Shiva Rajora

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'Labour Codes Will Reduce Take-Home Salary Is Wrong'
Rediff.com20 Dec 2025

'It will increase the contribution to gratuity, which is something the employer has to...

Unemployment rate at 8-mth low of 4.7%
Rediff.com16 Dec 2025

Buoyed by the robustness in rural job market on account of rabi sowing, India's monthly...

Goa Fire Exposes EPFO Oversight Gaps
Rediff.com13 Dec 2025

'The tragedy underscored 'serious and widespread' weaknesses in the EPFO's monitoring...

Richest 10% Hold 65% of India's Wealth
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A larger part of India's population was in the middle 40 per cent of the national...

Labour Codes: Trade Unions Raise Red Flags Over Layoffs
Rediff.com2 Dec 2025

'Raising the retrenchment, layoff and closure threshold to 300 workers for prior...

Jobs in unincorporated sector rose marginally in Q2: NSO data
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Around 128.6 million people were employed in the unincorporated sector during...

Joblessness slowed to 5.2% in Q2: PLFS data
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

India's labour market in the second quarter (July-September/Q2) of 2025-26 (FY26)...

Chandigarh, Delhi have highest share of services in GVA: NITI
Rediff.com4 Nov 2025

The share of services in gross value added (GVA) in 2023-24 was the highest in...

Low-Wage Trap Looms Over India's Services Sector, Warns Niti Report
Rediff.com30 Oct 2025

The services sector employs 188 million people but remains highly informal, trapping...

Will Indians' reluctance to talk money derail NSO survey?
Rediff.com15 Oct 2025

The NSO previously tried to collect household income data in its ninth (1955), 15th...

RBI outlines steps to improve EPFO's investment management
Rediff.com15 Oct 2025

The RBI advisory follows a labour ministry request earlier this year seeking the...

Employer Returns Get Simpler with EPFO's New ECR
Rediff.com29 Sep 2025

'These changes are expected to eliminate many data-entry problems that make the return...

Jobless rate at 4-month low of 5.1% in Aug
Rediff.com16 Sep 2025

Labour markets showed positive momentum in August as the unemployment rate fell for the...

83% Of Sole-Earning Women In Gig Jobs Are Married
Rediff.com11 Sep 2025

Women are increasingly using gig work as a pathway to economic independence which has...

Gadkari: AI To Detect Landslides, Waterlogging Soon
Rediff.com22 Aug 2025

Nitin Gadkari said AI will be used to detect landslides, waterlogging and...

PM-VBRY: What Job Seekers Need To Know
Rediff.com18 Aug 2025

'To encourage the habit of saving, a portion of the incentive will be kept in a savings...

Youth Unemployment Rate Rises For Second Month In A Row
Rediff.com16 Jul 2025

The rise was more pronounced in urban areas than in the rural areas.

High equality ranking for India masks deeper gaps, say economists
Rediff.com14 Jul 2025

A recent World Bank report placing India among the most equal countries globally may...

June retail inflation likely to have cooled further on food prices
Rediff.com11 Jul 2025

India's consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation rate is likely to have cooled...

Govt unveils Rs 2 trillion dose for jobs, R&D, innovation, growth push
Rediff.com2 Jul 2025

In a double-dose bid to boost growth and employment prospects, the Union Cabinet on...