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Direct deposit is 'digital empowerment' for women workers in India
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], July 2 (ANI): During a new study, co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore, giving greater digital control over their wages to women in India's Madhya Pradesh led them to enter the labour force and also liberalised their beliefs about working wom
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India making efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India is making collective efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation, said Union Minister for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar at a ministerial address on Declaration and Employment Working Group Priorities at G20 Labour and Employment
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China's shrinking labour force could impact economic growth in coming deca
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): The Chinese economy is growing fast but its shrinking labour force "could place a cap on China's potential economic growth" in coming decades, according to a government advisor.
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Budget 2021: Increase of between 1-2 per cent in women's labour force part
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] February 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On the occasion of the Union Budget 2021 having been presented in the parliament by Nirmala Sitaraman, Minister of Finance, Government of India, and the announcement that women will be allowed to work all shifts, there is a lo
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How are Indian Universities helping to reduce gender inequality in the wor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/SRV Media): In India, women constitute 46.2 percent of the total enrolment in higher education but the female labour force participation rate is a mere 21 percent, as against a global average of 40%. In fact, not only is the number very low, but for those w
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India is proud of its hardworking labour force: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): India is proud of its hardworking labour force, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the International Workers' Day on Friday.
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6 pc unemployment rate among 15 plus people, Lok Sabha informed
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Union Minister Santosh Gangwar on Monday stated that as per the results of annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO) during 2017-18, the estimated unemployment rate on usual status basis for persons of age 15 ye
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Hope Mamata attends NITI Aayog event: Rajiv Kumar
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 08 (ANI): A day after Mamata Banerjee refused to attend the governing council meeting, NITI Aayog Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Saturday expressed hope that the West Bengal chief minister will take part in the upcoming event.
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With polls over, government releases report on unemployment, says, data co
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): With Lok Sabha elections over, the government on Friday made public the Periodic Labour Force Survey report that placed the unemployment rate at 6.1 per cent for year 2017-18, which is set to be the highest in 45-years.
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NTT Communications introduces AI-based communication engine to solve shrin
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 17 (ANI): The NTT Communications last Thursday (April 11) introduced its latest series of artificial intelligence-based assisted communication engine to promote dynamic engagement of all citizens to solve the problem of shrinking labour force and ageing society.
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Gender equality will increase women workforce participation: SBI
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Women are increasingly dropping out of the labour force in India. According to a report by State Bank of India's (SBI) Economic Research Department, there has been a drop in about 10 percentage points among women workers from 2004-05 to 2011-12.
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India will add 160-170 million labour force by 2020: study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): India's labour force will expand by 160-170 million in 2020, depends on various factors which includes population growth rate, labour force participation, education enrolment at higher levels etc, an ASSOCHAM -Thought Arbitrage joint study has pointed ou
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