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Increase minimum wage by Rs 199, cut calorie intake by 300, suggests expert panel

Suggestions include different national minimum wages across different geographical regions in the country to suit local requirement

Economy

World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades

Economy

Global share of women in labour force stagnating for over 15 years

Economy

Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer

Economy

Interim Budget 2019: A mention and a few hundred crores for the poor's Kamadhenu

A specific mention spanning over four minutes, and emphasis on livestock hints at the government’s admission of the impact of its anti-cattle trade campaign

Economy

Two sides of the coin: Tax incentives and revenue forgone

Clear, transparent and credible legal, technical and political processes a must to deter rent seeking

Economy

10 million jobs: Vajpayee floated, Manmohan adopted, and Modi faltered

How the promise gave birth to India Shining campaign and ultimately led to defeat of NDA-I

Economy

Civil society calls on govts to reject WTO e-commerce talks

Some WTO members announce new talks, which were rejected by the membership at the last Ministerial, at the WEF

Economy

Global fruit pomace market expected to grow exponentially: study

Long discarded or used only as animal feed and compost, rising demand from health-conscious consumers will change fruit pomace’s fortunes, it says

Economy

Automation will de-skill people; need human-in-command approach: ILO

The Global Commission on the Future of Work says automation and other technologies will leave behind those who are least equipped for this disruptive work change

Economy

World Bank staff calls for ‘open’ system of presidential selection

The move comes even as the global body called for nominations to select a new president after Jim Yong Kim resigned recently

Economy

Pressed for sharing

The Uttarakhand high court order on Ramdev's firm to pay for use of bioresources has put herbal companies on notice

Economy

Patanjali judgement can have ramifications beyond Uttarakhand

NBA sources say many big players in the industry have not yet registered with biodiversity boards

Economy

Goa’s mining muddle: Dependants to protest in Delhi

The closure of iron ore mining in the state has rendered 2 lakh people jobless, increased banks’ non-performing assets and impacted state’s revenue

Economy

Bengaluru leads India’s march into fastest-growing cities list

Country to occupy 17 of 20 top spots between 2019 and 2035, says recent report

Economy

Why Tanzania’s army is buying country's entire cashew nut

A crisis brimming in Tanzania over the price of cashews has led to a spate of twists and turns

Economy

Unemployment rate rose to 6.9 per cent in October: study

It also said that labour participation was lowest since January 2016

Economy

25% people globally are insecure over property rights: study

Reasons range from fear of property seizure by governments, owners turning tenants out and lack of money among others

Economy

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

The goal of family planning programmes is not to hit population targets but to empower women so they can choose the number of children they will have, when, and with whom

Economy

Human development index: India climbs one spot to 130

Rising economic inequalities and wide gender gap don’t let India achieve a faster ascent among 189 countries

Economy

Govt's share of spending on nutrition, public health reduces in the last four years

Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits

Economy

How to counter Trump on trade tariffs and climate inaction? Impose carbon charges on US imports

Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to political protests and accusations of bias as many states that have done well in controlling population will end up receiving less money from the Central tax pool

Economy

Not all is well with WTO: growing protectionism, trade wars threaten its existence

Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements

Economy

Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global trading system