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For the large mass of workers, a “formal” sector “good” job in the classic industrial sense of the term is becoming increasingly unlikely.
In industrial countries , with several times higher per capita incomes than India, an 'unemployment benefit' or dole is given to unemployed citizens. In India, the unemployed are supposed to fall back on their own means for survival. The Employment Guarantee Scheme Act that has been introduced in the Parliament recently is meant to address the basic human need for a job ( though it may be only for 100 days).
In the far corners of our world, jobs of the future are taking shape via people who are imagining new possibilities around customer problems and creat
One thing is clear: gig-based companies must embrace their responsibilities and treat their external workforce, which often sit at the heart of their
The public sector is a big employer of youth, but its share as a job provider has been shrinking despite the fact that government jobs are the preferr
Some conventional wisdom about how economic outcomes affect politics will be tested on May 23.
E-mobility is not a magic pill that can cure all emissions ills, careful planning at the state level is required to ensure its success
India can thrive locally — but taking away overseas jobs if Indian corporations are ready to cut down on margins — and pay domestic employers more
India still struggles to understand the alchemy by which access to new technologies, processes and markets is converted into increase in productivity.
With the labour force participation rate expected to rise significantly in the coming years in India, it is imperative that the government formulates a common policy on business development and regulation. India's high economic growth story cannot be taken for granted.
India’s job challenges is about more than creating enough jobs.
The ability to transform disruption into opportunity will be central in determining who will benefit and who will lose.
Observer Research Foundation and ORF Chennai-based business magazine Industrial Economist organised a one-day seminar on 23 July 2007 titled SEZs - Prospects & Challenges.
The EU has had much less gender discrimination and the gender equality index in the member countries is much better than in Asian countries, especiall
Amidst the high rate of unemployment in India, many urban youth are taking up blue-collar jobs abroad
US consumer spending and consumer confidence have to pick up, but this can happen only if people have jobs and regular incomes, and the private sector which runs 80 per cent of the US economy starts hiring more people. Also the manufacturing growth will have to pick up and the dependence on Chinese goods needs to be reduced.
Many of the jobs created through large-scale programmes on water can be taken up by women as long as the skilling gap is addressed along with gender i
Linked to every job that we do for which we get paid is a job that the customer wants done. Businesses run because customers buy products despite what
Overlay this construct with the income-tax data for the same year and the situation becomes even worse.
To achieve global carbon neutrality, developed nations needs to look beyond domestic green deals and provide Global South with the capital to go green
In the coming budget, concrete ideas of increasing women’s participation in the workforce should be included. There has to be an increased allocatio
Today the two biggest countries in the world - the US and China - are playing in the world arena on their own terms. Jobs are, indeed, something to be worried about because not only is there a threat of a deflationary spiral in the US but there is also a huge fiscal deficit. This means austerity (decline in demand) and job losses.
The entire anti globalisation move is centred around protection of jobs.
The Biden administration’s climate agenda is a crucial plank to restore American commitments to climate actions and reinstate US leadership globally. However, the agenda has been slow on results. Although the climate fight has been linked to most other federal goals, such as economy, jobs, infrastructure, and procurements, the Biden administration faces both domestic and external challenges that continue to limit how much it can achieve
India is strategically investing in manufacturing and industrialisation or more accurately reversing what has been called a "premature de-industrialization". However, while precision manufacture will create value, it will not create jobs, certainly not as many as India needs.
The government’s promises on jobs and farmers’ incomes have fallen flat, so it may look to fill the gap with ‘sound and fury’.
It is fashionable to deride big industry and be derisive of big industrialists, casting them as carpetbaggers and robber barons who amass and accumula
The current unemployment and high educational inequity levels continue to weigh heavy on the country’s youth
Bringing the private sector centre-stage requires a sea change in the manner of its participation and its role in nation-building.
India's agriculture has not grown fast enough to support the growing rural population and there has been a continuous exodus of people migrating from villages to towns in search of jobs
There is a need to fix the BRICS, by altering growth strategies, reducing external dependence, securing domestic demand and investments, providing jobs to the unemployed, and aiming at lowering untenable inequality.
The need for a transformation of the Indian space policy landscape goes beyond just the need for creating jobs or for improving tax revenues from the
By unlocking the youth’s potential, we build a more prosperous, healthier, and empowering future for them, for the nation, and for generations to co
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The new undercurrent is targeting the notion of big business itself. India is angry, and rightfully so. But is there any problem being solved by targeting large corporates for accumulating wealth? It is not solving the investment drought or the fiscal deficit. It is also not solving the critical challenge of making Indian MSMEs globally competitive, or of creating jobs for the 12 million youth entering the workforce every year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive economic and social fallout for India, as it has across the globe. In India, large numbers of people lost their jobs, and supply chains across industries and agriculture have been disrupted. At the same time, environmental indicators—notably air and freshwater quality—showed improvements following the long period of a nationwide lockdown. This brief outlines why India must make a focused decision to mov
Ways to attain growth, create jobs, and meet developmental targets with minimal carbon emissions are priorities for both India and the EU.
The Government, despite being corrupt and inefficient, does not want to be seen as favouring the private sector and therefore forgoes higher earnings in terms of royalty, taxes, jobs and profit share that it may benefit from if gas producers are given greater freedom.
