-Newsclick.in Slamming the IT ‘surveys’ at the Offices of NewsClick and Newslaundry, the Guild said the dangerous trend of harassing and intimidating independent media must stop. The Editors Guild of India, the apex body of journalists, on Saturday said it was deeply disturbed about the Income Tax Department’s “survey” conducted at the Delhi Offices of news websites NewsClick and Newslaundry. In a separate statement, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) also condemned the...
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Latest available PLFS data sheds light on unpaid helpers in self-employment & underemployment among various types of workers
Generally, economists refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a certain geographical area. However, there are other indicators too, which can help in understanding the job situation, livelihoods security and vulnerability of workers in a better way such as 'percentage distribution...
More »A Fifth of Women Workers in Delhi Moved from Informal to Formal Sector Since 2010: Study
-Newsclick.in The study pointed out that women, who are more experienced, possess higher educational qualifications and belong to higher income groups, along with being upper caste and non-migrants. A study has found that one-fifth of the women working in Delhi’s informal sector migrated to the formal sector between 2010 and 2019. The study was conducted by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) on women employed in the informal sector in the national capital....
More »India’s ‘Panama Papers’ on shell firms, tax loopholes gather dust -Gopikrishnan
-DailyPioneer.com Tax firm’s leaked data includes correspondences with 33 Cos, HNWIs India’s own ‘Panama papers’ are gathering dust with law enforcement agencies and the Delhi High Court (HC). The 1.5 GB leaked data belongs to the tax consulting firm Nishith Desai Associates and includes controversial tax-related correspondences involving 33 of India’s biggest corporates and several high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). A Delhi-based whistle-blower, who is a software engineer, first got the sensational data and communications...
More »Govt to roll out unorganized sector database by end of Jul -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com The aim is to enrol nearly 380 mn workers and provide them benefits during times of distress The Union government will roll out the unorganized sector database by the end of July to enrol almost 380 million workers, weeks after the Supreme Court rapped the labour ministry, saying that it showed “unpardonable" apathy towards workers in the informal sector. The development comes more than a year after the mass reverse migration of...
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