NEW DELHI — The Railways said that around 2.4 crore candidtates have applied for 1.4 lakh vacancies in Indian Railways for various categories of staff to be hired by the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). A statement issued by the Ministry ...
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Mumbai: Waseema Shaikh hailing from a village in Nanded district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra has cracked Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exam with a third rank among successful woman candidates. What made her feat remarkable and outstanding that she ...
Read More »Cabinet approves 10% quota provision for J&K
New Delhi : Union cabinet has given its nod to 10 per cent quota for poor among the general categories in Jammu and Kashmir and also approved the provision for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs in the state. ...
Read More »EPF enrolment, Income tax data cannot measure job creation: Experts
By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country’s unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a ...
Read More »Shortage of funds key challenge in job creation: Economic Affairs Secretary
By Manish Gupta and Vishav, New Delhi : Asserting India’s fast economic growth is not without generation of jobs, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said the country actually faces shortage of capital more than the scarcity of jobs. While ...
Read More »Promises galore in debt-ridden Telangana
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : From farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh to unemployment allowance and from doubling security pensions to free cows, laptops and bicycles, major political parties in debt-ridden Telangana are promising the moon to the ...
Read More »Mayawati wants reservation for poor upper castes, Muslims
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday batted for reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker upper castes and Muslims and other minorities. She said if the Modi government brought a Bill to give 18 per ...
Read More »People fleeing their countries for jobs are infiltrators: Tripura Governor
Agartala : People who flee their countries due to genuine fear of persecution are refugees while those entering another country in search of employment or economic opportunities are infiltrators, the Tripura Governor said on Tuesday. In a series of tweets ...
Read More »‘Civil Services need substantial reforms, not trivial, knee-jerk reactions’
By Prabhat Kumar, A proposal from the prime minister’s office to allocate cadre of civil servants after taking into account their performances in the Foundation Course has raised several eyebrows. Experts believe that the ill-conceived decision-in-the-making will have an adverse ...
Read More »Government committed to quota in faculty positions: Javadekar
New Delhi : Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the Modi government was committed to reservation in the faculty positions of universities and that it does not agree with a court order quashing the 50 per cent reservation. ...
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