Karnataka job quota row
After the Karnataka cabinet approved a bill mandating private companies to reserve 70% of non-management jobs and 50% of management-level jobs in private sector for Kannadigas, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said today that his party demands both the central and state governments to provide quotas for OBC candidates in private jobs.

10% Horizontal quota for Agniveers
Meanwhile, the Haryana government announced a 10% horizontal quota for Agniveers in specific jobs like direct recruitment of constables, mining guards, forest guards, jail wardens, and Special Police Officers (SPOs), along with a three-year age waiver for Group B and C employment, and a five-year waiver for the first batch of Agniveers in Haryana.

IMF upgrades India’s 2024 economic forecast
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Karnataka job quota row
After the Karnataka cabinet approved a bill mandating private companies to reserve 70% of non-management jobs

Karnataka job quota row, IMF's economic forecast for India

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Speaking at CII's Global Economic Policy Forum, Ministry of Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said the government has broadly addressed key regulations barring a couple of the issues like copyright and existential crisis.
He said under the IndiaAI mission, the government has tried to make a subtle distinction between responsible AI as defined by the West -- which is not expected to be regulated by the government -- and safe and trusted AI.
"Safe and trusted AI is when you do the innovation, try and be responsible about it but there would be an assessment. We will try and see that it is safe and trusted in a manner that works for everybody. That is the other space that we are working on right now. We don't want to start with regulation, and 

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Stakeholders from the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sought a reduction in GST, technology upgrade, and production-linked incentive scheme benefits for various segments in a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
The meeting aimed to seek inputs and suggestions for the Budget for 2025-26, expected to be presented on February 1.
Members from the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE); Karnataka SC and ST Entrepreneurs' Association; Plant-Based Food Industry Association (PBFIA); Ambala Scientific Instruments Manufacturers' Association (ASIMA); Rajasthan Footwear Manufacturers' Association were among the participants at the meeting.
The All-India Plastics Manufacturers' Association; All India Manufacturers' Association; Gujarat Chamber of Small Industries Association; Federation of Associations of Cottage and Small Industries (based in West Bengal); Federation of Andhra Pradesh Small and Medium Association; and Laghu Udyog 

The meeting aimed to seek inputs and suggestions for the Budget for 2025-26, expected to be presented on February 1

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Karnataka job quota row, IMF's economic forecast for India

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