Representative image Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal stated that the leather and footwear industry of the country has the potential to raise employment in the sector from the current 40 lakh to 1 crore. The minister stated it while inaugurating the 8th India International Footwear Fair in Delhi on Thursday. He highlighted…
The effect of 2024’s Lok Sabha election results was writ large on the first Budget of Modi 3.0, with employment creation given pride of place and keeping allies happy too very much in focus. The fact that the Budget comes at a time when the govt’s finances are relatively comfortable meant that finance minister Nirmala…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced 3 new schemes to boost employment through the employees’ provident fund organisation (EFPO), focusing on recognition of first-time employees, and support to employees and employers. Giving details about the schemes, Sitharaman said, “Our government will implement 3 schemes for ‘Employment Linked Incentive’, as part of the Prime…
NEW DELHI: The Union Budget for 2024-25 allocates Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment, and skilling across the country. Presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized its focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs, and the middle class.Sitharaman announced that the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five…
India needs to generate 78.5 lakh jobs a year on average until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to the rising workforce, Economic Survey estimated, urging the private sector to contribute. The Indian economy needs to generate an average of nearly 78.5 lakh jobs annually until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to…
New Delhi: Khadi and Village Industries‘ annual turnover crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time in FY 2023-24 with over 10 lakh new jobs generated during the fiscal, its Chairman Manoj Kumar said on Tuesday. According to provisional figures for 2023-24 released by KVIC, a 315 per cent increase in production and a…
KULLU/SHIMLA: Congress-led INDIA bloc has set itself “a realistic target” of filling 30 lakh job vacancies as soon as it comes to office, unlike PM Modi‘s “false promise” of providing employment to two crore people, Rahul Gandhi said in Himachal on Sunday.He declared Congress would also waive crippling farm loans and scrap the allegedly ill-conceived…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian nationals travelling to Laos and Cambodia in search of employment to be cautious of scams.The ministry said that these fake agents are luring people for employment. “All Indian nationals who are traveling for jobs in Cambodia and the Southeast Asian region,…
NEW DELHI: Around 700 inmates are employed and 12,00 more are presently getting training to work in various sectors after coming out of jail, Tihar’s Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said.In an interaction with PTI editors at its headquarters on Monday, Baniwal, a 1989 batch IPS officer, said that he is happy to see inmates,…
NEW DELHI: “Idhar udhar ki baat na karein, muddey ki baat karein Pradhanmantri,” former Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Friday responded to PM Modi‘s attack of consuming non-veg in the month of Sawan earlier.Yadav further said that PM Modi doesn’t talk about jobs, employment and inflation. “He can say anything he wants but public…
