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Share of women at senior positions in India has seen a drop, reveals WEF report

India ranks 127th out of 149 countries for overall gender parity, according to a report by the Worl…

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A daily wager’s child is much less likely to end up like the father now

For generations, the children of daily wagers have been going back to the same job – extending the …

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Fabric of a nation: Sustaining India's handloom legacy in modern times

The industry is largely unorganised, and the wages are shockingly low. 67% of handloom workers are …

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OPINION: Women’s Day special — Can EVs bring ‘missing women’ back into the workforce?

For millions of women, the simple act of leaving their homes to navigate work or errands is fraught…

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Unemployment the 'biggest curse' under Modi government: Congress president Kharge

Kharge accused the Modi government of using "dubious employment data for PR", and said no amount of…

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Economic Survey 2023-24: Where does India stand on the employment, and what's next?

While the agriculture sector has grown at about 4.18% at constant prices over the last 5 years, Ind…

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Rural consumption on a decline as farmers’ income continues to remain under stress: Motilal Oswal

Rural consumption grew only 4.6% YoY in Q3 FY23 after rising 6.5% in Q1 and 5.5% in Q2 FY23. The s…

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India received over $111 billion in remittances in 2022, first country to ever reach that figure: UN

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in its World Migration Report 2024 launched …

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DMK vows to repeal CAA if INDIA bloc is voted to power

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, a key constituent of the INDIA bloc, in its manifesto released on Wednesda…

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Historic decision, red-letter day – BCCI’s pay equity decision wins hearts of Smriti Irani, Sachin Tendulkar, Mithali Raj and more

BCCI today announced that its centrally-contracted male and female cricketers will get equal match …

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Political continuity could bode well for clean energy & infra spending: UBS

As India marches towards elections, research firms are projecting various scenarios based on possib…

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Women in Iceland want you to know it's not a gender equality utopia, despite what the statistics say

Iceland has topped the WEF's gender gap index 14 years in a row. But women living there say the ran…

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Female beedi rollers from Farakka suffer from TB and 'lower-than-minimum' wages

Kashmeera Biwi (50) has a persistent cough and cold, but it comes as no surprise considering tha…

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Freelancing has gender pay gap too but it’s much less than what it’s in the traditional market

Overall participation and earnings of freelancers ballooned by 40% in India. Number of women freela…

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Global Gender Gap Index: India is the best in sending girls to primary schools, universities but fails with high schools

India ranked at 135th position in the Global Gender Gap index report by World Economic Forum. There…

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More than half of India's blue-collared employees suffer unequal wage access, earn below ₹15K per month: Report

The report by payroll management app Salarybox stated that females in the workplace made Rs 12,398 …

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India among the worst countries for laws governing equal pay rights for women: World Bank

India is among the 12 countries in the world that scored the lowest on laws and regulation governin…

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From minimum wages for all to social security for gig workers ⁠— these are the broad outlines of upcoming ‘labour reforms’ in India

The Indian government will be implementing universalisation of minimum wages and timely paymen…

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Gender wage pay gap: Women graduate in India earns 24% less than her male counterpart

Gender equality is not a reality in India. While sincere attempts to make it so are in the ‘pipelin…

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Attrition is as hard to predict as death says C P Gurnani after TechM loses profits to wage hikes

A fourth of Tech Mahindra’s first quarter revenues were eaten up by employee expenses, pushing its …