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Passenger vehicle sales in July fell at the fastest pace in nearly two decades.

Auto companies in India cut more jobs, halt production to tackle slowdown

Automakers, component manufacturers and dealers had already cut 350,000 jobs.

23 Aug 2019 9:23 AM

Parle, founded in 1929, employs about 100,000 people, including direct and contract workers across 10 company-owned facilities and 125 contract manufacturing plants.

Indian biscuit maker could lay off 10,000 jobs amid falling demand

Parle is not the only food product company to have flagged slowing demand.

21 Aug 2019 1:06 PM

China lost 20 lakhs jobs in short period of time: Donald Trump

After coming to power, Trump has imposed 25 per cent import tariff on Chinese products worth USD 250 billion.

20 Aug 2019 10:34 AM

The auto sector has been on a downhill since the past 18 months.

Auto gloom: More layoffs coming in temp, sales, R&D sides

The sector has already culled 3.5 lakh jobs since April.

14 Aug 2019 6:29 PM

Most start-ups provide an average of 10 jobs though the really successful ones provide jobs to hundreds if not thousands

New wave Entrepreneurs creating jobs

The Govt set up a Startups fund of Rs 10,000 cr to assist entrepreneurs fund their companies.

13 Aug 2019 8:58 AM

The auto sector, which contributes more than 7 per cent of India’s GDP, is facing one of its worst downturns.

Tens of thousands losing jobs as India's auto crisis deepens: sources

Automakers, parts manufacturers and dealers have laid off about 350,000 workers since April.

07 Aug 2019 10:53 AM

E-commerce industries expect recruitment to go up by 15 per cent.

E-commerce cos' focus on small towns to fuel job opportunities

Small towns are becoming the driving force behind e-commerce growth in the country as online retailers.

05 Aug 2019 9:35 AM

Around 2.5 million people were employed directly through around 26,000 automobile showrooms operated by 15,000 dealers.

Two lakh jobs cut in last 3 months across automobile dealerships: FADA

286 showrooms were closed across 271 cities in the 18-month period ended April this year.

05 Aug 2019 9:22 AM

The company also said job cuts had accelerated since April.

Maruti Suzuki cuts temporary jobs as sales plunge

India’s jobless rate rose to 7.51 pc in July 2019 from 5.66 pc a year earlier, according to private data group CMIE.

03 Aug 2019 11:11 AM

On hiring across experience levels, the survey states that the maximum hiring would be in the experience band of three-five years followed by one-three years.

Recruitment outlook positive for Jul-Dec period this year: Report

The industries that might drive hiring are IT, BFSI and BPO with over 80-85 pc recruiters indicating creation of new jobs.

25 Jul 2019 9:01 AM

Under the GST regime, already around 70 per cent of auto components have come under the 18 per cent GST slab.

Auto component industry fears loss of 10 lakh jobs due to prolonged slowdown

Vehicle sales in all segments have continued to plummet for the last several months.

24 Jul 2019 3:20 PM

The cuts, exceeding 7 per cent of Nissan’s 138,000-strong workforce

Nissan to double global job cuts to over 10,000: source

The global plan includes the 4,800 job cuts announced in May and will mostly be at factories overseas with low utilisation rates.

24 Jul 2019 10:35 AM

There is no separate published data for unorganised sector as a whole. "However, the shrinking of unorganised sector is a positive indicator of development," Union Minister Santosh Gangwar said in his written reply. (Photo: File | ANI)

Govt to prepare national data on unorganised sector

The government has taken several measures towards expansion of the organised sector, said Union Minister Santosh Gangwar.

17 Jul 2019 8:12 PM

Infosys, which has over 2.29 lakh employees, is also battling high attrition, although the company asserted that this has not impacted its deliverable.

Infosys to hire 18,000 people from campuses in FY20

Infosys added 906 people (net) during the June 2019 quarter.

13 Jul 2019 10:24 AM

The company’s shares were down 9.3 per cent at 31.4 rand, off an earlier low of 28.7 rand.

ArcelorMittal to cut more than 2,000 jobs, shares drop

The company expected headline results to fall by at least 650 million rand (USD 45.78 million) in the first half of its financial year.

10 Jul 2019 3:36 PM

The Budget documents give break-up of the jobs that were created in the central government departments in the last two years.

Over 3.81 lakh new jobs created in central govt departments in last two years

Over 53,000 new jobs were created in indirect tax departments and 29,935 in direct tax departments.

08 Jul 2019 2:53 PM

Digital technology can take the cloud computing market in India to USD 7.1 billion (about RS 49,000 crore) by 2022 from USD 2.5 billion (about Rs 17,250 crore) in 2018. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jobs in IT sector: 2.5 lakh new vacancies coming soon, says govt

2 million people would be trained in digital technology in the next three to four years from 0.6 million people currently.

04 Jul 2019 10:52 AM

The company said the jobs will be at its UK head office in London, in research and development, Amazon Web Services and operations.

Amazon to add over 2,000 jobs this year

More than 170 of the new jobs in Britain will be at Amazon’s development centers in Cambridge.

03 Jul 2019 9:42 AM

The session organised by Niti Aayog on 'Economic Policy - The Road Ahead' was attended by over 40 economists and sectoral experts. (Photo: Twitter @narendramodi)

Experts panel suggests ways to achieve USD 5-trillion economy target: Niti Aayog

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and senior government officials were present in the meeting.

23 Jun 2019 7:44 PM

Report observed it is important to improve employment and employability, streamline labour issues and develop adequate means to absorb the labour in the economy. (Representional Image)

Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report

Making a case for labour law reforms, the report said the investors look out for stability and sustainability.

20 Jun 2019 4:33 PM

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