Page 5 - Unemployment

Statsguru: Six charts show India's employment conundrum amid Covid-19

Business Standard guides you through the numbers you need to know to make sense of the headlines

The flawed rationale behind Agnipath

The global experience suggests a possible ideological basis for such schemes

US weekly jobless claims fall modestly; housing starts hit 13-month low

Weekly jobless claims fall 3,000 to 229,000; continuing claims rise 3,000 to 1.31 mn

India better placed than many others to avoid stagflation: RBI article

The article noted that global economic conditions continue to deteriorate as ratcheting up of commodity prices and financial market volatility have led to heightened uncertainty

Will PM Modi's 'one million job' drive help ease the employment crisis?

PM Modi announced to recruit 10 lakh people in Central govt in the next 18 months. The govt also announced a radical recruitment plan for armed forces. Will these solve India's unemployment problem?

Job at hand: India far behind other nations in public sector employment

India is still far behind the US, China and others in public sector employment

1 million govt jobs by 2024: PM Modi's order for hiring on 'mission mode'

Central govt depts, ministries told to identify vacancies at the earliest

Recruit 1 mn people in 'mission mode' in 1.5 yrs: PM Modi tells ministries

The unemployment rate in urban India for those aged 15 years and above slipped to 8.7 per cent in October-December 2021

Pakistan unemployment: 27.6% rise in people seeking jobs overseas

The Covid pandemic has given another blow to the opportunities for employment in Pakistan which is shrinking by the day.

Unemployment rate at 5.1% in May reaches new record low in Canada

The unemployment rate in Canada edged down 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent in May, marking three consecutive months of decrease

Making urban MNREGA workable: A question of getting the structure right

The urban population is more educated and generally has a different set of job preferences than the rural

Unemployment in Brazil drops 10.5% to 7-year low for April quarter

Unemployment in Brazil fell to 10.5 per cent in the February to April period, the lowest since 2015

Sentiments sour

It is quite possible that the controls on export of wheat and sugar could have caused the sentiments in general and expectations in particular to sour in recent times

Are labour markets overheating? Six charts explain state of employment

The ILO report also highlighted that incomes haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels across most of the world

Polarisation damaging foundations of India's growth: Kaushik Basu

Basu further said India's big challenge is unemployment and joblessness as youth unemployment in India is over 24 per cent, which is among the highest in the world

Record inflation, unemployment under 'failed' governance of Centre: Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre over the issue of inflation, saying it is "looting" people's income.

Left parties call nationwide protest against price rise from May 25-31

Left parties have called a nationwide protest against the rising prices of essential commodities and unemployment from May 25-31. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, the Left parties directed their units across the country to coordinate this united and concerted nationwide struggle against price rise and unemployment. "Unabated galloping price rise is imposing unprecedented burdens on the people. Crores are suffering and are pushed into deeper poverty with growing hunger pangs. Coming on top of unprecedented and growing levels of unemployment, this is compounding people's miseries," the statement said. The Left parties said that over the last year the prices of petroleum products have increased by 70 per cent, vegetables by 20 per cent, cooking oil by 23 per cent and cereals by 8 per cent. "Wheat, the staple diet of crores of Indians, is seeing a price rise of over 14 per cent, making it unaffordable. Wheat procurement has declined. Central government has procured less than ..

India adds 8.8 mn new jobs in April; yet inadequate to meet demand: CMIE

It may be useful to note that the 8.8 million increase in April comes after a 12 million fall during the preceding three months: CMIE

Portuguese CPI records inflation rise of 1.9% points from March-April' 22

"Since the beginning of 2022, the year-on-year rate of change of the CPI has shown a significant acceleration," the INE was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying

Haryana's unemployment rate highest in country: Cong general sec Surjewala

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday alleged that Haryana's unemployment rate is highest in the country.