-Outlook Social security enrolment of workers is not a good measure of how many new jobs are created Employment data has always been a subject of debate in India, more so now that the surge in social security enrolments is being cited as evidence to press home that 41.26 lakh new jobs were created between September 2017 and April this year. The Central Statistics Office data earlier this month raises more questions...
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EPFO payroll data shows 4.4 million jobs created in 9 months till May
-PTI EPFO’s latest data shows the new members enrolment in May is the highest so far in last eight month at 7,43,608 New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO’s payroll data suggests that as many as 4,474,859 jobs created during September 2017 to May this year. However, the retirement body lowered earlier estimate of new members enrolment by 9.57%, from 4,126,138 to to 3,731,251 for September 2017-April this year. According to the payroll data...
More »Delhi government to identify all street vendors, create database
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will soon undertake a drive to identify all street vendors across the city and create a database. The survey will be carried out by recently formed town vending committees (TVCs), which were elected by street vendors and hawkers themselves. TVCs, which will work for the rights of the vendors and create permanent vending zones, also have representatives of the NGOs working for street...
More »EPFO data government cited to show job surge is now down -Aanchal Magazine
-The Indian Express EPFO manages social security funds of workers in the organised/semi-organised sector in the country. EPF is applicable to establishments with more than 20 workers. New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO’s) enrolment numbers, which formed the basis for an ‘independent’ study released earlier this year that the government cited as an indicator of buoyancy in formal job creation in the economy, has now been sharply whittled down for...
More »Potholes killed 3,597 across India in 2017, terror 803 -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Potholes took a deadly toll in 2017, claiming almost 10 lives daily with annual fatalities in the country adding up to 3,597 — a more than 50% rise over the toll for 2016. Maharashtra recorded a doubling of deaths at 726 year on year — disheartening evidence that road safety remains a casualty in India. The magnitude of the problem can be understood from the fact that...
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