JORHAT, July 16: As many as 37,500 new jobs have been created for the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) schemes in the State. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who inaugurated the NREGA schemes for Jorhat district at an official function held at Kalakunj public hall at Borholla in Titabor subdivision last weekend, said that the posts of gram rojgar sahayaks and nayaks would fulfil the employment needs of the rural youths.

Kurnool, July 16: The District Water Management Agency (Dwma) project director, Mr Wilson Babu, issued orders on Wednesday suspending 43 employees for irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). He also removed 70 masons. Mr Wilson Babu inspected the NREGS office in Atmakur and found that there was variance in records amounting to about Rs 7 lakh. He suspended an assistant project officer (APO), seven technical and 14 field assistants as they failed to give proper explanation relating to the variance.

THE CHIEF MINISTER WRITES Major Gen B C khanduri (retd) , Chief Minister, UttarakhandOur motto: Development, employment, corruption-free Uttarakhand As part of our initiative of getting in the views of chief ministers across all states, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Major Gen B C Khanduri talks about how he has revived the faith of people and brought administration on track The State of Uttarakhand came into being on November 9, 2000, after a fairly long struggle, which was in many ways historic.

Robert J Samuelson WASHINGTON WE'VE been having the wrong discussion about globalisation. For years, we've argued over whether this or that industry and its workers might suffer from imports and whether the social costs were worth the economic gains from foreign products, technologies and investments. By and large, the answer has been yes. But the harder questions, I think, lie elsewhere. Is an increasingly interconnected world economy basically stable? Or does it generate periodic crises that harm everyone and spawn international conflict?

Nepal posted economic growth of 4.7 percent in producers' price -- highest in seven years -- in 2007/08, but failed to check rise in unemployment, which went up contrary to general expectations due to a sharp shrinkage in the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing sector, the mainstay of semi and unskilled urban employment, grew at a squeezed rate of 0.18 percent during the year, whereas it had grown by 2.55 percent last year. "Lack of fresh recruitment in the public sector also contributed to the rise in unemployment," says the Economic Survey for 2008/09.

DH News Service, Mulbagal: Elected representatives and state machinery should give widespread publicity to development works formulated by the government, opined local MLA Amaresh. He was speaking after inaugurating Bharat Nirman programme at Tayalur in the taluk on Monday. He disclosed that as many as 100 villages in the taluk had been brought under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREG), Natonal Rural Health Mission, Sarvashikha Abhiyan and Prime Minister's 15-point programme. The MLA called upon the public to take advantage of all the development programmes.

Assam has 19,21,563 registered unemployed persons, with Kamrup accounting for the highest number at 3,43,862 followed by Sivasagar and Nagaon with 1,93,587 and 1,48,392 respectively. The figures include 2,24,125 graduates, 17,209 postgraduates, 2,438 engineering graduates, 3,39,227 higher secondary pass-outs, 6,87,461 matriculates, 17,784 ITI-trainees, 5,659 diploma-holders, 923 agriculture graduates, 353 veterinary graduates and 3,702 with other qualifications.

The Himachal Pradesh government today cleared nine new industrial projects, bringing in additional investment of nearly Rs 1,095 crore in the state, which will mostly be concentrated in the industrial belts of Solan, Sirmaur and Una districts. The proposals were cleared at a meeting of the state-level single window clearance and monitoring authority, held here this afternoon. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who is also chairman of the authority, and also holds industrial charge, presided over the meeting.

Rs 80 then, Rs 45 now, complain villagers Dindigul VILLAGERS who are the beneficiaries of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) are complaining that the wages paid to them have been gradually reduced, much to their disappointment. On Friday last, about 3,000 workers, led by Balabarathi, MLA, resorted to picketing in Dindigul. On Monday, the villagers of Chettinayakkanpatti came to the collectorate in large numbers to submit a petition against the low wages being paid to them under the programme.