-Down to Earth The programme can provide a safety net for the poor, not just in COVID-19 times, but for times to come In these darkest days of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — when Jobs and economies have collapsed — 56 million households got work in the past three months and these Jobs provided relief. This was under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which perhaps is the...
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Magnets for manufacturing -Sthanu R Nair
-The Hindu Devising State-specific industrialisation strategies in coordination with the Centre will improve manufacturing Many think that in the aftermath of the pandemic, several manufacturing companies operating from China will relocate their businesses to other destinations, including India. Many American, Japanese, and South Korean companies based in China have initiated discussions with the Indian government to relocate their plants to India. Companies are expected to exit China due to three primary reasons....
More »Post-Lockdown, Workers Demand More Work, Better Wages Under Rural Jobs Scheme -Rajat Kumar
-Hindustan Times Dungarpur: India’s rural employment guarantee scheme is falling short in helping residents tide over the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown restrictions, data from Rajasthan suggest. Nearly 43% households who took up work under the scheme in Dungarpur, a largely tribal district in southern Rajasthan, had completed more than 50 of their 100 days of work in the first four months of the current financial...
More »‘Lockdown takes toll on 18.9 mn salaried Jobs, informal sector shows silver lining’
-The Indian Express The plight of salaried employees has worsened since the lockdown, with a loss of 17.7 million salaried Jobs in April, additional 0.1 million Jobs in May, followed by gain of 3.9 million Jobs in June and then again loss of 5 million Jobs in July, it said. New Delhi: Salaried Jobs suffered the biggest hit during the lockdown, with total loss estimated to be at 18.9 million during April-July,...
More »6.1 million youth may lose Jobs in India due to Covid-19: ADB-ILO report -Indivjal Dhasmana
-Business Standard Unemployment rate in the country will rise to a staggering 32.5 per cent, but will be higher in Sri Lanka at 37.8 per cent As many as 6.1 million young people (15-24 years) may lose Jobs in India in 2020 if the containment of the virus takes six months (roughly till September), says a report by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Labour Organisation (ILO). India will be followed by Pakisan,...
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