Page 8 - Jobs In India

Communal djinn and the vanishing State

Though there is no direct evidence that unemployed youth are drawn into furthering the communal agenda, they have lately erupted in job-related agitations for reservations and inclusion in OBC lists

Slicing the unemployed by class

In 2019-20, the poorest households accounted for 9.8% of all the households and only 3.2% of all the unemployed

Middle income surge in 2021-22

Consumer sentiments had fallen by 15.7 per cent between March and June 2021 - the period of the second wave of Covid-19. The recovery since June has more than covered that fall

High school graduates win jobs

Jobs held by graduates and post-graduates (graduates-plus) were increasing steadily till the pandemic

BS Number Wise: Jobs added for women, but gender disparity remains

In 2021-22, one female will hold a job for every four males employed. In 2020-21, the ratio was 1:5

Signs of economic recovery

Consumer sentiment has been, by far, the most sluggish economic indicator in the post-lockdown recovery story so far

Households liked the Union Budget

While equity markets react to budget announcements in real time, households we believe, take a little longer to digest it. Households are not as cued in as financial markets are

'Many job opportunities available as India on way to become world leader'

Union minister Jitendra Singh said abundance employment opportunities will emerge from the jump in capex announced in Budget 2022

Sentiments recovering in January

At 60.3, the index was at its highest in November 2021 since its fall in April 2020 following the Covid-induced lockdown

India's employment challenge

In each of the last three months - October, November and December 2021, the unemployment rate has been at 7 per cent or more

Sluggish recovery after sharp fall

The inverse relationship between household income levels and the rate of recovery in consumer sentiments is both disappointing and counter-intuitive. But the data is unambiguous

Household incomes better, caution prevails

Change in household income is one of the five components of the Index of Consumer Sentiments

Joblessness top concern of urban Indians in October 2021: Survey

Joblessness is the top concern of Urban Indians in October 2021 while global citizens are more worried about poverty and social inequality, Ipsos What Worries the World global monthly survey has said

Canals led to urbanisation but created few non-farm jobs: Study

Canals have led to an increase in urbanisation and demand for education, but there's been little industrialisation in the areas they irrigate, finds a new study

Households cautiously optimistic

The index of consumer sentiments scaled up by a handsome 7.9 per cent in September

IBPS Clerk 2021 notification: Apply today for 5,830 jobs; steps to apply

IBPS Clerk 2021: The recruitment drive will fill 5,830 vacancies in various public sector banks

An incomplete and exhausted recovery

In August 2021, seventeen months after that draconian lockdown of April 2020, employment continues to remain lower than it was in 2019-20

India Inc is still a quarter away from reaching pre-Covid hiring levels

The run-up to the festival season - especially the next four weeks - holds the key to crossing pre-Covid levels of hiring, say HR experts

Covid impact: More women have exited formal employment in India than men

Of the more than half a million women who exited the formal workforce and did not join back, two-thirds were under 35 years of age. By comparison, only a third of men under 35 exited formal employment

Employment recovery expected in July

But, the recovery was incomplete because the employment rate, which is the working age population that is employed, never repaired with its pre-Covid levels