Page 11 - Jobs In India

India needs 100 mn jobs in the next decade for country's growth: Report

India needs to create around 100 million new employment opportunities over the coming decade as it looks to encash its demographic surge as rise in employment can help accelerate the country's growth potential and make it inclusive, says a report. PwC's Strategy& report, 'Nagarik: Inclusive growth through large-scale employment generation', highlighted practical ways of raising employment across the country over the coming decade and noted how connecting local resources of the country's smaller districts to markets can lead to large scale employment generation. "...over the coming decade, we need to create employment opportunities equivalent to the population of five Australias. This is one of the most critical agenda items facing the country which, if tackled with foresight and energy, can help accelerate our growth and make it inclusive," the report noted. As per the report, India will need to increase its labour force participation rate (LFPR) by providing greater opportunities

Jobs are growing only in big firms, smaller ones continue to downsize: CARE

More than 40% of the companies surveyed showed job contraction in FY18, says a report by CARE Ratings

Jobs galore as domestic express industry goes on festive hiring spree

Domestic express industry comprises players such as DTDC, Blue Dart Express, Aramex India, Network Express Services, and TCI Express, among others

Mapping unpaid women's work is India's next step in jobs puzzle

A breakdown of how women spend time can help design policies that make their lives easier and bring electoral gains for governments

4 mn jobs created in 8 months as per EPFO data, largest addition ever: CSO

The CSO had brought out the first release of employment related statistics in the formal sector in April, 2018 covering the period September 2017 to February, 2018

India sees 77% growth in HR analytics professionals in 5 years, says report

The top three industries to adopt talent analytics in India are financial services and insurance, technology-software, and professional services

Payroll data indication of formal sector, not overall jobs in economy: Govt

The ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi) issued a consolidated report on payroll count, saying the data gave some perspective on jobs in the formal sector but not om the overall economy.The ministry cautioned analysts about a possible overlap between subscribers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), based on which the payroll estimates were established."This is the first in the series of employment-related statistics, for selected areas, that the ministry is intending to bring out on a regular basis. As the levels of employment are from various sources, there are elements of overlap and the estimates are not additive," it said.The data showed 32.7 million new subscribers to EPFO between September 2017 and February 2018. During this period, 421,665 persons subscribed to the National Pension System under PFRDA but since ESIC data is fuzzy, ..

3.5 million jobs created between September and February, says NITI Aayog

'Hopefully, this would also end the debate regarding and criticisms about jobless growth in the economy,' said NITI Aayog

Deconstructing self-employment

Having a large number of self-employed people does not necessarily indicate an improvement in job conditions

Youth need more jobs

If young men are working in the offices and factories, then they will not take to the streets for arson

9% Indians will be in jobs that do not exist today by 2022: Report

Statspeak: Changing profile

Growth for job creation

India can meet its job-creation challenge by modernising and galvanising the large hidden potential of the unorganised sector

Concern over jobs overblown

The actual job creation in the economy is not as bad as it's been made out to be

French firms aim to create more jobs in India

French president Emmanuel Macron makes an official visit to India later this year

Nearly 37% of jobs in India will demand varied skill sets by 2022: Report

The Ficci report highlights the impact that various primary forces such as globalisation, demographics, and Industry technologies, are expected to have on the key sectors of the economy

There is a growing chasm between India Inc's hiring strategy and aspirations of India's workers

In 2015, over 30% of India's youth was neither employed nor in education nor training, one of the highest percentages in the world

After three-quarter slump, hiring in India to pick up in Oct-Dec: Report

The report said the services sector had reported the strongest hiring outlook for the fourth quarter of 2017

Job creation hasn't slowed much: CLSA

Job creation remains close to last year's pace: CLSA

A government that takes jobs away

Govt inaction is preventing job creation; its actions may have led to job losses