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Jairam Ramesh bats for uniform minimum wages across country

New Delhi, Feb 2 (ANI): Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh, on Sunday backed the proposal to equate the wages for works under the central government-run employment scheme with the minimum wages prevailing in states. The minister said minimum wages in 14 states was more than remuneration paid for the work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). He said that state governments and the central governments should jointly determine it. MGNREGA is the biggest programme that guarantees 100 days of minimum work for poor people in rural areas. Feb 2, 2014
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MSME units a boon for the rural people of Manipur

Manipur, Jan 22 (ANI): The Imphal Handloom -Work shed cum rural showroom is one among several small scale enterprises in Manipur that provides training and employment to rural artisans. The group owned by M Jibonmala Devi at present trains around 40 artisans in making handloom and handicraft products. Jan 22, 2014
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Badalta Manzar (Dec 12, 2013): An independent news report on Jammu and Kashmir

The Government of Jammu-Kashmir has launched many schemes to eliminate unemployment. In this regard an employment fair was organized in Reasi recently. Other side Pahalgam is a world famous tourist destination in Anantnag district. But tourism players of Pahalgam are unhappy as the Govt. has failed to promote it as a winter tourist destination, and very few tourists visit it during winters. Beyond this the construction of the new mini secretariat in Poonch district had made the locals happy as they felt that it would solve most of their administrative problems. But the slow pace of the work has irked the local people. Jan 22, 2014
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UK to investigate on its involvement in 1984 Operation Bluestar

New Delhi/ Amritsar, Jan 17 (ANI): United Kingdom said that it would investigate into the declassified letters, which suggest that it colluded with India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, upon whose orders Indian security forces entered the Golden Temple in Amritsar 1984, to flush out militants. During his visit for a bilateral meet with MoS for Labour and Employment K Suresh, the United Kingdom's MoS for Skills and Enterprise Mathew Hancock emphasised on the strong bonds between the two nations. Britain's Labour party's minister says that he has seen documents which suggest then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's administration dispatched Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) officers to help Indira Gandhi in the storming of the Golden Temple. Jan 17, 2014
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Influx of Pakistani migrants fuels anger in Gilgit

Gilgit, Jan 13: Rising unemployment, poverty and income disparity is fuelling dissatisfaction among the local people in Gilgit Baltistan. It’s the outcome of a large influx of people from Pakistan in line with the country’s deliberate expansionist policy in the region.Islamabad offers several perks to those settling here. Government employees from Pakistan get double salary and incentives to serve in Gilgit, while locals are prevented from getting any employment in the public sector. Gilgit Baltistan, a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, has been illegally occupied by Pakistan for over six decades now. Jan 13, 2014
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Livelihood College a boon for tribals in Naxal-hit Dantewada

Dantewada, Jan 10 (ANI): Dantewada in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh lacks basic facilities like education and healthcare because of threats posed by the Naxals. The area has a low literacy rate and the youth have no employment opportunities. The chances of their being misled by the Maoists are quite high. In the effort to create employment opportunities for the youth and to prevent them from being exploited by anti-social elements, the Livelihood College plays a significant role. The college helps in capacity building of the youth to encourage them to become self-employed. The college has hostel facilities and it aims to improve the skills of the local youth who already have technical qualifications. Many trained youth have decided to work in their villages and towns as outsiders face threats from the naxals. Jan 10, 2014
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Rural women in Tripura being trained to help them become self employed

Tripura, Jan 3 (ANI): These women are being trained to make incense sticks at the Gandhigram Craft Processing Centre in West Tripura. The centre is a women run cluster that aims to bring economic development and generate employment by utilizing the bamboo resources of the state. It started the training programme recently with an aim to generate employment and provide adequate income to the rural women. It has trained over 380 women till now. Jan 3, 2014
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PM, top politicos pay homage to Sis Ram Ola

New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): Major politicos including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid homage on death of Congress leader and Union labour and employment minister Sis Ram Ola who died Sunday in Delhi. Dec 15, 2013
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Senior Congress leader from Rajasthan Sis Ram Ola passes away

New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): Senior Congress leader from Rajasthan and Union Minister for Labour and Employment Sis Ram Ola passed away after a brief illness at a private hospital at Gurgaon on early Sunday morning. He was 86. He had been admitted to the Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon some time ago for treatment of a stomach ailment. Dec 15, 2013
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Pakistans Punjab CM urges India to resolve outstanding issues

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif urged India to resolve outstanding issues such as Sir Creek, Kashmir, Siachen and Water. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s brother, Shahbaz Sharif who is in New Delhi, asked his nuclear-armed neighbours to be partners in progress and prosperity and to shun animosity. He said that the Pakistani Prime Minister wanted to promote peace, trade and employment between the two countries. Dec 13, 2013
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