-TheWire.in Veteran IAS officers agree there is a need for greater specialisation in the civil services, but are unhappy with the cut in recruitments over the years and the move to bypass the UPSC system. New Delhi: The Centre’s move to allow lateral entry into empanelled bureaucracy has opened up a complex debate that has been ongoing for, at least, the last two decades. While a big chunk of the civil servants...
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The signal and the noise in India's jobs data -Tadit Kundu, Udayan Rathore and Pramit Bhattacharya
-Livemint.com The new subscribers to EPFO likely represent formalization of a section of the regular workforce rather than new additions to it New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the jobs debate in India has heated up once again. Spokespersons of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) claim the Indian Economy.has created an unprecedented number of jobs over the past couple of years. The opposition as well as some independent...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Congress on Monday asserted that boastful claims and sermons on the Economy.after the completion of four years of the Narendra Modi government were of little value as the lives of ordinary people had worsened because of reckless decisions and administrative incompetence at a time when the global Economy.was looking up. Former finance minister P. Chidambaram said at a news conference: "The RBI's Consumer Confidence Survey...
More »These people-managed forests are setting new examples in conservation and Economy.-Debarati Choudhury
-GoIMonitor.com The villagers getting management rights under the Forest Rights Act can inspire others “First came the forest, followed by the people, and then the government. Does this chronology allow the newest entrant in the scheme to determine the relationship between the two older entities? In other words, does the new regime of community forest resource bequeath rights or is it merely a recognition of unalienable rights already vested in the communities living...
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