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India joins Reskilling Revolution Initiative at World Economic Forum as a Founding Member
On January 22, 2020, India joined Reskilling Revolution initiative of World Economic Forum. It helps economies to adopt o changes being introduced by Fourth Industrial Revolution. Highlights India joined the Reskilling Revolution Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum as ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
UN report on Global Unemployment released
The United Nations specialized agency International Labour Organization in its report has mentioned that Global Unemployment is projected to rise by 2.5 million in 2020. The report also mentions that about 165 million people will not have enough paid work ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Global Social Mobility Index launched at World Economic Forum: India ranks 76th
On January 20, 2020, the World Economic Forum released the Social Mobility Index. The index measures social mobility of the population world wide. What is Social Mobility? Social Mobility is the upward or downward movement of an individual in personal ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
MoSPI: Unemployment rates fall in second quarter
The National Statistics Office working under Ministry of Statistcs and Programme Implementation released its Quarterly Bulletin on November 23, 2019. The report presented the unemployment status, Labor Force Participation Rate, The urban unemployment rate fell to the lowest in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Why Indian Daughters are at Disadvantage?
In India caring for elderly parents is considered a moral, cultural and religious duty. But married daughters are exempt from this responsibility, as once married, they form “a part of the family” they marry into, and as daughters-in-law, are more ..
World Bank-ILO Report: Key Facts
The World Bank-ILO report titled Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia has been released. The report studies the effect on local employment and wages of changes in exports by combining disaggregated data from household-level or ..