Joblessness was high in October-December in 2020 mainly due to the staggering impact of the lockdown restrictions in the country, which were imposed to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus
Economists on Tuesday are not convinced about the latest monthly unemployment data released by the Centre for Monitoring India Economy (CMIE), particularly about the statistics of the rural areas.
The unemployment rate in urban areas was higher at 9.22 per cent compared to 8.28 per cent in March, the data released on Monday showed
Unemployment continues to worry
The estimates of unemployed persons in CWS give an average picture of unemployment in a short period of seven days during the survey period
Jobs held by graduates and post-graduates (graduates-plus) were increasing steadily till the pandemic
The unemployment rate stayed at 4.2%, matching the lowest reading since 2008 when it bottomed out at 4.0%
NSO data: Joblessness drops in urban India but higher than pre-Covid level
Unemployment rate for all ages in urban areas rose to 9.3 per cent in January-March 2021 from 9.1 per cent in the same month of the previous year, survey showed
The week ended October 17 was remarkable as it saw an increase in the LPR and a simultaneous fall in the unemployment rate
The employment in salaried jobs increased to 84.1 million in September from 77.1 million in August
Unemployment rate for all ages in urban areas rose to 10.3 per cent in October-December 2020 as compared to 7.9 per cent in the corresponding months a year ago
Gujarat CM said the state government had provided more than 200,000 government jobs but responses given in the Legislative Assembly for the period of 2016-2020 say otherwise
The government's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report shows a sharp increase in employment in agriculture from 42.5% of the total employment in 2018-19 to 45.6% in 2019-20
India's June unemployment rate fell to 9.17% from the May figure of 11.90%, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed on Thursday
Employment has been falling since January 2021 when it had touched a recent peak of 400.7 million. It has fallen in each of the four months since then
Low employment rates and low labour participation rates leave enough people free to participate in endless political rallies and mammoth religious congregations
Main drag was a decline in job postings in sectors
The small fall in the unemployed we see does not imply that more people got employment
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