Tag: employment
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American Workers Need Employment Benefits
What is needed at this time is a massive and targeted jobs bill. The goal for that bill should be: To put American Workers back to meaningful work in full-time jobs in as short a time frame as possible. The jobs bill should be thought of as an employment benefits bill and an alternative to unemployment…
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Himachal signs MoUs to attract over Rs 17,000 crore investment
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh on Monday signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 159 companies that will attract an investment of over Rs 17,000 crore and provide employment opportunities to 40,000 people, the government said. It said three MoUs were signed with PSUs (public sector undertakings) for an investment of Rs 1,115 crore; 88 for the…
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Cabinet approves 10% quota provision for J&K
New Delhi : Union cabinet has given its nod to 10 per cent quota for poor among the general categories in Jammu and Kashmir and also approved the provision for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs in the state. Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said since Jammu and Kashmir is under the…
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Infosys to train students in US for digital jobs
Bengaluru : Infosys is partnering with the Community College of Rhode Island to set up a digital economy aspirations lab for training students in the US for digital jobs, said the software major on Wednesday. “Our digital innovation and design centre at Providence in Rhode Island will help bridge the gap for design and human-centric…
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EPF enrolment, Income tax data cannot measure job creation: Experts
By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country’s unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs. However,…
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Shortage of funds key challenge in job creation: Economic Affairs Secretary
By Manish Gupta and Vishav, New Delhi : Asserting India’s fast economic growth is not without generation of jobs, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said the country actually faces shortage of capital more than the scarcity of jobs. While most Indians have a job and are earning something, the problem is that many of…
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Mamata accuses Centre of not releasing Rs 2,500 cr under MNREGA
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP-led Central government of deliberately not releasing funds for various Central schemes and said Rs 2,500 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme was due to the state. Accusing the Centre of a “step-motherly attitude” towards the state,…
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Promises galore in debt-ridden Telangana
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : From farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh to unemployment allowance and from doubling security pensions to free cows, laptops and bicycles, major political parties in debt-ridden Telangana are promising the moon to the voters. The main contenders of power have made a whole lot of promises like one…
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Samsung to hire 300 engineers from IITs
Gurugram : Samsung India is planning to hire over 300 engineers from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) this placement season to strengthen its Research and Development (R&D) operations in the country, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. Company officials from three R&D centres located in Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida, will visit the IITs at…
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Infosys to create 1,200 jobs in Australia by 2020
Bengaluru : Software major Infosys on Thursday said it will be creating 1,200 jobs and opening three innovation hubs in Australia by 2020 to reduce digital skills gap. “We are creating 1,200 new skilled jobs for graduates and professionals and opening three innovation hubs by 2020 to accelerate digital leadership for our clients in Australia,”…