The increase in organized sector employment (i.e. in establishments employing 10 or more workers) in the second quarter was much higher as compared to that in the first quarter of 2017-18. The seventh round of the Quarterly Report on Employment Scenario in selected sectors (as on 1st October, 2017), which was released in March this year, confirms this. The Labour Bureau’s latest report says that during the period 1st April to...
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RBI didn't do audit: Central Vigilance Commissioner KV Chowdary on PNB fraud
-PTI NEW DELHI: Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank of India had apparently not conducted an audit during the period of time when a Rs 13,000-crore scam hit the Punjab National Bank. Chowdary stressed the need to put into place a more robust auditing system. "They did not do this (an audit)," the head of the probity watchdog said. The CVC exercises superintendence over the CBI which...
More »Forget job growth, employment in India actually fell between 2014 and 2016 -Manas Chakravarty
-Livemint.com Data from the latest KLEMS India database shows that employment in the Indian economy shrank by 0.1% in 2015-16 and by 0.2% in 2014-15 Mumbai: Employment in the total Indian economy shrank by 0.1% in financial year 2015-16 and by 0.2% in 2014-15. Far from more jobs being created, employment has actually contracted. That is the finding from the latest KLEMS India database, a research project supported by the Reserve Bank of...
More »Is higher economic growth eating up jobs in India? -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Non-farm jobs was positive despite negative jobs growth in 2014-15 and 2015-16 The KLEM database released by RBI on 27 March, 2018 gives employment statistics for the Indian economy till 2015-16. It shows that total employment shrank by 0.2% and 0.1% in India in 2014-15 and 2015-16. These statistics raise distuRBIng questions. India’s Gross Value Added (GVA) growth increased continuously between 2012-13 and 2015-16. Why did employment growth go into negative...
More »Central Vigilance Commission wants to keep an eye on private banks -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Asks PMO to frame law for it The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has urged the Prime Minister’s Office to bring private sector banks under its watch, citing the fact that they have been involved in many recent instances of malfeasance. Vigilance officers in all State-owned public sector banks are required to report irregularities and possible wrongdoing to the CVC, India’s apex body for checking corruption in the government. Private sector banks...
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