INDIA: "Arranging Jobs for Youth a Serious Challenge"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">LUCKNOW (NNN-PTI)-- Admitting that arranging jobs for youth was a serious challenge before the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said efforts are being made to woo industrialists to invest in the state.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Addressing convocation of a private university here, Akhilesh said, "To arrange jobs for the youth was a serious challenge before the government and it was making efforts accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said that efforts were being made by the government that industrialists set up units in the state so that youths get new employment opportunities and for this new infrastructure and industrial policy has been implemented. Akhilesh said the government was providing unemployment allowance for basic needs of the youth who are yet to get a job.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said that government has taken important measures in the field of education, and promoting girl education was the government's priority area. The CM said that apart from Kanya Vidyadhan and financial assistance to high school pass girls of minority community, the government has decided to give free medical and engineering education to poor girls.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Speaking on the occasion, UP Governor BL Joshi stressed on creating an environment of interest towards research and to maintain the quality of the work in the universities. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Addressing the convocation the Governor said that the research work should be such that it creates identity at international level. Joshi told the students that getting a degree was not the end of the journey, but start of a mission.--NNN-PTI<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

INDIA: "Arranging Jobs for Youth a Serious Challenge"

LUCKNOW (NNN-PTI)-- Admitting that arranging jobs for youth was a serious challenge before the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minist...

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US Unemployment Rate Edges Higher

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> labor market added another 171,000 jobs in October even as the country's jobless rate edged higher.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The government reported Friday that as more workers looked for work, the unemployment rate hit 7.9 percent, up a tenth of a percentage point from September.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This is the last major economic report before Tuesday’s presidential election, during which the candidates have focused heavily on which candidate can cut the jobless rate and boost the country's sluggish economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">When the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, it was the lowest level during the White House tenure of President Barack Obama.  The rate was 8 percent or worse for 44 straight months.  Since World War Two, no <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> president has won reelection with an unemployment rate above 7.4 percent.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Friday, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney said the one-tenth of a percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is a reminder that "the economy is a "virtual standstill."    <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A top economic adviser to Obama said the report is further evidence that the economy is healing from the worst recession in decades. Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, said the economy gained more than two million jobs over the past year, as the pace of job growth increases. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div>

US Unemployment Rate Edges Higher

The U.S. labor market added another 171,000 jobs in October even as the country's jobless rate edged higher. The government ...

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Indian Companies Created 50,000 Jobs in US: Burns

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">WASHINGTON  (NNN-PTI) -- At a time when unemployment is a major issue in the US due to its poor economic status, Indian companies through its massive investments in America have created 50,000 jobs in the country, a top US diplomat said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Our economic relationship is very much a two way street.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Both of us are focused on attracting growth and investment to our shore.Indian owned Tata factory in Ohio puts thousands of Americans to work, part of the over 50,000 jobs Indian firms have created in the US. Opportunities for small, medium and large American businesses in <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country> are staggering," <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country> Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Burns added that <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> is being projected as world's third largest economy by 2025. But 90 per cent of India is still without broadband, 80 per cent of India's infrastructure for 2030 hasn't yet been built, according to McKinsey, India plans to invest one trillion dollars on infrastructure in the next five years alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Burns praised the recent Indian decisions with regard to next phase of economic reforms.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Of course, for our companies to provide the technology and expertise to help <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country> prosper, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country>'s government must create an environment that encourages growth," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He added that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country></st1:place>'s recent easing of some restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment is promising. Indian multi-brand retail, aviation, power grid and broadcasting companies and markets will be more open to investment, technologies and best practises from all around the world. It will be easier to bring food to market.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He emphasised that greater economic openness is not a concession to the <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country>. It is one of the most powerful tools <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> has to maintain and expand its growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Burn Observe that <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> has no more important partner than US. Total direct investment of US in <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> in 2000 was USD 2.4 billion which in 2010 get to USD 27 billion. During the same period Indian direct investment in <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country> grew over USD 200 million to nearly USD 5 billion, which is more than a twenty fold increase. So we have never invested in each other's country to such extent.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley gets USD 60 million in two way businesses from his <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country></st1:place> visit. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear visited <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country></st1:place> three times and bring about USD 7 billion private sector energy deal. <st1:city w:st="on">Norfolk</st1:city> has a sister city alliance with <st1:city w:st="on">Kochi</st1:city> in Kerala that has helped <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state> export nearly USD 300 million in goods to <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> each year," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Burns last week in <st1:city w:st="on">New Delhi</st1:city>, has urged his Indian counterparts to address non-tariff barriers, favouritism for local companies, restrictions on foreign investment and intellectual property protection because progress and predictability will only shore up <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country>'s economic foundations.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"We are aiming for a high quality agreement that expands on recent reforms to provide still greater openness to investment, strong rules to protect investors and guarantee transparency and effective means for resolving disputes should they arise", he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He added that consortium of Indian and American corporations and banks have created Infrastructure Debt Fund to finance <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country>'s massive investment in roads, grids, seaports, airports and all the necessary building blocks of a modern economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said that Civil Nuclear Initiative still holds promise for the people of <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country> and US.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Without diminishing the real and frustrating challenges we have faced, both governments are now engaged in realising practical benefits of the civil nuclear agreement, especially reliable electricity for <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country>'s homes and businesses," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Burns argued that our companies are making good headway in negotiations with their Indian counterpart to complete works agreements by the end of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In June, Westinghouse and <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country>'s Nuclear Power Corporation took important steps that will lead to Westinghouse nuclear reactors in <st1:place w:st="on">Gujarat</st1:place>. We hope General Electric can follow suit.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said, "Indian government has clearly indicated that nuclear energy will remain important part of <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country>'s energy equation and we are equally committed to expanding cooperation in other areas, from wind and solar energy to natural gas and bio fuels". --NNN-PTI<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

