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Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt for rising unemployment, inflation in India

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government for rising unemployment in the country, inflation, and attack on farmers

2020 The Year That Was: Creating jobs will be the hardest task in 2021

The biggest worry is not the shrinking of the labour market, but the collapse of good jobs

Reading the tea leaves: What do jobs data tell us about economic recovery?

Weekly estimates for the first three weeks of December indicate a likely marginal improvement in aggregate employment compared to November

Female workforce shrinks in economic shocks

Given that men continue to be considered as the principal earning member of a household, women are unlikely to accept poor quality jobs

Five million potential workers may have left the labour force entirely

It appears that the recovery phase of employment is over and a decline is setting in again

Farms to factories and back

Usually, in the June quarter, the GDP shrinks by about 3-4 per cent compared to the previous quarter. This is because there is seasonality in the GDP series

Employment, income in India during and after lockdown: A V-shape recovery?

After skyrocketing to nearly 25 per cent in April and May, the unemployment rate returned by July to its February level of around 7 per cent where it has remained since

Top private employer sees jobs in India rising to pre-Covid levels

India's unemployment rate eased to 6.98% in October from as high as 23.5% in April, according to private research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

UP CM Yogi to launch 'Mission Rozgar' after Diwali; targets jobs for 5 mn

After Diwali, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is preparing to launch 'Mission Rozgar' which will provide employment to the unemployed or those who have lost their jobs.

Bihar: A loss in the state today can turn attention to Modi govt's policies

Losing the state amid soaring unemployment and an economy experiencing the sharpest dive in decades will be a setback for Modi, who invested a lot of political capital in the campaign.

India's October unemployment rate climbs up to 6.98%, CMIE data shows

India's unemployment rate in October rose to 6.98% from 6.67% in September, according to data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

Jobless rate in urban areas fell to 7.9% in Q3 of last year, shows data

Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh etc. had a higher proportion of people in urban areas as unemployed in Q3

Through a crystal ball, darkly

Likely slow economic growth in the medium term will be bad for jobs, social harmony and defence capabilities

Employment numbers for rural, urban India show economic recovery still weak

Fiscal 2019-20 ended with an employment rate of 39.4%. It fell to 27.2% in April 2020 but, it recovered 300 basis points to reach 30.2% in May

As economy slows down, India would need to create 8 mn jobs every year

The real challenge is in raising the labour participation and employment rates

Labour Bureau to conduct 3 surveys to gauge employment situation

Labour Bureau would conduct three surveys on migration, domestic workers and professional bodies for evaluating the employment situation in the country especially during the coronavirus pandemic

Employment rate targeting must be at the heart of Indian policymaking

The labour participation rate in September at 40.7% was 199 basis points lower than the average labour participation rate of 42.7% in 2019-20

Statsguru: From socialising to learning, how the unemployed spend time

Among other things, the unemployed spend significantly more time educating themselves than the employed, shows the data

Firms can now convert permanent jobs into fixed-term contracts

The Industrial Relations (IR) Code, 2020, notified on September 29, has allowed companies to hire contract workers directly through fixed-term contract, known as fixed-term employment

Employment may not mean work, wages: Lockdown broke down old assumptions

Employment and work are very closely related but the two are in fact, distinct