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India's Rural Areas Drive Rise In Female Labour Force Participation: Study
Over the past five years, India has seen a significant rise in women's participation in the labour force, with rural areas leading the way, new research has revealed.
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'Forced Into Labour': How Delayed Madhya Pradesh Exams Are Crushing Dreams
They have spent years preparing for exams organised by the Madhya Pradesh government, seeing them as their ticket out of poverty, but persistent delays in organising the tests have put over 2 lakh candidates at risk of crossing the eligibility age.
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'Silent Revolution': Minister Says Women In India's Labour Force Doubled In 7 Years
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies for reshaping women's roles in the workforce.
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Opinion | Can India Create 8 Million Jobs A Year? Here's What The Numbers Indicate
For India to benefit from its demographic dividend, it needs to generate productive employment for 7-8 million youths who will join the labour force each year. If not, this dividend could be lost. Can the budget push to achieve these job creation goa
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"Soldiers Have Become Like Labourers": Rahul Gandhi On Army Scheme Agniveer
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today that the Agniveer scheme will be discarded entirely if his party comes to power.
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Anti Terror Agency Chargesheets 2 Bangladeshis For Human Trafficking Racket
The NIA on Saturday charge-sheeted two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly crossing into India illegally 10 years ago and pushing people from their country into forced labour through an organised racket.
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India Saw Significant Decline In Unemployment Rate, Shows Government Data
Periodic Labour Force Survey or PLFS data of the last six years indicates an improving trend in labour participation rate and worker population ratio.
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Blog: On Women's Day, A Question - When Will The Promised Best Arrive?
A bunch of headlines from the month gone by should force us to question why the idea of a working woman - and the economics of it - is still so skewed. Women have made progress, but it's largely not because of, but despite the wo
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Promised Good Jobs, At Least 10 Indians Duped Into Fighting Russia's War
Sent to Russia on the pretext of getting good salaries as security guards or labourers, at least 10 young men from various parts of India are now being forced to risk their lives and fight a war for a country they owe no allegiance to.
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Indian American Couple Convicted For Forcing Cousin Into Labour
Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Virginia has convicted an Indian American couple of conspiracy to commit forced labour, at a gas station and convenience store in the State, a US attorney has said.
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Lashkar Terrorist, Involved In Army Officer's Killing, Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, who was involved in the killing of an Army personnel and non-local labourers, was on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
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Unemployment Rate In Delhi Higher Than National Level For Men, Women: Report
The unemployment rate in Delhi was higher with almost double in case of females as compared to the country's average, said a Delhi government report.
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Indian Motel Manager In US Jailed For Human Trafficking, Forced Labour
An Indian motel manager in Georgia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a woman for peonage and slavery, and ordered to pay over USD40,000 in restitution to seven people, officials said.
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"Unconscionable": Indian Student Held Captive, Forced Into Labour In US
Authorities in the US have rescued a 20-year-old Indian student, who was held captive for months without access to a bathroom, viciously beaten, and forced to work at three homes by his cousin and two other men.
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Workers Trapped In Tunnel Will Be Home Latest By Christmas: Foreign Expert
The blades of the auger machine drilling the collapse Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to other options that could drag the rescue of 41 workers trapped inside for several more weeks.
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India's Rural Areas Drive Rise In Female Labour Force Participation: Study
Over the past five years, India has seen a significant rise in women's participation in the labour force, with rural areas leading the way, new research has revealed.
-
'Forced Into Labour': How Delayed Madhya Pradesh Exams Are Crushing Dreams
They have spent years preparing for exams organised by the Madhya Pradesh government, seeing them as their ticket out of poverty, but persistent delays in organising the tests have put over 2 lakh candidates at risk of crossing the eligibility age.
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'Silent Revolution': Minister Says Women In India's Labour Force Doubled In 7 Years
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies for reshaping women's roles in the workforce.
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Opinion | Can India Create 8 Million Jobs A Year? Here's What The Numbers Indicate
For India to benefit from its demographic dividend, it needs to generate productive employment for 7-8 million youths who will join the labour force each year. If not, this dividend could be lost. Can the budget push to achieve these job creation goa
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"Soldiers Have Become Like Labourers": Rahul Gandhi On Army Scheme Agniveer
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today that the Agniveer scheme will be discarded entirely if his party comes to power.
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Anti Terror Agency Chargesheets 2 Bangladeshis For Human Trafficking Racket
The NIA on Saturday charge-sheeted two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly crossing into India illegally 10 years ago and pushing people from their country into forced labour through an organised racket.
-
India Saw Significant Decline In Unemployment Rate, Shows Government Data
Periodic Labour Force Survey or PLFS data of the last six years indicates an improving trend in labour participation rate and worker population ratio.
-
Blog: On Women's Day, A Question - When Will The Promised Best Arrive?
A bunch of headlines from the month gone by should force us to question why the idea of a working woman - and the economics of it - is still so skewed. Women have made progress, but it's largely not because of, but despite the wo
-
Promised Good Jobs, At Least 10 Indians Duped Into Fighting Russia's War
Sent to Russia on the pretext of getting good salaries as security guards or labourers, at least 10 young men from various parts of India are now being forced to risk their lives and fight a war for a country they owe no allegiance to.
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Indian American Couple Convicted For Forcing Cousin Into Labour
Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Virginia has convicted an Indian American couple of conspiracy to commit forced labour, at a gas station and convenience store in the State, a US attorney has said.
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Lashkar Terrorist, Involved In Army Officer's Killing, Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, who was involved in the killing of an Army personnel and non-local labourers, was on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
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Unemployment Rate In Delhi Higher Than National Level For Men, Women: Report
The unemployment rate in Delhi was higher with almost double in case of females as compared to the country's average, said a Delhi government report.
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Indian Motel Manager In US Jailed For Human Trafficking, Forced Labour
An Indian motel manager in Georgia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a woman for peonage and slavery, and ordered to pay over USD40,000 in restitution to seven people, officials said.
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"Unconscionable": Indian Student Held Captive, Forced Into Labour In US
Authorities in the US have rescued a 20-year-old Indian student, who was held captive for months without access to a bathroom, viciously beaten, and forced to work at three homes by his cousin and two other men.
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Workers Trapped In Tunnel Will Be Home Latest By Christmas: Foreign Expert
The blades of the auger machine drilling the collapse Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to other options that could drag the rescue of 41 workers trapped inside for several more weeks.
