# Jobs survey

• The all India quarterly establishment based employment survey, in a report released on monday, said that the overall employment numbers had increased by 29% from the base year of 2013-14,

• However, in the first quarter of this fiscal (April-june 2021), 27% of the establishments surveyed reported pandemic related retrenchment.

• The report released by labour and employment minister Bhupendra yadav, covered 10593 firms that employed more than 10 workers and were spread over nine sectors.

# Fundamental rights

• The right of an institution, whether run by a majority or minority community, to receive government aid is not a fundamental right.

• Both have to follow the rules of the aid, Supreme court held in a ruling on monday.

• The judgement came in an appeal against a decision of Allahabad high court to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Intermediate Education act.

# Illegal migrants

• The Madras high court on Monday directed the union Home ministry to consider framing appropriate laws, in three months, to prevent illegal migrants from committing petty crimes, repeatedly, just to stay back in the country.

• Madras high court expressed shock over some illegal immigrants managing to even obtain aadhar cards.

# DRDO

• The defence research and Development organisation (DRDO) on monday successfully tested a new version of the Akash surface to air missile Akash prime from the integrated test range at Chandipur, Odisha.

• In comparison to the existing Akash system, Akash prime is equipped with an indigenous active radio frequency seeker for improved accuracy.

# ICRA

• Rating agency ICRA has bumped up GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 to 9% from 8.5%.

• ICRA cited better prospects for the second half of the year due to a ramp-up in COVID-19 vaccination and healthy Kharif estimates.