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On Government's Claims Of Creating 7 Crore Jobs, A Fact Check -Sreenivasan Jain and Manas Pratap Singh

-NDTV The government's reliance on the MUDRA scheme of lending to small businesses to create jobs has not had the kind of result being advertised. New Delhi: Facing heat for not being able to back its promises of job creation, the Centre and the BJP have repeatedly cited the success of its MUDRA scheme, an acronym for Micro Units Refinance and Development Agency, meant to promote lending to small businesses. Speaking earlier this...

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GST is no game changer for farmers, yet- Sathya Raghu & V Mokkapati

-The Hindu Business Line Agri-tech firms or farmer producer companies enjoy no benefits under GST. This will hit Entrepreneurial spirit in the sector In 1991, India saw an LPG blast — liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation that changed the face of the country permanently. After 25 years from 1991, a fortnight ago, we experienced another revolutionary reform — GST with the promise of “One country-One tax”. Like any other person, I started reading...

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It's time to give priority to women's work participation

MG Road is seldom considered as a safe place for working women who travel for work to either Gurgaon or Delhi. Almost everyday untoward incidents related to molestation, sexual harassment, kidnapping or rape that occur here are reported in various NCR-based newspapers. Clearly, safety of women office-goers and female workers is one of the major determinants of their (low) labour force participation, even in urban locations like Gurgaon or Delhi....

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With Facebook banned, Kashmir's youth reach out via Kashbook -Suvojit Bagchi

-The Hindu Tech-savvy teens develop alternative social networking platforms for the Valley Srinagar: A bright and windy day, when tourists were out and about in Srinagar, turned dark in minutes. Shops and schools shut, children rushed home, police swarmed the streets and internet links snapped, as news of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat’s death broke. But amidst the chaos, two teens were busy making plans to attract more traffic to their...

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India Development Update: Unlocking Women's Potential (2017) -World Bank

-The World Bank India has among the lowest female labor force participation rates (LFPRs) in the world. In particular, low female LFPR is a drag on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and an obstacle towards reaching a higher growth path. Women are also an untapped source of managerial and Entrepreneurial skills. By excluding women, the pool of such talent becomes shallower and growth suffers. If the overall lack of jobs, especially...

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