-IndiaTimes.com Since 1995, nearly three lakh farmers have committed suicide owing to agrarian crisis in the country. In Maharashtra alone nearly 60,000 farmers have ended their lives in last two decades. Last year itself, the western states recorded 3,228 farmer suicides with maximum cases coming from drought hit Marathwada and Vidharbha region. According to the census, nearly 2,000 farmers across India are giving up agriculture daily and opting for other menial jobs...
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Chief Statistician could be the choice for benchmarking ‘poverty line’ -Richa Mishra & Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line With various data sources at its disposal, the MoSPI is best suited for the task, say officials New Delhi: The task of establishing accurate benchmarks for defining ‘poverty line’ is likely to go to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation if the current thinking among the members of Niti Aayog task force on ‘Eliminating Poverty’ is anything to go by. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)...
More »What’s the average number of employees at a workplace in India? -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Average workplace employs 2.24 people; more than two-thirds do not have any hired labour With election season in West Bengal and Kerala underway, many would be interested in knowing why the Indian Left is in such dire straits. One could offer a cheeky answer to this question. An overwhelming majority of Indian workers do not come across a capitalist worthy of committing class exploitation, which would have made them gravitate...
More »No jobs in sight: There is a mounting employment crisis in India -Harsh Mander
-The Indian Express There is a mounting employment crisis in India. The current growth model, built on large private investments, cannot address the problem. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan raised many hackles with his demand for affirmative action or job reservations for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in the private sector. He suggested that “providing quota in private jobs will help cool down anger among SC and STs”, thereby stemming...
More »UP tops growth in enterprises, jobs -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu The State has seen a 67.4 per cent growth in the number of establishments. Among the larger States, Uttar Pradesh has seen the highest growth in enterprises and employment generation over the past decade, outstripping the economically strong states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab, according to data from the Sixth Economic census released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Uttar Pradesh has seen a 67.4 per cent growth...
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