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India's unemployment rate in 2023 dropped to 3.1%, shows NSO data

Since the quarterly samples are drawn independently, estimates of labour force indicators for a calendar year have been obtained by combining the data from the four quarters of the calendar year

Religious minorities see sharper loss of regular wage jobs: PLFS data

Overall, the share of workers having wage/salaried employment has declined to 20.9 per cent in 2022-23 from 23.8 per cent in 2018-19

India's urban jobless rate eases to 6.5% in Q3FY24, shows PLFS data

The jobless rate in urban areas has been steadily declining since the high of 12.6 per cent recorded in the COVID-affected April-June quarter of FY22

Concerns over the sampling design of national surveys not tenable: Govt

NSS sampling design are not tenable, since the conclusions drawn have been based on the assessment of sampling design with faulty application inapplicable method/approach

Regular wage employment for general category people worst in 5 years: PLFS

Decline in regular wage employment in general category led to an increase in self-employment and casual work

No place for women

A hostile public environment adds to workplace patriarchy

10% fewer fresh formal jobs created in April-August, shows EPFO data

Payroll data released by the EPFO showed that cumulatively 4.92 million new subscribers have joined the social security organisation between April-August this year

India's self-employed

The quality of jobs needs to improve

Salaried employment slips in 12 major states, UTs, shows PLFS data

It's widely held that salaried roles, which guarantee consistent wages, offer better job security than casual positions or self-employment

India's jobless rate at 6-year low; wage employment share shrinks

The unemployment rate under the so-called "usual status" during the one-year period declined for the fifth consecutive year since its launch in April 2017

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

Unemployment rate drops for fourth straight quarter, lowest in 4 yrs: PLFS

This is the lowest unemployment rate recorded in the last 4 years, from the time NSO launched India's first computer-based survey in April 2017

Platform economy

Entitlement extension should be calibrated

Persistent problem

India is not creating enough jobs

Statsguru: Six charts show India's employment conundrum amid Covid-19

Business Standard guides you through the numbers you need to know to make sense of the headlines

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

India's labour market distress

Implications for growth story will be severe

Unemployment rate at 9.4% in January-March 2021: NSO survey

NSO data: Joblessness drops in urban India but higher than pre-Covid level

A step backward

PLFS reveals transformation of economy has stalled

Statsguru: Five charts explain how big is India's labour force

The size of India's labour force is likely to have reached 540 million in 2019-20.