- Employment in 8 sectors including IT/BPO, automobiles, gems & jewellery and textile rose by 5.21 lakh last fiscal, said a government report.
- During the first three quarters of 2014-15, these sectors witnessed an overall increase in employment by 1.82 lakh, 1.58 lakh and 1.17 lakh over the previous quarters.
- As per the 24th report, the overall employment had reduced by 36,000 in the January-March quarter in 2013-14.
- The report also stated that the overall employment increased by 2.76 lakh during 2013-14, lower than 5.21 lakh in the previous fiscal.
- At industry level, the highest increase in employment is observed in IT/BPOs sector where jobs increased by 37,000 during January-March, over November-December, 2014, followed by textiles including apparel sector (24,000), automobiles sector (20,000) and metals sector (1,000).
- The largest decrease in employment was recorded in leather sector (8,000) followed by gem & jewellery (6,000), transport (2,000) and handloom/powerloom (2,000).
- In the direct category of workers, employment has increased by 15,000 whereas for contract category of workers, it has increased by 49,000 during the quarter ended March, 2015 over December, 2014.
- Employment in the exporting units has increased by 73,000 at overall level, whereas in the non-exporting units, it has decreased by 9,000 during January-March, 2015 over the previous quarter November-December, 2014.
- Labour Bureau has been conducting a series of quarterly quick employment surveys since January, 2009 to study the impact of global economic slowdown on employment in Indian economy.
- The first one was conducted to study the impact of economic slowdown on employment during the October-December quarter of 2008.
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, MP from Navsari, adopted Chikhli. Chikhli seen improvement in Sanitation and road renovation under SAGY. The infrastructure is improved.It is emerging as the template of village development. Patil completed the task in just three months. 380 toilets were built in Chikhli, many of them in the two slums life has become better after construction of toilet in their houses regular affair during the monsoons. A huge Shiva statue built six years ago by an NRI on the river bank had lost its colour and texture. The MP built a protection wall all along the riverbank and renovated a temple and the Shiva idol. renovation of road circles in a public-private partnership putting waste collection bins around the village, procurement of a diagnosis machine for the Rotary Eye Hospital (in the nearby Navsari), a library in the village panchayat office, gas-based cremation at the village crematorium, a modern aganwadi cen...
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