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AkzoNobel taking a step towards Trans-Inclusion in workforce
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): Deepa, a 22 year-old transgender in Kolkata, is a 12th-class pass who worked in a statue-making camp for a daily wage of Rs 100.
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Govt leads from front to boost socio-economic conditions of informal secto
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The socio-economic condition of informal sector wage workers has always been a concern, as they are usually on the receiving end. However, in recent years, their conditions have improved considerably, thanks to the continuous and concrete steps taken by th
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India's remittances from Gulf region declined in FY21: RBI
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The share of remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to India has declined in 2021, the Reserve Bank of India said, reflecting a slower pace of migration and the presence of the Indian diaspora in informal sectors that were hit the most du
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9th IMRC to address growing concerns on recycling to make India a Green Su
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): India is the third-largest producer of E-waste after China and the US. More than 95 per cent of this waste is handled by the informal sector. Electronic waste (E-waste) is a global challenge and India too is facing the problem due to the rapid use and
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NHRC issues advisories to Centre on issues of mental health, bonded labour
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued three more advisories to the Centre, States and Union Territories (UT) administrations calling for specific action within four weeks on the issues of mental health, bonded labourers and migrant informal secto
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Unemployment is high, informal sector in shambles due to demonetisation :
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 3 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacked Central Government over the rising unemployment and the prevailing crisis in the informal sector following the "ill-conceived demonetisation decision"
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Demonetisation was an attack on India's informal sector: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Hitting out at the Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that demonetisation was an attack on India's informal sector which mainly included poor labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers.
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Centre destroying informal sector, attempt to turn people into slaves: Rah
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the NDA government has been attacking the informal sector over the past 6 years and asserted that the aim of demonetisation, "wrong" Goods and Services Tax (
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Nobel laureate Yunus, Rahul Gandhi stress on informal sector
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacted over video call with Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus over the issues that have emerged for the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and both agreed that the informal sector c
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CEIC Research explores the impact of lockdown on employment and migrants
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): India has a large working population, employed in both formal and informal sectors. The largest portion of the formal workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, 42.4 per cent in 2019.
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Pernod Ricard India Foundation and Akshay Patra, feeding the daily wage wo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI /BusinessWire India): In view of major economic activities shutting down in the country as part of the nationwide lockdown announced on March 23 to combat Covid-19, informal sector workforce including a large section of migrant labour workers and daily wagers
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COVID-19 impact: World Bank predicts South Asian economies will bleed, 11
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): East Asia and the Pacific could see up to 11 million people driven into poverty, with low wage and informal sector workers becoming the most vulnerable, the World Bank has warned in a report on the economic impact as experts predict dire economic fallout
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