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ESIC to pay 50% of 3 months’ average wages as Unemployment benefit

August 21, 2020

In a recent notification, the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation declared to relax their norms, to aid the people who became jobless amid the COVID-19 outbreak with 50% of average wages of three months as unemployment benefit. Highlights The people who ..

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ILO-ADB report: concern expressed on job loss of 41 lakh youth in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic

August 19, 2020

The joint report of the International Labour Organization and the Asian Development Bank titled ‘Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific’ apprehended that the COVID-19 pandemic may hit with a job loss of 41 lakh youth ..

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Kuwait might force 8 lakh Indians to leave the country

July 6, 2020

The Kuwait Government has decided to halve the expatriate population due to the slump in oil process and COVID-19 crisis. Highlights The Kuwait National Assembly recently approved a draft bill according to which population of Indians in Kuwait should not ..

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“Dream Kerala Project” launched for Keralites returning from abroad

July 2, 2020

On July 1, 2020, Kerala announced “Dream Kerala Project”. The project is being rolled out to tap potential and experience of those returning from abroad. Highlights According to the Government of Kerala, Rs 85,000 was sent by the expatriates in ..

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Periodic Labour Force Survey: Decline in Self-Employed households

June 9, 2020

The National Statistical Office recently released the Periodic Labour force Survey. According to the survey, the percentage of self-employed households in rural India declined from 52.2% to 51.7% in the year 2019. Highlights The Survey says that in Urban India ..

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Annual Report of Periodic Labour Force Supply

June 5, 2020

On June 3, the National Statistical Office launched the Annual Report of Periodic Labour Force Survey. Key Findings According to the survey, the worker population ratio increased to 35.3% as compared to 34.7% in 2017-18. The unemployment rate fell to ..

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SWADES Initiative: Skill Mapping programme for Indians returning from Abroad

June 4, 2020

The Government of India is to conduct SWADES initiative to map the skills of Indians returning from abroad. SWADES is Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support. Highlights The SWADES initiative has been begun under Vande Bharat Mission. The initiative ..

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What is “George Floyd” protest in news currently?

June 1, 2020

The United States is facing nation wide protests over the death of an African American George Floyd. Highlights George Floyd, an African American man of age 46 died after the police arrested him near a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This ..

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