-TheWire.in Paschimbanga Griha Paricharika Samiti, a Kolkata-based workers' organisation was granted a trade union certificate from the state government. New Delhi: The exploitation and abuse of domestic workers has been prevalent in India for many years now. In addition to being overworked and underpaid, domestic workers are often ill-treated and in some cases, even physically attacked and sexually harassed. The efforts of Paschim Banga Griha Paricharika Samiti (PGPS-West Bengal Domestic Workers Society), a...
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RSS Manch sights on RBI
-PTI New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the removal of Nachiket Mor from the Reserve Bank board on the ground of conflict of interest. "There is no case for retaining Nachiket Mor on the board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is a fit case of conflict of interest, as his Principal Employer BMGF (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) receives foreign...
More »Absolute Decline In Jobs, Says New CDS Study, Drop Sharpest In Last Three Years
-Outlook According to the Labour Bureau’s Employment Unemployment Surveys, total employment in the country shrank by about 0.4 per cent annually between 2013-14 and 2015-16, a number which corresponds to 37.4 lakh people being unemployed. There has been an absolute decline in employment – number of people with jobs – between 2013-14 and 2015-16, possibly for the first time since independence, a new study published in the EPW journal says. Three...
More »Trade Unions Reject the Wage Code Bill 2017
-Newsclick.in The Labour Ministry introduced the Code on Wages Bill 2017 in the Lok Sabha on August 10, with the ostensible aim of ensuring a statutory national minimum wage and other protections to all wage workers in the country. The Code seeks to replace the four existing laws relating to wages – the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and the Equal...
More »Where are the jobs? -Himanshu
-Livemint.com The BJP government, which came to power on the promise of creating 20 million jobs per year, has not yet recognized the gravity of the situation The Central Statistical Office (CSO) has released the full-year growth estimates for 2016-17. These had been much awaited given the uncertainty over the impact of demonetization. These were on expected lines, with fourth quarter growth in gross value added (GVA) in 2016-17 declining to 5.6%...
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