-Press Release by Delhi Forum New Delhi, 19th February, 2018: “Today it is no more the question of going back to ballot paper in elections, but it’s a must that 2019 elections be conducted through the ballot papers. EVM machines are destroying the trust between the voter and the democratic system. Democracy is too precious to be left to machines. To ensure the democratic nature of the country, the 2019 election...
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Note ban effect? Contract, casual Workers worst hit in Q1FY18, says study
-PTI The self-employed experienced a positive change of 3,000 and employees experienced a positive change of 61,000 New Delhi: Contractual Workers and casual labourers are among the worst hit during the April-June quarter of the current financial year with manufacturing reporting 87,000 job loss, said Labour Ministry survey. However, the overall employment in the eight selected sectors as per the quarterly survey of Labour Bureau, a wing of the labour ministry, increased...
More »Cauvery verdict: Agrarian crisis would worsen, fear ryots in Tamil Nadu -K Ezhilarasan
-The New Indian Express TIRUCHY: Cliched it may sound, but it indeed was a Black Friday for farm Workers as the Supreme Court order reducing Tamil Nadu’s share of Cauvery will have a cascading effect and effectively shrink cultivation area. Already rendered jobless by the drought, reduction in the cultivation area will only add to their woes. Marginal farmers and farm Workers in tail-end delta regions, are worried that the SC verdict...
More »Quarterly Employment Survey: 87,000 manufacturing sector jobs lost in April-June 2017
-The Indian Express The overall employment in the eight sectors had seen an addition of 77,000 Workers in April-June 2016 and an increase of 1.85 lakh Workers in January-March 2017. Manufacturing sector recorded a loss of 87,000 jobs in April-June 2017 as against a decline of 12,000 jobs in the corresponding period in the previous year, the sixth round of Quarterly Employment Survey released by Labour Bureau showed. The overall employment in...
More »RBI's NPA bitter pill comes with some side effects -Richa Mishra & KR Srivats
-The Hindu Business Line Bankers call for a coordinated approach to deal with the stressed loans issue New Delhi: The RBI’s revised frameWork for stressed loans may prove to be disastrous and seems ill timed for an economy that is just recovering from twin policy blows of demonetisation and GST implementation. Though there are long-term benefits of administering such a bitter pill, the short-term risks are significant, say bankers. “This (revised NPA frameWork) is...
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