A new working paper by Economic Advisory Council to the PM shows factors like advancing age, marriage and having children affect working women much more than men.
However, the International Labour Organization flags an unemployment crisis in India. Report an analysis of employment scenarios from 2000 to 2022, relies heavily on govt surveys.
Latest Moody’s Analytics report shows India, Philippines have shown highest decline in gender employment gap since 2019. But the disparity for India is still 4 times that of US, EU.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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