City employment climbs 4.5% while rural jobs decline 4.7% in July–September, highlighting shifts in India’s workforce

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City employment climbs 4.5% while rural jobs decline 4.7% in July–September, highlighting shifts in India’s workforce India’s unincorporated sector, a major engine of jobs and small-scale entrepreneurship, showed modest growth in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025-26, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in its latest quarterly report. Between July […]

Draft bill moots 10% education, 5% job quotas for disabled in Karnataka, ETEducation

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Rights activists say the bill could be a game-changer if implemented properly Bengaluru: In a big step towards achieving inclusivity, the govt is proposing 10 percent reservation in education and 5 percent in private sector employment for persons with disabilities, ensuring students and job-seekers are no longer dependent on institutional discretion. This is part of […]

School standards authority to be set up in Rajasthan, ETEducation

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The authority will also monitor school infrastructure, teacher qualifications, and safety protocols and may take key decisions regarding improving the quality of education, the official said Jaipur: The school education department is preparing to set up a State School Standards Authority, which would oversee school operations across Rajasthan. “This authority will monitor over 1 lakh […]

Assam govt mulls capping fees of private minority schools, ETEducation

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Regarding private schools in rural areas, the minister said non-government educational institutions in panchayat areas of the state are charging fees almost on a par with those from urban areas Guwahati, The Assam government on Wednesday proposed to bring private minority schools and rural educational institutions under a regulated fee structure. Tabling ‘The Assam Non-Government […]

Join the Shishu Panji Survey Now!, ETEducation

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Officials said an intensive house-to-house survey was underway ahead of the state’s Shishu Panji (child register) Survey scheduled to begin in December Ranchi: The Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) has initiated a habitation mapping across the state using the newly developed DAHAR 2.0 portal and mobile application. This will be the first time that the […]

Why 2026 could be the year of big wage gains for young professionals in the US

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After several bruising years in the labour market, where layoffs, hiring freezes, and economic uncertainty became the norm, America’s youngest workers may finally be catching a break. New graduates and early-career professionals (with up to four years’ experience) are poised to see stronger wage growth in 2026, according to new Glassdoor research.The finding marks a […]

UPSC strengthened public trust in India’ administrative systems: LS Speaker Birla

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Union Public Service Commission NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday described the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as an important pillar of nation-building that has strengthened public trust in India’s administrative systems.Addressing the inaugural session of the Union Public Service Commission’s ‘Shatabdi Sammelan’ here, Birla lauded the Commission’s 100-year journey as a […]