Indian Companies Created 50,000 Jobs in US: Burns

WASHINGTON  (NNN-PTI) -- At a time when unemployment is a major issue in the US due to its poor economic status, Indian companies thr...

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Youth Unemployment Expected to Worsen with Spread of Euro Crisis – UN Labour Agency

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0hIsn-0Iq2eEn7MrxhtmaApoTEtPuzcmRVL2Y9vlNCEHWWdKVJC-QODHneP8AItBW8N4iCBY0RVWCWRy41elAl8tdd5RkS3kGohI27c9LDO-sWVSO_DKRu3jEQ_bIWzgrvqpDxsRafo/s1600/05-23-2012youngpeople.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0hIsn-0Iq2eEn7MrxhtmaApoTEtPuzcmRVL2Y9vlNCEHWWdKVJC-QODHneP8AItBW8N4iCBY0RVWCWRy41elAl8tdd5RkS3kGohI27c9LDO-sWVSO_DKRu3jEQ_bIWzgrvqpDxsRafo/s640/05-23-2012youngpeople.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Photo © UN News</span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">UN News </span></span><span class="fullstory"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">–</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spill-over of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies, according to a United Nations paper issued today.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">“Ironically, only in developed economies are youth unemployment rates expected to fall in the coming years, but this follows the largest increase in youth unemployment among all regions since the start of the crisis,”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>said </b>Ekkehard Ernst, the lead author of the UN International Labour Organization (<b>ILO</b>)’s paper, entitled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth</span></b></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">The paper forecasts the youth unemployment rate in developed economies dropping gradually, from 17.5 per cent this year to 15.6 per cent in 2017 – far higher than the rate of 12.5 per cent registered in 2007, before the crisis struck.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Much of the projected decline in the jobless rate is not due to improvements in the labour market, but rather to large numbers of young people dropping out of the labour force altogether due to discouragement, ILO noted in a news release, adding that these discouraged youth are not counted among the unemployed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">According to ILO, young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, and over 75 million youth worldwide are looking for work. The labour agency has previously warned of a “scarred” generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Global and Regional Figures</span></strong><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #000066; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">projected decline in youth unemployment in the developed economies</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>region is not expected to be enough to pull the global rate downwards.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #000066; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The paper says the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>– up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #000066; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">impact of the euro crisis is expected to expand well beyond Europe</span></strong>, affecting economies in East Asia and Latin America as exports to advanced economies have faltered.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #000066; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">North Africa and the Middle East, youth unemployment rates are projected to remain above 25 per cent</span></strong>over the next years and might even rise further in parts of these regions.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #000066; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Youth unemployment rates are forecast to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">rise from 9.5 per cent this year to 10.4 per cent in 2017 in East Asia</span></strong>, with little change projected in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Sub-Saharan Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">The ILO paper notes that the global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 – up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012. Youth unemployment is projected to be highest in North Africa and the Middle East, with a 25 per cent rate forecast over the next years.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">The labour agency notes that even in countries with early signs of a jobs recovery and where new vacancies are opening up, many unemployed youth still find it difficult to land a job. For example, a construction worker whose job was lost during the housing bust might not have the skills needed in sectors that are hiring.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">“This leads to discouragement and rising NEET rates (“neither in employment, education or training”) among young people,” said Mr. Ernst, who also heads ILO’s Employment Trends Unit. “Schemes using employment guarantees and an emphasis on training could help get jobseekers off the street and into useful activities, providing a safeguard against further economic stress.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: #F6F0E1; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; float: left; mso-border-alt: solid #DBDBCF .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;"><thead> <tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="background: #F0F0EB; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Youth unemployment rates forecasts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background: #F0F0EB; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">2012</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background: #F0F0EB; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">2017</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Global</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12.7 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12.9 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Central and South Eastern Europe</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">16.9 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">17 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Developed economies</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">17.5 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">15.6 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">East Asia </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> 9.5 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">10.4 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Latin America & the Caribbean</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14.6 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14.7 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Middle East</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">26.4 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">28.4 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">North Africa</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">27.5 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">26.7 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">South Asia</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">9.6 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">9.8 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">South East Asia & the Pacific </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">13.1 % <o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14.2 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Sub-Saharan Africa</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">11.8 %<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr> </tbody></table><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">According to the paper, such youth guarantees can come at very limited cost, less than half a per cent of gross domestic product among European countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">“In times of constrained public finances, this may seem like a large additional burden, but it will be less than the additional costs that come from young unemployed people permanently losing touch with the labour market,” the paper states.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><br /> </span></div><div style="line-height: 16.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">At its annual conference in June this year, ILO adopted a resolution calling for immediate, targeted and renewed action to tackle the youth employment crisis. The resolution provides a portfolio of tried and tested measures in five areas: macro-economic policies, employability, labour market policies, youth entrepreneurship and rights. It underscores the need for balance, coherence and complementarity across policy measures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></div>

