actually resolving the debt burden of farmers is questionable. Waivers may work as...
More »No achhe din for the farmer -Ashok Gulati & Ranjana Roy
-The Indian Express When it comes to agriculture growth, the NDA government compares poorly with its immediate predecessor. The next government must initiate structural reforms, set realistic targets The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released the second advanced estimates of national income for 2018-19, along with the quarterly GDP estimates for Quarter 3 (Q3). The overall GDP for Q3 is down to 6.6 per cent and for 2018-19 as a whole,...
More »Centre to incentivise work-from-home jobs -Yuthika Bhargava
-The Hindu Govt. working on scheme to offer financial support to both employers, employees in IT/ITES sector The government is working on a scheme to push work-from-home jobs in the IT sector by offering financial incentives to both employees and employers. “Incentivising work-from-home jobs through policy-level initiatives can help in creating jobs in the ITES domain while increasing the available talent pool for the sector. This will create employment opportunities in the IT/ITES...
More »Farm income growth slumps to a 14-year-low in Oct-December 2018 -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express October-December 2018 is also the second consecutive quarter where growth in gross value added (GVA) from agriculture has been lower in nominal than in real terms. The country’s farm sector output may have grown by just 2.7 per cent year-on-year in October-December 2018, the lowest in 11 quarters. But what should worry the NDA government more than the low increase in “real” terms (i.e. at constant prices) is...
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