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Unemployment rate at 5-year low of 4.1% in 2021-22, shows PLFS data

Quarterly PLFS survey for urban India shows unemployment rate stagnated at 7.2% after declining for five consecutive quarters

India's retail inflation at three-month high, hits 6.52% in January

Core inflation, that excludes food and fuel prices, remained sticky above the 6% mark

Manufacturing drags industrial production growth to 4.3% in December

In the first three quarters of FY23 (April- December), IIP grew 5.4 per cent against 15.2 per cent during the year-ago period

Industrial production growth slips to 4.3% in Dec from 7.3% in Nov

Mining output rose by 9.8 per cent and power generation increased by 10.4 per cent during the month under review

Return to OPS triggers NPS subscriber dip in states, shows NSO data

Only 285,226 new state government employees joined the NPS, as compared to 321,255 subscribers in the corresponding period last year

US Supreme Court gives nod to WhatsApp lawsuit over 'Pegasus' spyware

The US Supreme Court has declined to block a WhatsApp lawsuit that alleged that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group unlawfully accessed WhatsApp servers when installing Pegasus on users' devices

Top Headlines: India's GDP may grow 7% in FY23, forex reserves up by $44 mn

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

India's GDP likely to grow 7% in FY23: NSO's first advance estimates

The RBI and the World Bank have projected 6.8 per cent and 6.9 per cent GDP growth respectively for FY23

Indian GDP pegged to grow at 7% in FY23: NSO's advance estimates

The output of the manufacturing sector is estimated to decelerate to 1.6 per cent as against a growth of 9.9 per cent in FY22

Sugarcane production in India shifting from South to North: NSO report

Although Maharashtra is the leading sugar producer in the country, Uttar Pradesh has the highest sugarcane output value in the country

India's urban unemployment rate improves across genders, says NSO

India's urban unemployment rate improved across genders and age groups to its best-ever level in the quarter ending June 2022

EPFO adds over a million new subscribers in June for 3rd month in a row

New EPF subscribers increased marginally to 10,54,261 in June from 10,07,441 in May 2022 and 10,09,689 in April, according to data published by the National Statistical Office

Malware found in 5 out of 29 phones, no conclusive evidence of Pegasus: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that out of 29 phones submitted for examination, malware was found in five, but there is no conclusive proof that the spyware was Pegasus

ESIC scheme adds 1.26 million new members in April, shows data

The latest data is part of a report -- Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective - April 2022 -- released by the National Statistical Office (NSO)

Unemployment rate dips to 8.2% in Jan-Mar 2022, shows NSO survey

Joblessness was high in January-March in 2021 mainly due to the staggering impact of the lockdown restrictions in the country, which were imposed to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

US apex court seeks President Joe Biden's views over Pegasus dispute

The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward

Behind the bounce

Growth has not come roaring back after the pandemic

ESIC-run social security scheme adds 1.4 million new members in March

From September 2017 to March 2018, around 8.33 million new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme

Spain authorities pledge transparency in probe of Pegasus spyware use

The Spanish government has not denied nor confirmed whether it uses Pegasus or other hard-to-detect spyware, saying that any surveillance is conducted under the supervision of judges

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