Youth Unemployment Expected to Worsen with Spread of Euro Crisis – UN Labour Agency

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India: Civil Services (Prelim) Exam, 2012 Result Announced

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NEW DELHI (PIB) --- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2012 held on 20.5.2012.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">        <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form (DAF), which would be  available on the website of the Union Public Service Commission www.upsc.gov.inHYPERLINK "http://www.upsc.gov.in/". All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the DAF and submit the same ONLINE for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 to be held from 05.10.2012. The DAF will be available on the website of the Commission from 1st August, 2012 till 11.59 PM on 21/08/2012.  Important instructions regarding filling up of the DAF and submitting the same ONLINE to the Commission would also be available on the website. The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the ONLINE Detailed Application Form. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Civil Services Examination, 2012 published in the gazette of India (Extraordinary) of Department of Personnel and Training notification dated 04.2.2012, which is also available on the website of the Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After submitting the DAF duly filled in ONLINE, the candidates are required to take out a print out of the finally submitted DAF separately and will have to send the printed copy of the DAF duly signed by the candidates alongwith all relevant documents including the prescribed fees, wherever applicable as enclosures addressed to the Under Secretary [CS(M)],  Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069, so as to reach the Commission`s Office latest by 27/08/2012. The envelope containing the print out of the DAF submitted ONLINE should be superscribed “Application for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012”. It can also be delivered at Union Public Service Commission counter by hand till 27/08/2012 (5.00 P.M).   It may be noted that mere submission of application form does not, ipso facto, confer on any right for admission to the Main Examination.     The admission certificate alongwith the time table of the Main Examination will be issued to the eligible candidates 2-3 weeks before the commencement of the examination.   Changes, if any, in the postal address after submission of the DAF may be communicated to the Commission at once.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Union Public Service Commission has a Facilitation Counter near the Examination Hall Building in its Campus.  Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their result of the above mentioned examination on all working days between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM, in person or on Tel. No. 011-23385271, 011-23098543 or 011-23381125 from this Facilitation Counter.  Candidates can also obtain information regarding their result by accessing Union Public Service Commission Website www.upsc.gov.in.  The result of Roll Nos.253465 has been withheld.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Result is available on PIB website i.e www.pib.nic.in and also on the U.P.S.C. website i.e. </span><a href="http://www.upsc.gov.in/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">www.upsc.gov.in</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div></div>

