-The Hindu The shortened lifespan of the quarry workers of Uttar Pradesh is spent breaking stones and residing among the pollution- laden boulders Mired with sandy roads and rocky terrain, the landscape in south-western Allahabad creates a remarkable mirage under the blue sky. Some of the larger rocks here have sizeable craters formed in them -- a sign of their depletion over time, by an activity that is hazardous yet critical to the...
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CITU to campaign for slashed weekly work hours -P Sudhakaran
-The Times of India KANNUR: The CITU will next month launch a nationwide campaign, demanding the working hours in private sector companies be slashed to 35 hours from the present 48 hours a week. The campaign is to create more job opportunities. "One of our major discussions at the all-India conference of the CITU that concluded in Kannur on Monday was on the rising number of Unemployed youth despite an increase in...
More »Special drive for registration of cycle-rickshaws in Delhi -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu High Court has been hearing a petition by non-government organisation After years of harassment from the police and municipal authorities, there is finally some good news for the rickshaw pullers and owners. In compliance with the directions of the Delhi High Court, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Wednesday announced a special drive for registration of cycle-rickshaws and rickshaw pullers through their Citizen Service Bureaus (CSB). Likewise, the North...
More »Chhattisgarh to give additional 50 days work for MGNREGA-R Krishna Das
-The Business Standard Chhattisgarh Government defines Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and will provide 50 days additional employment to the beneficiaries in the state. The 100-day ceiling of guaranteed employment for the rural people would not be a bar in Chhattisgarh from now. The state government would provide job for additional 50 days---ensuring that the card holder of MGNREGA would get 150 days secured employment. "The proposal to increase MGNREGA...
More »1.74 lakh people Unemployed in Delhi
-PTI As many as 1.74 lakh people are Unemployed in Delhi, the Economic Survey of Delhi said on Tuesday. The figure constitutes 3.18 per cent of the metropolis' total labour force. Quoting National Sample Survey Organisation survey between July 2009 and June 2010, the survey said there are 1,74,189 Unemployed workers in Delhi, of which 15,024 belong to rural areas while 1,59,165 are from urban region. Of the total 52,96,761 employed people, 51,71,968 belong...
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