Page 17 - Unemployment

Reduction of handset export incentives to 2% will lead to job losses: ICEA

Mobile handset exports grew over eightfold to Rs 11,200 crore in 2018-19

No reason to show that employment has come down: Govt tells Lok Sabha

The Labour and Employment Minister also said the government is implementing various schemes for generating more employment

Canada sheds 71,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate rises to 5.9%

Most recent indicators have heralded a slowing of the economy as the end of 2019 approaches.

New govt to ensure 80% jobs for locals: Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari

Koshyari made the announcement while addressing the joint sitting of the state legislature at Vidhan Bhawan in which he laid out the new government's broader agenda for the coming years

158 IIT Madras students get pre-placement offers, up 17% over last year

170 firms in phase-I of placements will recruit for 322 profiles, 35 of which will be international

Urban jobless rate down to 9.3% in Q4FY19, lowest in at least four quarters

The fall in the unemployment rate, by weekly status methodology basis, came as employment among regular wage employees and a section of self-employed workers increased during the period

Economic insecurity of youth to shape India's politics, says report

The issue of unemployment and underemployment has been an unavoidable topic in India's politics and slower economic growth has translated to poor employment numbers

Tata Steel to cut 3,000 European jobs due to excess supply, high costs

The company says there will be no plant closures; the aim is to ensure long-term future

Demonetisation, 3 years on: A look at impact on key sectors of the economy

With three years of data available to back or reject the various assertions and assumptions, Business Standard looks at the Modi govt's most disruptive economic measure, the 'note ban'

Two studies and a tale of divergent views on employment in the country

One study points to a staggering drop of nine million jobs, the other says no jobless growth, but only the educated are getting employed

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.

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

US Fed cuts key rate by 25 bps, but signals pause in its easing cycle

The Fed said it will 'monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook as it assesses the appropriate path' of its target interest rate

Low-skill jobs dominate

May-August 2019 is also the second consecutive complete Consumer Pyramids Household Survey to have recorded a sequential increase in employment

Rural unemployment rises, urban stabilises

The rural unemployment rate in the week ended October 6 was 8.3 per cent and in the second week it was 8.2 per cent

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

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

For tech-savvy urban Indians, joblessness is the main worry: Ipsos survey

The survey is based on 19,520 interviews of the people who know how to use internet

After corporate debt, retail loans face stress amid unemployment, slowdown

The govt has unveiled steps ranging from concessions on vehicle purchases to hastening of capital infusion in state-run banks to help re-ignite an economy that's slowed sharply due to weak consumption

Unemployment now in the 8-9% range

While the weekly unemployment rate was over 9% during the week ended August 25, the 30-day moving average on the same day was 8.25%

Unemployment major challenge for India but reforms would create jobs:IMF

IMF exuded confidence that the reforms being carried out in India in the last few years would end up creating new jobs in the country