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Targeted interventions in labour-intensive sectors, MSMEs needed to take growth to the next level: CII president Sanjiv Puri

January 13, 2025 9:53 am

'As far as agriculture is concerned, it will always remain important. It's about 45 or 46 per cent of the workforce'

Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from 'slavery'

July 14, 2024 12:24 pm

The migrants were given farm jobs, working seven days a week and 10-12 hours a day for just 4 euros per hour, which was entirely docked from them until they settled all their debts, police said, describing the migrants' treatment as "slavery".

Need for more frequent labour data by govt flagged, with focus on rural

August 29, 2022 7:46 am

In recent meetings held at the Cabinet Secretariat attended by statistical department and Union Labour Ministry representatives, discussions converged on the need to improve the frequency of the labour market data, especially in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior government official said.

Quieter but still present: Landless labourers say have much to lose

December 24, 2020 7:47 am

A resident of Fazilka district, Dev Singh's life trajectory, in many ways, mirrors the plight of Punjab's landless labourers, managing to eke out a living wholly dependent on those owning tracts of land.

In Malaysia, report on abuse of Indian worker triggers unusual warning

November 25, 2014 1:24 am

Indian High Commission warns errant employers their privileges will be withdrawn, gets result.

Duped,30 Indians stranded in Kabul

January 11, 2010 12:38 am

Dozens of Indian labourers have been forced to take refuge in a Kabul gurdwara after job agents who promised lucrative jobs in the...

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