October 19, 2025 9:26 am
While the quantity of infrastructure built in the last decade has been large (and the amounts spent colossal), the quality has been appalling — obsolete design and technology, falling bridges, collapsing buildings, and new highways that are washed away after the first rain. On quality jobs, the less said the better
May 25, 2025 10:04 am
...The regrettable but inescapable conclusions are, firstly, that the applicants for jobs do not have the education or the skills to fill the jobs. And, secondly, that the jobs on offer are not attractive because of the structure of the enterprise or the emoluments
April 27, 2025 4:09 am
Addressing the 15th edition of Rozgar Mela after distributing more than 51,000 appointment letters to recruits in different departments of the central government, he said it is a time for unprecedented opportunities for youngsters.
April 20, 2025 4:16 am
Speaking at the 9th convocation ceremony of IIM Sambalpur, Mishra highlighted the need to create 8 to 10 million jobs annually in India, and urged students to equip themselves with both technical knowledge and practical skills.
February 03, 2025 10:20 pm
Under the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, a scheme that provides support to artisans and craftspeople in India, the government is targeting that more than 61 lakh artisans including women, and those from the SC, ST and OBC communities, will attain self-employment.
August 28, 2024 8:42 am
Incentivising electronic components manufacturing is the next key frontier for India, after it successfully managed to localise assembly of finished electronics products such as smartphones.
July 14, 2024 6:41 am
He said that central armed police forces (CAPFs) and Army deployed in such areas should encourage purchase of local agricultural and handicraft products.
July 13, 2024 12:13 am
It requires re-imagining agriculture and a vision of the “farm as a factory” producing crops that are raw material for further value addition. Converting onion and tomato to paste and puree can do what sugar mills and dairies have done -- not just adding value to produce, but also creating jobs in the countryside itself
July 12, 2024 11:50 am
The data available for the first time since 2015-16, provides an understanding of the impact of the three major exogenous shocks viz., demonetisation, rollout of the Goods and Service Tax, and the Covid-19 pandemic, on the growth of unincorporated enterprises.
July 09, 2024 11:08 pm
Ensuring that growth translates to more productive employment opportunities is the government's foremost challenge
June 22, 2020 6:21 pm
In his long speech on the floor of the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi defined jhumla, attacked the government on the issues of farmers, women's safety, lack of jobs and accused the BJP of playing divisive politics. And it all ended with a hug and a wink.




