Page 15 - Unemployment In India

A much-needed blueprint

The Economic Survey posits a clear development model to put India on a high-growth path

Govt set to remove minimum educational criteria for driving licence

At present, under Rule 8 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, a transport vehicle driver needs to have passed class 8

'India has wage problem, not job problem', believes TV Mohandas Pai

Pai said the data on unemployment put out by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) that 11 million jobs were lost in 2018 was erroneous

Modi forms 2 committees on investment and unemployment, will head them

It is perhaps for the first time that the Cabinet committees on the two issues have been set up

Unemployment rate in May looks set to be around 7%, or a shade less

If that happens, the monthly unemployment rate would have stabilised around 7% for six months with a movement within a narrow range of 6.7% to 7.4%

5 million men lost their jobs after demonetisation, says SWI 2019 report

Though the report does not establish any causal link with the note ban, it says the labour force participation started falling suddenly between September and December 2016 for both urban and rural men

Release NSSO data on employment without any changes, says panel

The government has withheld the release of the NSSO's PLFS report which showed the unemployment rate touching a 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18

At 30%, India's youth inactivity highest among emerging mkts: IMF economist

Data compiled by CMIE claimed that the unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2 per cent in February 2019

Economists urge govt to release NSSO data on employment without any changes

Chief statistician Pravin Srivastava gave a presentation on the findings of the NSSO report

Unemployment rises across religions, social groups, shows NSSO survey

The unemployment rate was falling for all the major religious groups in the urban areas in 2011-12, compared to 2004-05

Demonetisation, GST impacted jobs more than NSSO's headline numbers suggest

The unemployment rate, measured in terms of the usual status approach, stood at a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in the July 2017-June 2018 period

Chidambaram asks how economy is growing when unemployment at a 45-year high

The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) states that unemployment was last this high in 1972-73

Unemployment rate at four-decade high: NSSO survey compared past figures

A former chairman of the NSC, said on condition of anonymity, that the report once approved by the NSC is the final version

NSSO report on unemployment at draft stage, not comparable: NITI Aayog V-C

Lot of evidence to show that jobs have been created in the last four years, says Rajiv Kumar

Unemployment among women engineers in India is 5 times that of men: Study

On the tug-of-war bias, it said 45 per cent of women reported that they have to compete with their female colleagues to get the one "woman's spot" available

Popular aspiration vs political response

Discussing market reforms would likely make politicians on both sides of the Parliamentary divide uncomfortable but it's a conversation that India desperately needs to have, and not just in Parliament

Over 1 crore jobs lost in 2018, claims Congress citing think-tank report

The Congress leader said according to the report, in December 2017, 40.79 crore people were employed. In 2018, it was reduced to 39.07 crore

ESIC approves unemployment benefit scheme for formal sector workers

Workers who are left unemployed for whatsoever reasons will be paid money, from their own contribution towards the ESI scheme, in cash through bank account transfer

Few jobs, many people: Employment scene a tinderbox waiting to catch fire?

The challenge of jobs is especially acute because of the current and growing size of India's young population

Jobs at employment exchanges double under Modi govt, but with a flip side

Most openings don't even require basic schooling; highly qualified job seekers are increasingly joining ranks of unemployed