-IANS The children were sent to the state Government's children home after the rescue and an FIR was lodged under Section 79 of JJ Act. RAIPUR: The District Task Force (DTF) has rescued 26 children from the biscuit manufacturing unit of a popular brand called Parle-G, who were working there as child labourers, an official said here on Saturday. "Under the direction of District Collector, we carried out an operation and rescued 26...
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Several more SSC jobs disappear under Modi 2.0 -Ashlin Mathew
-National Herald There are fewer jobs in the market. Several people are crying hoarse about the reducing jobs in the Government. But the Government has been cutting it down even further. National Herald had reported earlier that the Government was under-reporting several vacancies. Now it has come to light that several more existing vacancies are being under-reported by the Staff Selection Commission. In the latest RTI responses, it has come to light that...
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-Down to Earth He says neither the Government not the former chief economic advisor include the unorganised sector while computing economic growth Noted economist Arun Kumar said former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian is correct in saying that the rate of growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been overestimated in the last few years. Subramanian's methodology to gauge economic growth, however, may also not be correct — both being indirect methods...
More »Bihar first state to launch universal old-age pension scheme -Madan Kumar
-The Times of India PATNA: Bihar on Friday became the first state to launch a universal old-age pension scheme in which each person at the age of 60 years and above, irrespective of their financial, family or caste status, will get a sum of Rs 400 per month directly in his/her bank account. In other states, old-age pensions are provided only to the members of either BPL family or SC/ST or widows...
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