Page 6 - Unemployment

Unemployment at peak in Haryana, but govt in denial mode: MLA Balraj Kundu

"The government speaks a white lie when it claims the unemployment rate in the state is only around 6 per cent," Kundu told reporters here

Unemployment rate falls, from grace

The decline in the LPR reflects the inadequacy of the growth in employment opportunities

Govt grinding common man in millstone of inflation, unemployment: Cong

The Congress leader said this is very serious and is nothing more than this kind of a kick in the solar plexus of the common man

Samajwadi Party to hit the roads over jobs issue: Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party will hit the roads to press the government to solve problems of the youth, who are awaiting for recruitment against vacant posts, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday

Kansas labour dept picks TCS to modernise unemployment insurance programme

For more than two decades, TCS has partnered with states across the US to transform unemployment insurance systems

India's jobless rate falls to 7.6% in March from 8.1% a month earlier: CMIE

Unemployment rate in the country is decreasing with the economy slowly returning to normal, according to CMIE data. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy's monthly time series data revealed that the overall unemployment rate in India was 8.10 per cent in February 2022, which fell to 7.6 per cent in March. On April 2, the ratio further dropped to 7.5 per cent, with urban unemployment rate at 8.5 per cent and rural at 7.1 per cent. Retired professor of economics at Indian Statistical Institute Abhirup Sarkar said that though the overall unemployment rate is falling, it is still high for a "poor" country like India. The decrease in the ratio shows that the economy is getting back on track after being hit by COVID-19 for two years, he said. "But still, this unemployment rate is high for India which is a poor country. Poor people, particularly in rural areas, cannot afford to remain unemployed, for which they are taking up any job which comes in their way," Sarkar said. According t

Unemployment rate at 9.8% in July-September 2021: NSO survey

Unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 9.8 per cent in July-September 2021 from 13.2 per cent in the same quarter of the previous year

31% of Pak youth currently unemployed, many with professional degrees: Rpt

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics says that over 31% of Pakistan's youth are currently unemployed, out of this, 51% are females, 16% are males, with many of them holding professional degrees

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Joblessness rate down to 12.6% in April-June 2021, says NSO survey

The estimates of unemployed persons in CWS give an average picture of unemployment in a short period of seven days during the survey period

RSS stresses on 'Bharat-centric' job models to tackle unemployment

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has called for "Bharat-centric" models of employment generation to strengthen the economy and achieve sustainable and holistic development

What do the unemployed do?

The delinking of activities from employment status allows a better understanding of what the unemployed do, or as CPHS informs us, what is the nature of occupation of the unemployed

Over 3,000 Afghans travel to Iran daily due to unemployment: Local media

More than 3,000 Afghan people go to Iran every day due to unemployment, local media reported citing officials in Herat and Nimroz provinces of Afghanistan.

Banks and railways privatisation will take away 500,000 jobs: Varun Gandhi

For the last several months, Varun Gandhi, BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh's Pilbhit has been expressing views on various issues that are not in line with his party's official stand

Unemployment falls in UP, on the rise in Punjab and Goa, shows data

PLFS data also shows Uttarakhand and Punjab's poor performance between 2017-18 and 2019-20

Government to tighten MGNREGA scheme to plug 'tremendous leakages'

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for 2022-23, which is 25 per cent lower than the Rs 98,000 crore provided in the revised estimate (RE) for the current fiscal

Hiring demand almost flat in January due to Omicron conditions: Report

Hiring demand was almost flat in January witnessing a one per cent fall compared to the previous month, reflecting the cautious approach of Indian employers due to Omicron conditions, according to a report. On account of the third COVID-19 wave, the retail sector saw of dip of 8 per cent in demand sequentially, travel and tourism also witnessed an 8 per cent fall, while home appliances slipped 5 per cent, according to the Monster Employment Index (MEI), a comprehensive monthly job analysis report by Monster India. While agro (5 per cent) and BFSI (4 per cent) sectors continued to grow on a monthly basis, according to the report. The fall of 5 per cent in home appliances was followed by a drop of 5 per cent in FMCG and food & packaged food, BPO/ITES (-3 per cent), production and manufacturing (2 per cent), and engineering, cement, construction, iron/ steel (2 per cent) industries that showed a negative trend. Further, education, telecom/ISP, and healthcare, biotech and life ...

Over 16,000 committed suicide due to bankruptcy in 3 years: Govt

9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment between 2018 and 2020

Unemployment, price rise become biggest problems: Farooq Abdullah

Unemployment has become the biggest problem in the country, along with price rise of essential commodities, and the government must take urgent step, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said