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42 out of 100 youths in India are unemployed: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said 42% of the youth in the country is unemployed

Vedantu gives pink slips to 385 employees in 3rd round of layoffs this year

It has sacked over 1,100 employees, so far, amid funding winter

Unemployment rate rises to three-month high at 8% in November: CMIE

The country's unemployment rate rose to a three-month high at 8 per cent during November, according to data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The unemployment rate in urban India was higher at 8.96 per cent, while in rural areas, it was at 7.55 per cent, the CMIE data showed on Thursday. In October this year, the urban joblessness was at 7.21 per cent and the rural unemployment rate was at 8.04 per cent. Among the states, Haryana continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the country in November at 30.6 per cent, followed by Rajasthan at 24.5 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir at 23.9 per cent, Bihar at 17.3 per cent and Tripura at 14.5 per cent. The states that witnessed the least unemployment rate in the previous month are Chhattisgarh at 0.1 per cent, Uttarakhand 1.2 per cent, Odisha at 1.6 per cent, Karnataka 1.8 per cent and Meghalaya at 2.1 per cent. India's unemployment rate in October was at 7.77 per cent, while in September it was at a low of 6.43 per c

Urban unemployment rate drops for fifth quarter to 7.2%: NSO survey

The unemployment rate among men and women has been estimated at 6.6 and 9.4 per cent, respectively

Unemployment rate dips to 7.2% in July-September 2022: NSO survey

Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 7.2 per cent during July-September 2022 from 9.8 per cent a year ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said on Thursday. Joblessness or unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons among the labour force. Joblessness was high in July-September 2021 mainly due to the staggering impact of Covid-related restrictions in the country. The latest data based on a periodic labour force survey, underlining a decline in the unemployment rate amid an improved labour force participation ratio, point towards a sustained economic recovery from the shadow of the pandemic. The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in April-June 2022 was 7.6 per cent in urban areas, the 16th Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed. It also showed that the unemployment rate among females (aged 15 years and above) in urban areas declined to 9.4 per cent in July-September, 2022 from 11.6 per

Salaried jobs recover

Salaried jobs declined from 86 million in September 2022 to 84.7 million in October

Growing unemployment: Battle of two parallel realities

The duality between the ground reality of tangible unemployment and the perception created by events like "rozgar melas" will likely continue till the next general election

Unemployment rate in India surges to 7.77% in October: CMIE data

The CMIE data further revealed that the rural unemployment rate rose to 8.04 per cent in October from 5.84 per cent in September.

Rural pain pushes India's unemployment rate up to 7.7% in October: CMIE

The report said the decline in employment was mostly in rural India and mainly in non-agricultural rural India and the daily wage labourer segment was the most hit as it shrunk by nearly 15 million

Unemployment rate rose to 4-month high of 7.77% in October: CMIE data

Among the 25 states for which data is available with the CMIE, six states registered the unemployment rate in double digits

India jobless rate rises in Oct led by sharp rise in rural unemployment

Rural unemployment rate climbed to 8.04% from 5.84% in September, while urban jobless rate was at 7.21% compared to 7.7% a month before

Meghalaya's lofty female LPR

Meghalaya and Tripura top in terms of the labour participation rate and the employment rate. At over 60%, Meghalaya has the highest LPR

India has more unemployed and also world's richest people:Rahul Gandhi

India has the rare distinction of having the highest number of unemployed people and also world's richest persons, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Addressing a gathering in Mahabubnagar District as part of his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' at Jadcherla, Gandhi said if Congress comes to power in Telangana, whatever GST being paid by the weavers on handloom products will be reimbursed. Today in India there are the highest number of unemployed people compared to the last 35 years. Also India has the world's richest people. Whatever they (Rich people) want they can do. Here the chief minister ( K Chandrasekhar Rao) and there ( Prime Minister Narendra Modi) Modi fully support them. These are not political parties but businesses, Gandhi said. He said he met a mechanical engineering student during his march who now became a delivery boy as the Telangana government allegedly did not reimburse his college fee. Slamming BJP at the Centre and TRS in the State, he alleged that whate

Rally on unemployment takes violent turn in Shillong, many injured

Many people including two journalists were injured when a rally taken out here on Friday by the Federation of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) turned violent, the police said

Rajasthan's Shehri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana

Rajasthan has a high unemployment rate of around 25%. In September 2022, the unemployment rate was 23.8%

Festive cheer lifts consumer mood

While consumer expectations grew in both rural and urban regions, the rate of increase was much higher in urban than in rural areas

Issues like inflation, unemployment should be core to politics: Congress

Congress says that inflation and unemployment should be core to politics and people's issues should be the main topic of public discourse

How is the Indian economy really doing?

All the heady optimism has overlooked the vulnerable state of the macro-economy. Caution, not complacency, is the more appropriate sentiment for now

Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over issues of price rise, unemployment

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Centre over the issues of price rise and unemployment, alleging that the BJP-led government is not for farmers, youth and women but for the five-six richest Indians. "PM often asks- '70 saal mein kya kiya?' We never gave India the highest-ever unemployment. We never gave India record price rise it faces today," Gandhi said in a tweet. "BJP govt is not a govt for farmers, youth & women. It's a govt for 5-6 richest Indians who are monopolising any business they want," he said. Gandhi and the Congress have been attacking the Centre over the issues of price rise and unemployment, alleging that the government's policies have worsened the economic situation of the country.

Samajwadi Party boycotts UP assembly session, protests on varied issues

Main opposition Samajwadi Party on Friday boycotted the assembly session and staged a protest alleging the government failed to discuss raging issues of inflation and unemployment in the House. Led by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the party legislators staged a walkout soon after the House proceedings started on the last day of the five-day monsoon session and took out a march to the party headquarters. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MLAs also walked out of the assembly following their ally, Samajwadi Party. At the party office, Yadav told reporters that the government is trying to run away from discussing basic issues in the House by keeping the session for a shorter period. Samajwadi party, during the march alleged that the government has failed to discuss raging issues of inflation, unemployment, corruption and poor law and order due to the short duration of the monsoon session. Jayant Chaudhary led RLD has eight MLAs in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly presently. This protest march