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Procurement roles saw the sharpest decline at 41.7% in 2025, while analytics, customer support, and finance and risk roles also recorded steep falls

E-commerce marketplace Meesho expects to create over 10 lakh seasonal job opportunities across its seller and logistics ecosystem to meet the surge in demand during the upcoming festive season. The projected employment generation includes approximately 6.5 lakh jobs across its seller network and about 3.75 lakh roles across its logistics operations. "The festive season is an important period for businesses across our ecosystem to scale up and prepare for increased demand. "This year, we expect to enable over 10 lakh seasonal job opportunities... Nearly 1.3 lakh sellers are expected to hire seasonal workers across packaging, manufacturing, production, warehousing and inventory management, as they build inventory, launch new products and expand their festive collections," Meesho said in a statement on Friday. In the logistics sector, Meesho's own logistics platform, Valmo, along with its third-party logistics (3PL) partners, will scale up capacity. The seasonal roles in this segment

Fresher hiring in GCCs fell to 15 per cent in 2025 from 28 per cent in 2024, while workers aged 15-29 had a median job tenure of just 13 months, Quess Corp says

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India AI Workforce Report 2026 finds AI learning spreading beyond metros, engineering backgrounds and traditional tech roles

From the implications of warming US-China ties and the future of the Quad to fuel-pricing reforms, SpaceX governance and youth discontent, here are today's key opinion pieces

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the West Bengal assembly polls a chance "to make the state free of infiltrators" and promised one lakh jobs for youths each year based on merit if the BJP won the election. Speaking at his second poll rally of the day in Kulti, on the outskirts of Paschim Bardhaman's industrial hubs of Asansol and Barakar, he said the BJP would restore the industrial glory of the country's iron ore production hub and secure jobs for local youth. "Kulti used to be the hub of iron ore production of the country, but the Mamata Banerjee government has brought it to its knees. We will take the iron city back to its glory, stop illegal mining, impose effective bans on the pollution-creating sponge iron production in the region and create job opportunities for local youths," Shah said. Accusing the TMC government of "stealing jobs from deserving candidates and selling them to the undeserving ones", the Union minister said, "The BJP promises merit-based ...

E-commerce and quick-commerce firms are prioritising engineering, AI and operations talent, shifting away from expansion-led hiring to build resilience, fulfilment precision and digital capability

Exam overhauls and reservation policies have reshaped the bureaucracy's social profile

India's white-collar job market recorded a 12 per cent year-on-year growth in February, amid increasing AI adoptions and a recovery in the IT sector, a report said on Tuesday. White-collar job market posted its strongest February performance in recent years, with the Naukri JobSpeak Index reaching 3,233 points - up 12 per cent from 2,890 points in February 2025. The month-on-month acceleration from January to February came in at 23 per cent, noticeably sharper than the 13-16 per cent range typically seen between the two months, the report based on Naukri JobSpeak Index added. The IT sector posted over 6 per cent year-on-year growth in hiring in February 2026. Freshers' hiring in the sector also grew by a healthy 8 per cent. India-based multi-national IT companies were the primary driver, recording a 55 per cent hiring surge, the report said. Within the IT sector, it said that AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) hiring rose 40 per cent, reinforcing that February ...

The Indian white-collar job market is expected to remain on a positive trajectory as 76 per cent of recruiters expect new job creation during the first half of this year, mainly led by healthcare and manufacturing sectors, a report said on Friday. Around 76 per cent of recruiters predict new job creation, a 4 percentage point increase from 72 per cent in H2 2025, and moving beyond replacement hiring to indicate continued expansion across industries, according to Naukri bi-annual Hiring Outlook survey. While the sentiment is positive across the board, Healthcare and Manufacturing are expected to lead new job creation. Around 88 per cent of healthcare recruiters and 79 per cent of manufacturing recruiters predict the creation of new roles in H1 2026. The Naukri bi-annual Hiring Outlook survey is based on inputs from over 1,250 recruiters. Further, the survey has revealed that the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) sector is likely to show a relatively conservative yet

84 per cent of professionals in India feel unprepared to find a new job, even as 72 per cent say they are actively searching for a new role in 2026

Earlier this year, Citi announced that it would cut around 3,500 jobs at its technology centres in China as part of a global effort to simplify and shrink global tech operations

Govt notifies stipend hike for apprentices, expands industry coverage under NIC 2008, promotes degree and virtual apprenticeships, and enhances inclusivity

Laura Loomer says US President Trump is considering stopping IT work from being outsourced to India; she adds this could bring call centre jobs back to the US

From IT hubs in Kolkata to manufacturing revivals in Uttarpara and mega power projects in Salboni, Bengal is wooing corporate giants to reverse migration and fuel economic growth

Youth unemployment stood at 13.8% in April while the overall jobless rate was 5.1%, with higher joblessness in urban areas, according to NSO's first monthly labour survey

India's global capability centre (GCC) workforce, which will reach 3 million by 2030, is likely to create four lakh jobs for freshers by 2030 and is expected to witness a 3-5 per cent improvement in gender diversity, HR investment platform FirstMeridian said. The GCC ecosystem in the country is growing rapidly, driven by a diverse talent pool, high digital literacy, cost advantages, and the involvement of many industries including IT, AI/ML, and data engineering, FirstMeridian Business Services CEO - IT Staffing, Sunil Nehra, said in a statement. He said as India becomes the preferred destination for GCCs, the market is expected to be worth USD 110 billion by 2030. This growth will lead to the creation of around 1.5 lakh jobs by 2026, with the GCC workforce projected to reach 3 million by 2030, and a significant portion of these jobs, around one lakh, will be entry-level positions for freshers, said Nehra. Women, he said, make up 40 per cent of the GCC workforce in India, and this

Coders/IT Consultants (30%) continue to dominate, but Data Analysts/Data Scientists have seen significant growth, now accounting for 15% of gig roles.