India: Civil Services (Prelim) Exam, 2012 Result Announced

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India for Stepped Up Investment in Infrastructure to Create Jobs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNITED NATIONS (NNN-PTI) -- India on Wednesday stressed on the need to significantly scale up investment in infrastructure, technology and skills development to create jobs as the world grapples with high unemployment rates amid economic slowdown.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Overcoming the challenges of global unemployment is a pre-requisite to banish poverty and achieve the Millenium Development Goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We must take concerted action to create an enabling environment at the international and national level for promoting full employment while improving productive capacity," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said at the High-Level Segment of the 2012 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said the sovereign debt crisis in the Euro Zone continues to cast its shadow on the process of economic recovery, and has further exacerbated an already serious worldwide unemployment problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We need to see a significant scaling up of public investment in infrastructure, technology, education, and skills development as well as social spending in order to enhance productive capacity and generate employment, particularly in the Least Developed Countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Multilateral development banks, particularly the World Bank, have a role to play here in expanding lending for infrastructure development in developing countries," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said India concurs with the recommendation of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that macroeconomic policies need to be realigned to give centrality to the goal of full employment adding that "a business as usual approach" can no longer be afforded to tackle the unemployment and growth challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The questions of enhancing productive capacity and employment to eradicate poverty deserve the highest priority in national and international policy-making frameworks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Further, without putting developing countries, especially Least Developing Countries, at the forefront of the global development agenda, we cannot realistically expect progress on the Millennium Development Goals".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the world is facing a serious jobs crisis with 200 million people without work, an increase of 27 million since the start of the financial crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition, many more are underemployed or in exploitative jobs, with earnings below subsistence level.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nearly 600 million jobs need to be created over the next decade to stave off the crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Between 2007 and 2011, the number of unemployed young people in the 15 to 24 age bracket has increased by an unprecedented 4.5 million. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Puri said from the perspective of developing economies, the generation of productive and gainful employment on a scale that is sufficient to absorb the growing labour force is a critical element of the strategy for poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Developing countries face the additional hurdle posed by different trade barriers, which have a "deleterious effect" on employment growth in developing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Puri advocated for an early conclusion of the Doha Round so as to reflect the priorities of the Development agenda is therefore imperative. -- NNN-PTI<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

India for Stepped Up Investment in Infrastructure to Create Jobs

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India: National Workshop on Hunar Se Rozgar (Employment through skill)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NEW DELHI (PIB) --- Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has invited State Tourism Development Corporations to a one day National Workshop to be held here tomorrow to join hands to promote the “Hunar Se Rozgar” initiative for skill development of Indian youth for employment. India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is the premier implementing agency for the initiative. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Workshop will be inaugurated by  Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister for Tourism and will sensitize the stake holders on “Hunar Se Rozgar” initiative and motivate them into action mode. The occasion will also see the release of a brochure of “Hunar Se Rozgar”, a Compendium of “Hunar Se Rozgar”, a Compendium in Computer and a Radio Jingle. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The initiative “Hunar Se Rozgar” has been well received and is one of the successful ventures of the Ministry of Tourism. Youth trained under this scheme have been absorbed in various prestigious hotel chains where they are performing commendably. Thus encouraged, ITDC, under “Hunar Se Rozgar” banner, has plans to start the training scheme in new trade courses which are designed to enhance the employability aspect basis the demand of the industry viz. Front Office, Security, Retail Marketing and Drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

India: National Workshop on Hunar Se Rozgar (Employment through skill)

NEW DELHI (PIB) --- Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has invited State Tourism Development Corporations to a one day National Work...

