India Labour Productivity

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

Pharmaceutical firm Blue Jet Healthcare has been ordered to stop production and remove inflammable chemical goods from its premises after a fire in its factory in Raigad district killed 11 labourers this month.

The incident took place at the Sakshi Food Products factory in the Dhanela area of the district.

Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.

Strict enforcement of Covid safety rules is better than partial lockdowns, which may impact the movement of labour as well as goods, and affect production, most CEOs have said in a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Toyota had resumed production in January 2021 after a majority of members from a total of 3,350 employees voluntarily expressed their intention to work with discipline.

The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown drive up demand for the beverage known for its immunity-boosting properties.

The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.

Apple is not keen on setting up new factories for its flagship iPhones in India despite considering "plans" in the past. A report published on Monday suggests that the production of iPhone 11 will not come to country to due to the unavailability of skilled labour and robust infrastructure.

In a raging controversy over British Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeting about a "very productive meeting" with a Congress delegation and discussions on Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today targeted Rahul Gandhi while campaigning in Maharashtra. Overseas Congress chief Kamal Dhaliwal, who led the delegation, is said to be ...

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's tweet on a "productive meeting" with UK representatives of the Congress and a discussion with them on Kashmir has fueled a political firestorm, with the ruling BJP calling it "appalling" and demanding an explanation.

India is projected to lose 5.8 per cent of working hours in 2030, a productivity loss equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs, due to global warming, particularly impacting agriculture and construction sectors, a report by the UN labour agency said.

The productivity of people drops by 4 per cent per degree when temperatures rise above 27 degrees Celsius in workplaces requiring manual labour, says a study which drew its data from the Indian manufacturing sector.

Union sources claimed that the strike has brought the plant to a standstill, while the company said production was going on.

NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.

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

Pharmaceutical firm Blue Jet Healthcare has been ordered to stop production and remove inflammable chemical goods from its premises after a fire in its factory in Raigad district killed 11 labourers this month.

The incident took place at the Sakshi Food Products factory in the Dhanela area of the district.

Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.

Strict enforcement of Covid safety rules is better than partial lockdowns, which may impact the movement of labour as well as goods, and affect production, most CEOs have said in a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Toyota had resumed production in January 2021 after a majority of members from a total of 3,350 employees voluntarily expressed their intention to work with discipline.

The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown drive up demand for the beverage known for its immunity-boosting properties.

The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.

Apple is not keen on setting up new factories for its flagship iPhones in India despite considering "plans" in the past. A report published on Monday suggests that the production of iPhone 11 will not come to country to due to the unavailability of skilled labour and robust infrastructure.

In a raging controversy over British Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeting about a "very productive meeting" with a Congress delegation and discussions on Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today targeted Rahul Gandhi while campaigning in Maharashtra. Overseas Congress chief Kamal Dhaliwal, who led the delegation, is said to be ...

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's tweet on a "productive meeting" with UK representatives of the Congress and a discussion with them on Kashmir has fueled a political firestorm, with the ruling BJP calling it "appalling" and demanding an explanation.

India is projected to lose 5.8 per cent of working hours in 2030, a productivity loss equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs, due to global warming, particularly impacting agriculture and construction sectors, a report by the UN labour agency said.

The productivity of people drops by 4 per cent per degree when temperatures rise above 27 degrees Celsius in workplaces requiring manual labour, says a study which drew its data from the Indian manufacturing sector.

Union sources claimed that the strike has brought the plant to a standstill, while the company said production was going on.

NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.