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Tejashwi Yadav's job promise is a tangible and appealing proposition

Yadav announced in mid-October that if his coalition was voted to power, then he would sanction a million jobs in the very first cabinet meeting of the new government

As economy slows down, India would need to create 8 mn jobs every year

The real challenge is in raising the labour participation and employment rates

Employment rate targeting must be at the heart of Indian policymaking

The labour participation rate in September at 40.7% was 199 basis points lower than the average labour participation rate of 42.7% in 2019-20

Employment rate could get worse as govt won't spend, private sector can't

The fall in the unemployment rate seen in recent weeks is meaningless and misleading in the face of a falling labour participation rate and a falling trend in the employment rate

Engineers, teachers, accountants: Biggest job loss among salaried employees

Employment in the category of white collar professional employees and other employees has been rising steadily since 2016 when the survey began tracking them

Labour conditions worsening. Expect job losses in August

In August, barring an exceptional spike in one week, the labour participation rate has been slipping

A recovery to worry: Revival in employment has left out salaried jobs

The recovery is largely in informal jobs. The situation has worsened for the salaried class

Covid-19 crisis: Employment of young women hit most amid lockdown

Employee Provident Fund data shows a sharp fall in new additions to subscriptions to the Fund in April 2020, the first complete month of the lockdown

Job growth to good kharif crop, a new equilibrium seems to be setting in

Labour participation picked up smartly in the week ended July 19. At 41.7% it was heads and shoulders above the 40.4% recorded during the preceding two weeks

Happy National Statistics Day: How do we square jobs data with reality

The experience of the past three months provides proof that Indians do not protest loss of jobs. They just drop their rates and continue with their lives

Unemployment rate remains at 24%, but hard times ahead for labour

The small relaxations in the lockdown since April 20 have not had any positive impact on the unemployment rate, yet

Millions of young losing their jobs is long-term cost of lockdown

Over 27 million youngsters in their 20s lost their jobs in April. This has serious long-term repercussions. It is during this age that young India builds its career in the hope of a bright future

Livelihoods at stake for millions as employment crisis gets the coronavirus

India's economy, even when it is growing, doesn't create enough quality jobs, and a nationwide lockdown to contain Covid-19 has created an employment calamity, writes Mahesh Vyas

Lockdown 2.0: Unemployment rate touches 26% amid Covid-19 outbreak

The labour participation rate has similarly fallen further from 35.5 per cent to 35.4 per cent and, the employment rate has now fallen to 26.1 per cent compared to 27 per cent in the earlier week

Covid-19: Unemployment rate rises to 24% amid nationwide lockdown

The economic impact of this lockdown by design is evidently huge. Its impact on the livelihood of vulnerable sections of society is immeasurably bigger

Unemployment rate over 23%; labour participation rate at all-time low

Labour statistics for March 2020 are worrisome. And those for the past two weeks are much worse

Why should women who are enthusiastic to join workforce exit labour mkts?

Labour force participation rate among young women in the age bracket 20-24 years was 14.3 per cent in the September-December 2019 period

Economic Survey 2020: Jobs as an outcome of an exports strategy

The Survey does not address the problem of jobs comprehensively. Volume I does not use any data on jobs at all

Inadequate and inappropriate jobs growth

During the last quarter of 2019, the employment ratio was down to 39.5 per cent. This is the lowest employment ratio seen in India during any quarter

Unemployment cannot cause agitations

Today's joblessness is also followed by heightened nationalism