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Commission for Enterprises suggest fund for unorganised sector

Mangalore, Feb 19 (UNI) To help enterprises in unorganised sector, the National Commission for Enterprises will suggest the Centre to set up a National Fund for Unorganised Sector (NAFUS).

Delivering a lecture, organised as part of the Founders Day of Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) here yesterday, Commission Chairman Arjun K Sengupta said the Commission had suggested the Centre to set up a fund to help the enterprises in the unorganised sector, facing financial constraints.

He said the condition of workers in the unorganised sector was dismal and they were not enjoying any social security.

''About 94 per cent of the workforce in the country is in the unorganised sector whereas only six to seven per cent workforce is in the private and public sectors,'' he said.

He said the unorganised sector contributed 32 per cent to national GDP and urged the Centre to do something to aid the sector to develop economically.

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Cong to go alone in Assembly polls in Meghalaya

Shillong, June 2: The Congress has decided to go alone in the 2008 February Assembly election in Meghalaya. AICC Secretary in-charge Meghalaya Major (retd) Ved Prakash, who arrived here yesterday, said merit would be the criterion while alloting tickets to sitting MLAs. ''The seat allotment to Congress MLAs will surely have a merit angle,'' Major Prakash said, adding the Congress would field their candidates in all the 60 seats, he said......
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