Page 6 - Unemployment Rate

Unemployment rate in India rose to a three-year high of 8.5% in Oct: CMIE

Unemployment was worse only in the pre-demonetisation period, according to the data, at 9.6% in August 2016.

A first since independence: Employment down by 9 mn in 6 yrs, says report

Ever since NSSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey was published (which showed that unemployment in India was at a 45-year high, there have been debates on the state of employment in India

India's Oct unemployment rate rises to 8.5%, highest in over 3 years: CMIE

India's infrastructure output fell 5.2% in September from a year earlier, the worst performance in years

BJP has failed on each of its 154 poll promises: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

They had promised to pay farmers on the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission. However, they are not giving them the MSPs, let alone paying them according to the commission's recommendations

Best of BS Opinion: Educated unemployed mark India's looming crisis

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Best of BS Opinion: Degradation of land, India's economic strategy and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Jobs grew at medium and large companies, but at a slow pace: Study

The study, carried out by CARE Ratings, is based on annual reports of 969 medium and large companies

Hope survives in urban India

After a rapid fall from the early-June peak, the unemployment rate has been rising steadily

After a dramatic increase in unemployment rate, NDA has its job cut out

They hold the key to India's low-growth-high unemployment paradigm but the government may struggle to push them through this time as well. Somesh Jha explains why

Looking beyond the unemployment rate

Regardless of the approach we use, there is no denying the fact that unemployment rates in India are high

Standard errors: Demystifying the CMIE numbers to explain 'curious' trends

The sample for CMIE's weekly estimates is of the order of 30,000 respondents and that for the monthly estimates is 130,000, with minor variations every week or month

India's April unemployment rate increases to 7.6%, says CMIE

The figures could be bad news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a staggered general election.

Government's performance below average on jobs, other issues: Voter survey

Employment biggest issue for both urban and rural voters

Most unemployment surveys are skewed, PM Narendra Modi tells House

PM also slammed criticism of the interim budget's proposal of Rs 6,000 per year income support to small and marginal farmers

As elections approach, govt must remember that job seekers are also voters

The weekly urban unemployment rate was over the 8% mark for all the three weeks of September

Aspirations and reality of jobs in India

Most large placement agencies will tell you that the greatest demand today is of sales people

Unemployment rises in August 2018

The GDP growth estimates are at odds with employment estimates

What is right and wrong with PM Narendra Modi's 10 million jobs

Of the 80,000 doctors, dental surgeons and Aayush doctors that graduate every year, 60% start their own practice and provide employment to 5 persons each

Rise in employment in June is like India returning from a precipice

The number of employed increased from a low of 399 million in May 2018 to 404 million in June

What would the unemployment rate in April 2018 be?

The weekly unemployment rate had spiked to 7.41% in the week ended April 8