Page 25 - Employment

Manufacturing jobs grow 2.1%, total employment falls 0.1%, says RBI study

There were 198 million people employed in the 'agriculture and others' sector, and by 2007-08 employment grew to 244.3 million

Can India reap the youth dividend?

India can realise the potential of its youthful workers only if those joining the labour force can be absorbed in non-agricultural jobs, since agriculture is burdened with surplus labour

Frame policies to enable industry grow bigger: Panagariya

Shifting workers form agriculture is required since underemployment is the biggest challenge

Task force on employment to submit report next week

Govt says the country's unemployment rate is decreasing and employment generation has gone up

Now, employment registration can be done in post offices

3.75 crore people and 14 lakh employers have registered their names in the National Career Services portal

50% students in Mumbai don't have employment skills: Survey

Survey represented views of 200 students across higher education institutions from over 20 colleges

Hiring by top 4 Indian IT companies dips 43% in Sep quarter: Report

Decline in hiring is not a surprise and is consistent with slowdown in growth rates and efforts of Indian IT to drive up productivity, says reoprt

Online recruitment activity sees 17% jump in August

There is a slump in usual employment generating sectors, like IT and production & manufacturing, but sectors like banking & finance and education are buzzing

Indian employees more confident about country's economic state than Chinese: study

Indian employees also less satisfied about salary, promotion opportunities and job security than Chinese counterparts

Jobless growth

This is based on what companies have disclosed in their balance sheet and does not include jobs on contract or outsourced jobs

Job Growth

A study finds that aggregate employment between FY11 and FY15 grew only 2.7% annually

Over two lakh new central government jobs by 2017

The Cabinet Secretariat has already asked all ministries to mention 'employment generation potential' in each scheme

Employment in establishments up 38% during 2005-2014

According to sixth economic census, a total of 131.29 million were employed

Congress responsible for unemployment in country: Giriraj Singh

Attacking the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt, he said BJP had told people that if Nitish-Lalu combine comes to power it will be 'jungle raj'

Indian companies most optimistic globally for Apr-Jun hiring plans : Survey

The survey, which covered 5,203 employers, found 38% of employers are planning to increase their staff strength in April-June