-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....
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PLFS data: What the numbers hide -Arup Mitra and Puneet Kumar Shrivastav
-The Hindu Business Line The sharp spike in labour participation rates in the latest Survey is difficult to reconcile with earlier years’ data The third periodic labour force Survey (PLFS) data for the year 2019-20 have been released recently. The biggest surprise is the increase in the labour force and work force participation rates compared to the last two rounds of annual averages. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Ambiguous definition means oil-palm plantations will count as forest cover -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The Forest Survey of India defines forest cover thus: “All lands, more than 1 ha in area with a tree canopy density of 10% irrespective of ownership and legal status. The National Mission on Edible Oils- Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), approved by the Union Cabinet last week, will increase the area under oil palm cultivation by an additional area of 6.5 lakh hectare (ha) by 2025-26, bringing a total area of...
More »Covid: Survey clue to jab shortage despite a 25% increase in supplies -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Research found that 29% of 9,516 respondents knew two or more persons who faced vaccine stockouts at vaccination centres over the past month A nationwide Survey has found that 39 per cent of respondents knew a family member or friend unable to access a Covid-19 vaccine this month, pointing to lingering vaccine shortages despite a 25 per cent increase in supplies during August over July. The Survey by Local Circles —...
More »Govt Survey portrays better job situation from July 2019- June 2020 -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph However, experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs A government Survey has portrayed an improved unemployment situation between July 2019 and June 2020 on certain parameters, but experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs. Besides, while one standard of measurement in the Survey appears to show an improvement, another...
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