Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Food prices are expected to be under control in the coming year, going by advance estimates of crop output, but the government will keep monitoring prices and act…
India should respond with equal measures if the newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump imposes higher tariffs on domestic goods, trade experts say. They noted that India has previously implemented retaliatory customs duties on several U.S. products, such as apples, in response to what it deemed “illegal” tariffs imposed by America on certain steel and…
Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released last week showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos. Nearly one in four of the more than 900 experts surveyed across academia, business and policymaking ranked conflict, including…
J&K has more than 60,000 government daily wagers working for â‚ą300 per day. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Professionals and those with graduate and post-graduate degrees in Jammu and Kashmir are heavily dependent on government jobs as the Union Territory (UT) lacks an industrial base, resulting in a high level of joblessness…
Representational image of aluminium foil rolls at a factory in Binzhou, Shandong province, China | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recommended imposing an anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil imported from China after surging shipments from the neighbouring country captured nearly a third of India’s market share despite ample local production…
Jobless crisis: Prolonged protests forced the State to replace two job schemes with a new one — CM’s Fellowship Programme. | Photo Credit: AFP A decision by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Rajasthan, shortly after it came to power in December 2023, to discontinue the previous Congress regime’s Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra Internship…
India overtook China as the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil in July. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India overtook China as the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil in July as Chinese refiners bought less because of lower profit margins from producing fuels, a comparison of import data showed….
“Karo to sarkari naukari, nahi to becho tarkari” (You either work for the government, or you sell vegetables), says Ranjeet Kumar (28), an unemployed youth, who, along with two female companions, spend three hours at a community park in Rajendra Nagar in Patna every evening to prepare for government jobs. “Here in the park, there…
Tamil Nadu fares better than most States on employment metrics, but more must be done to tackle underemployment and gaps between skills and education, as the State produces the highest number of graduates in India. While there is no accurate data to measure India’s employment scenario, the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) conducted by the…
