As many as 700 students of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have secured employment opportunities in various companies through campus recruitment, according to the university authorities. The highest annual pay of the placement season was ₹25 lakh and the average pay package was ₹7.32 lakh. Approximately 75 companies visited the university for … Read more
Washington: The Federal Reserve signaled fresh concerns about inflation as it reaffirmed it needs more evidence that price gains are cooling before cutting interest rates from a two-decade high. Officials unanimously decided to leave the target range for the benchmark federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5% – where it’s been since July – following … Read more
Women planting paddy seedlings in an agricultural field in Nagaon district of Assam. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar On March 11, Bahutva Karnataka, a forum for concerned citizens and organisations, released a report titled ‘Employment, Wages and Inequality’, at the Press Club, Bengaluru. The report analyses the progress in various employment-related indicators in the … Read more
Nara Lokesh with folk dancers during Yuvagalam padayatra in Tuni Assembly constituency in Kakinada district on Saturday. Telugu Desam Party national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday assured that the TDP would attract more companies to the Kakinada Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) to guarantee more employment opportunities for those who parted with their land for … Read more
“Basically there are different models for central government as from their salary 10% is deducted and 14% government contributes in that so that is one model,” says Pankaj Mathpal, MD, Optima Money Managers. Not many people know about the NPS scheme, so please break down NPS for us. See, NPS is not new now, so … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a woman from service noting that employees guilty of submitting forged documents to their employer have to be dealt with strictly and no sympathy or compassion can be shown to … Read more
The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Thursday presented its first budget, a massive ₹5,47,450 crore for the next financial year 2023-24, based on the principle of ‘Panchamrut’, with a focus on farmers, women, tribals, development of the infrastructure with substantial capital investment, employment, and eco-friendly development. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the … Read more
File picture of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav | Photo Credit: PTI The G-20’s Employment Working Group (EWG) will discuss labour, employment and social issues to develop a sustainable, balanced, inclusive and job-rich growth, said Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav here on Monday. Representatives of governments, employers and employees of … Read more
Women work at a Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme project site at Umachagi village in Hubballi taluk, Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year. According to the … Read more
Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai. | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K. Annamalai on Saturday strongly condemned the State government for not extending the contract of roughly 6,000 nurses employed temporarily during COVID-19. These nurses were engaged for a monthly salary of ₹ 14,000 per month and their contract, … Read more