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11.01.26 - 18:36
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The Guardian view on India′s employment guarantee: scrapping a right to work risks a rural revolt | Editorial (The Guardian)
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A globally unique programme allowed the poor to demand – and get – jobs, empowering rural women. Narendra Modi courts trouble by hollowing it outFew countries have attempted anything as ambitious as India's rural jobs guarantee. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, any adult in the countryside who demanded work was entitled to a job on local public works within 15 days, failing which the government had to pay an unemployment allowance. Enacted in 2005, MGNREGA created the world's most far-reaching legal right to employment. It generates 2bn person-days of work a year for about 50m households. Over half of all workers were women, and about 40% came from Dalit and tribal communities.For a country where vast numbers rely on seasonal farm work, the scheme mattered. It stabilised incomes, raised rural wages, expanded women's bargaining power and reduced internal migration. Households could demand up to 100 days of paid work at a statutory minimum wage, turning employment int...
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11.08.25 - 21:54
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Indien: Exportbranchen durch US-Zölle verunsichert (DW)
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Wichtige Sektoren in Indiens Wirtschaft befinden sich in einer Krise, nachdem die USA die Zölle auf 50 Prozent erhöht haben. Mögliche Folgen: Wirtschaftliche Schwierigkeiten und weitreichende Arbeitsplatzverluste....
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15.05.25 - 18:42
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India′s first monthly job survey shows 5.1% unemployment rate in April 2025 (Times of India)
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India's unemployment rate reached 5.1% in April 2025, according to the first monthly labour force data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The survey, based on the Current Weekly Status, revealed a higher unemployment rate among youth aged 15-29 years, especially young women in urban areas. The Labour Force Participation Rate stood at 55.6% nationally....
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