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India: Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 Results Announced

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">New Delhi (PIB) ---</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 has been announced. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had held written part of the examination in October-November, 2011 and the interviews for Personality Test in March-April, 2012. A total number of 910 candidates have been recommended for appointment to –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(i</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indian Administrative Service;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(ii) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indian Foreign Service;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(iii) Indian Police Service; and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(iv) Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The list of selected candidates includes 420 General (including 21 Physically Challenged candidates), 255 Other Backward Classes (including 8 Physically Challenged candidates), 157 Scheduled Castes (including 4 Physically Challenged candidate) and 78 Scheduled Tribes candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in Rules 2 and 19 of the Rules of the Examination and subject to the final decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court / Hon’ble High Courts / Hon’ble C.A.Ts. on the S.L.Ps / R.As / W.Ps. / O.As. pending therein. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 170 (85 General, 46 Other Backward Classes, 26 Scheduled Castes and 13 Scheduled Tribes);<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>for the Indian Foreign Service is 40 (23 General, 9 Other Backward Classes, 5 Scheduled Castes and 3 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Police Service is 150 (78 General, 37 Other Backward Classes, 21 Scheduled Castes and 14 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group ‘A’ is 543 (273 General, 148 Other Backward Classes, 81 Scheduled Castes and 41 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group ‘B’ is 98 (52 General, 15 Other Backward Classes, 24 Scheduled Castes and 7 Scheduled Tribes).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This includes 33 vacancies for Physically Challenged candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The candidature of 66 candidates with the following Roll Numbers is provisional:-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody> <tr style="mso-row-margin-right: 5.25in; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"></td> <td colspan="6" style="border: none; mso-cell-special: placeholder; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="504"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">000551<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">001200<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">002430<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">003755<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">017787<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">023411<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; 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text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">429576<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">448439<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="84"></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"></td> </tr> </tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In accordance with Rule 16(4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2011, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of 182 candidates which includes 91 General, 72 Other Backward Classes, 12 Scheduled Casts and 7 Scheduled Tribes candidates ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under respective category.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">UPSC has a “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall Building in its campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitments on the working days between 1000 hours to 1700 hours in person or over telephone Nos.23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. Result will also be available on the UPSC’s Website i.e. http//www.upsc.gov.in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, marks are likely to be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of results.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Highlight of Civil Services Exam, 2011 Results<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Following are the important highlights of the Civil Services Examination, 2011, for which final result has been declared today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 was conducted on 12th June, 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>A record number of 4, 72,290 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2, 43,003 candidates have actually appeared.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11984 candidates were declared qualified for the Main written examination held in October-November, 2011 out of which 2417 candidates were selected for the Personality Test conducted in March-April, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Finally, 910 candidates (715 male & 195 female) have been recommended for appointment to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services against 1001 reported vacancies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Vacancies unfilled presently are on account of 91 reserved community candidates qualifying on general standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Depending on the options exercised by them finally, these vacancies will be filled by candidates recommended for the Reserve List that is maintained by the Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The First two positions have been taken by female candidates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The top 25 candidates include 19 male (including 01 visually challenged candidate) and 06 female candidates. In the top 100 candidates, there are 21 female candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ms. Shena Aggarwal (Roll No. 233541) has topped the Examination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She has done MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is her 3rd attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 2nd ranker is Ms. Rukmani Riar (Roll No. 27895).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She has done Master of Arts (Social Entrepreneurship) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The is her 1st attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 3rd position is bagged by Shri Prince Dhawan (Roll No. 1804).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He has done M. Tech (Elect. Engg.) from IIT, Delhi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is his 1st attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The result also showcases the pan-Indian distribution of successful candidates of this Examination. Amongst the top 25 candidates, there are candidates claiming domicile from as many as 16 States, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The top 25 candidates include alumni from some of the premier educational institutions of the country including AIIMS, IIM and IITs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>An alumnus of London School of Economics also figures in the top 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The family background of top 25 candidates show diverse representation from all walks of the life which include farmer, teacher, businessman, army personnel, low and middle level govt. servants, doctors, advocate, professor & civil servants.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Amongst top 25 candidates, 6 have made to the merit lift in their 1st attempt; 07 in 2nd attempt; 09 in 3rd attempt; and 01 each in 4th, 5th & 6th attempts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As many as 12 have already been recommended to services other than IAS on the basis of Civil Services Examinations of previous years.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Of the top 25 candidates – 13 appeared from Delhi; 3 from Jaipur, 2 each from Mumbai & Chandigarh; and 1 each from Hyderabad, Chennai, Dispur, Patna & Jammu Centres.<o:p></o:p></span></div></span><br /> </div>

India: Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 Results Announced

New Delhi (PIB) --- The result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 has been announced. The Union Public Service Commission (UPS...

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