This shift has led to higher food demand, narrowing urban supplies, and persistent food inflation. The dependence on agriculture for employment has also grown, with 46.1 per cent of the workforce engaged in the sector in 2023-24, up from 42.5 per cent in 2017-18.
Amid the row over alleged attacks on the state's migrant workers from Bihar, Tamil Nadu's minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development, CV Ganesan, on Monday said the DMK government was in the process of conducting a census of its migrant workforce.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Tech platform for blue-collar workforce management Betterplace has said the overall demand for jobs in 2020 will be 14 lakh and the gig economy will lead 80 per cent of overall demand.
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha has given zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'COVID-19 and its impacts on the migrant workforce'.