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come under it by lowering the employment figure to 10. Companies with more than 10 workers on their rolls will have to report job vacancies to employment exchanges, and those not complying with the stipulation will be fined with a higher penalty if a labour law amendment comes into force. The move is a part of the government's efforts to modernize 965 employment exchanges (excluding three new ones), whose primary role is to inform job-seekers about vacancies in the organised sector, to keeptrack of employers' filings and to offer vocational guidance to the unemployed. Not only will them legislation seek to restore the primacy of employment exchanges, it will also enable then government to track job opportunities and trends more closely and help the industry prepare earlier for any shortage of specialised workers.

 

Industry representatives are of the opinion that this would be difficult for small companies to report and it would also increase their paperwork. The proposal will have to go through a two-step approval process and will need to be endorsed first by the cabinet and later by Parliament. In future, the exchanges also hope to offer online employment news to prospective job seekers and employers across states, unavailable in most regions at present, with the exception of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

 

HP leads as regards performance under 20-point programme

 

A review report has ranked Himachal Pradesh (HP) the 1st, in socio-economic upliftment programmes under the 20-point programme. The report which was compiled till January 2009 by a high-powered committee overseeing the 20-point programme, has revealed that HP had topped the chart in 13 of the total 18 parameters in the implementation of socio-economic programmes in the country. The hill state's achievement is significant, as out of the 18 set parameters, the state scores 100% on 13 parameters. The state has also improved its performance under schemes relating to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, social security, minimum wages to labourers, provision of houses for the poor, welfare of women and children, Indira Awas Yojana and accelerated urban and rural water supply schemes. The state has also performed exceptionally well as regards to strengthening its public distribution system, construction of houses under the rural housing scheme, providing safe drinking water, coverage of houses under the rural cleanliness programme and the afforestation programme.

 

Poverty

 

Maharashtra home to 317.4 lakh poor, 3rd highest after UP and Bihar

 

According to the Economic Survey of Maharashtra (ESM) 2008-09, the number of people in the state below the poverty line (BPL) has been steadily rising, with Maharashtra now having the third-highest number of poor, only behind Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The absolute number of people (head count) under BPL in Maharashtra has increased from 305.2 lakh in 1993-94 to 317.本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。