The fall in the unemployment rate is doubly appealing as it is accompanied by an increase in the labour participation rate
From what the upcoming GST Council meet should focus on to how Trump's response to the protests helped it spread beyond its borders, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.
The unemployment rate in 2017-18 had risen to 6.1%, compared to 2.2% in 2011-12, according to the results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Statistical Office.
Having realised that there is really no contradiction between "jaan" and "jahaan", states are gradually reopening their economies. But they are locking the stable doors after the horses have bolted
India's infrastructure output, contributing nearly 40 per cent in industrial production, contracted 38.1 per cent in April
Salary and wage bill for manufacturers was down around 1% YoY in Jan-Mar
The labour participation rate trend seems to tell a story of some interesting changes in the labour markets
Those who have been handed the pink slip shouldn't make too many loan queries
Here is the list of major companies that have said they are downsizing their workforce
The small relaxations in the lockdown since April 20 have not had any positive impact on the unemployment rate, yet
Joblessness is rising, migrants are returning home in India, and macroeconomic fundamentals are deteriorating
The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring.
The Mumbai-based think tank said the rate of unemployment was the highest in the urban areas
The economic impact of this lockdown by design is evidently huge. Its impact on the livelihood of vulnerable sections of society is immeasurably bigger
A sense of hopelessness pervades the streets in Delhi's Okhla, with row of parked trucks and an ominous silence
Time to end divisions between permanent and contract workers
Huge losses are expected across different income groups, especially in upper-middle income countries (7 per cent, 100 million full-time workers), said the ILO
We need businesses up and running and people back at work - and swift extraordinary actions to make this happen
Labour statistics for March 2020 are worrisome. And those for the past two weeks are much worse
FY21 will be a difficult year for all stakeholders