47.8% of the employees in India’s manufacturing sector in 2024 are self-employed, 43.4% are regular wage and 8.8% are casual labour: Periodic Labour Force Survey.
Karnataka’s readymade garment factory women labourers get wages as low as Rs. 10,330 p.m., face verbal and physical abuse, and restrictions on toilet time: Study.
The share of people working in agriculture has risen to 46.1% from 42.5% in the pre-pandemic period: Periodic Labour Force Survey.
India’s usage of kerosene based lamps results in 12.5 Gigagrammes per year of black carbon, a major climate pollutant: Study.
The Central Government notified the Ecomark Rules, on Tuesday, which replaced the Ecomark Scheme of 1991 for labelling of eco-friendly products.
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