-Economic and Political Weekly The current regime seeks to reform labour laws with the understanding that these reforms will improve industrial growth and expand the possibilities of enterprise. However, there is already ample evidence from within India that this obsession with reforming labour law, particularly in the way the government has done it till now, will not take us any closer in creating more jobs or a healthy industrial sector. These...
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President okays Rajasthan labour reforms: Firms with 300 workers need no govt nod to sack -Somesh Jha
-Business Standard State expects more investment as industry cheers move Paving the way for the first set of labour reforms in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to Rajasthan's amendments to three laws. Among major changes, the Industrial Disputes Act will allow companies employing up to 300 staffers to lay off workers or close down without taking the government's prior approval. Earlier, those with up to 100 employees...
More »Number of temporary workers in government jobs seen rising -Prashant K. Nanda
-Live Mint A report finds that 44% of govt employees are temporary, and share of permanent workers is declining New Delhi: At least 44% of government employees are temporary and the number of such workers is rising, leaving them without access to social security benefits and in some cases depriving them of minimum wages. The size of the government workforce is on the decline and so is the share of permanent workers,...
More »Indian women pick tougher, growth-oriented jobs: Survey-Chitra Unnithan
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Indian women take up jobs with the ambition to climb to the top, says a survey by the website Paycheck India. In the survey, 91% women said that their most important consideration while looking for a job is future career prospects. They would also like their job to be a challenging one, the respondents said. In conclusion, the survey says that Indian women expect to grow...
More »Why voters punished UPA-Himanshu
-Live Mint If anything, the UPA has been punished by the voters for moving away from its core agenda of entitlement-based politics The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 elections will remain a watershed moment for Indian democracy in many ways than one. Coming at a time when the economy is in a serious mess, the victory of the BJP and the defeat of the Congress party and...
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