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AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT ü The current labour force consists of approximately 400 million men and women. ü   56% are engaged in agriculture as their primary occupation which is down from 65% in the early 1990s. Another 13% are engaged in manufacturing and the balance are employed in the service sector, which has grown from 25% to 32% of total employment over the past two decades ü   The organized sector provides less than 8% of the total jobs, about 3% in private firms and 5% in the public sector. The informal/unorganized sector is provides the other 92%. ü Only 6-8% of India's workforce has received formal training in vocational skills, compared with 60% or more in developed and most rapidly developing countries. ü   There is enormous scope for raising the productivity of Indian agriculture, doubling crop yields and farm incomes, and generating significant growth in demand for farm labour ü   Rising rural incomes consequent to higher productivity will...

http://humanevents.com/2005/05/31/ten-most-harmful-books-of-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/ HUMAN EVENTS asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the  Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Each panelist nominated a number of titles and then voted on a ballot including all books nominated. A title received a score of 10 points for being listed No. 1 by one of our panelists, 9 points for being listed No. 2, etc. Appropriately,  The  Communist  Manifesto , by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, earned the highest aggregate score and the No. 1 listing.

Sun-dried tomatoes for the year-round pantry http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203462304577137023159847022 That juicy summer tomato might be seasonal, but its flavors don't have to be. Countless sun-dried tomato purveyors are practiced at storing the fruit in oil, preserving its sweet and tart charms. James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Tusk of Quince in San Francisco offered this advice on what to look for when shopping for the antipasto essential: Start with regions known for quality tomatoes. "The south of Italy—Sicily, Campania, Napoli—has great sun-dried tomatoes," the chef said. "And if it's a small farmer with a history and a tradition behind the growing and drying, then you're going to enjoy it." Mr. Tusk adds that the color of the tomatoes should be, "red-fleshed, not brown, and they should keep their shape well. If you see fruit inside the jar that is broken, then it is over-dried." The flavor should be n...