Page 35 - Employment

ESIC data suggest 16 mn new jobs created in 13 months till Sept: Report

Job creation more than doubled to 973,000 in September, the highest monthly addition since September 2017, compared to 411,000 in the same month last year, as per the EPFO payroll data

India's employability rises to 47%; engineers most employable: Study

India Skills Report says 57 per cent of the final-year engineering graduates were employable, an increase of about five percentage points since last year.

Job offers increased in September 2018

The Indian Railways was seeking to hire 120,000 recruits

India Inc wages and salaries grew 12.6% in Q1; hints of a hiring uptick

Non-bank retail lenders such as Bajaj Finance, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), Indiabulls Housing and Shriram Transport Finance topped the chart with 27.6 per cent YoY growth

86% employees feel they waste time in administrative work unrelated to core

Further, the survey reveals that worldwide 53% of employees feel pressure to work longer hours or pick up extra shifts to grow their career

BJP-led govt moved 50 million people out of poverty in 4 year: Modi

Modi said, "we are committed to bringing those left behind in the development race into the mainstream."

Employment stagnates in 2017-18

The labour force fell from 439.7 million in 2016-17 to 426.1 million in 2017-18

Maternity bill may lead to lesser women in India's workforce, says report

Only 27% Indian women are in the labour force-the lowest among BRICS countries

Job creation: Odisha okays Rs 15 bn investments across 3 industrial parks

IOCL's is the biggest commitment; Its polyester project will provide employment to over 100,000 persons in the long run

Employment conundrum: Has India created more jobs or not? Yes, and no!

Data from household surveys suggest that men between the ages of 25 and 55 have no choice but to work; unemployment is a luxury they cannot afford

Are wages growing at faster rate than job creation? ESIC data unclear

Data potentially suggest that wages of existing employees grew faster than the rate of addition of new jobs or formalisation of informal ones

Manufacturing jobs grow 2.1%, total employment falls 0.1%, says RBI study

There were 198 million people employed in the 'agriculture and others' sector, and by 2007-08 employment grew to 244.3 million

Can India reap the youth dividend?

India can realise the potential of its youthful workers only if those joining the labour force can be absorbed in non-agricultural jobs, since agriculture is burdened with surplus labour

Frame policies to enable industry grow bigger: Panagariya

Shifting workers form agriculture is required since underemployment is the biggest challenge

Task force on employment to submit report next week

Govt says the country's unemployment rate is decreasing and employment generation has gone up

Now, employment registration can be done in post offices

3.75 crore people and 14 lakh employers have registered their names in the National Career Services portal

50% students in Mumbai don't have employment skills: Survey

Survey represented views of 200 students across higher education institutions from over 20 colleges

Hiring by top 4 Indian IT companies dips 43% in Sep quarter: Report

Decline in hiring is not a surprise and is consistent with slowdown in growth rates and efforts of Indian IT to drive up productivity, says reoprt

Online recruitment activity sees 17% jump in August

There is a slump in usual employment generating sectors, like IT and production & manufacturing, but sectors like banking & finance and education are buzzing

Indian employees more confident about country's economic state than Chinese: study

Indian employees also less satisfied about salary, promotion opportunities and job security than Chinese counterparts