Unemployment in India
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October 31, 2020, Saturday
Jobless rate in urban areas fell to 7.9% in Q3 of last year, shows data
Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh etc. had a higher proportion of people in urban areas as ...
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October 27, 2020, Tuesday
Through a crystal ball, darkly
Likely slow economic growth in the medium term will be bad for jobs, social harmony and defence capabilities
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October 19, 2020, Monday
Employment numbers for rural, urban India show economic recovery still weak
Fiscal 2019-20 ended with an employment rate of 39.4%. It fell to 27.2% in April 2020 but, it recovered 300 basis points to reach ...
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October 12, 2020, Monday
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
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October 09, 2020, Friday
Labour Bureau to conduct 3 surveys to gauge employment situation
Labour Bureau would conduct three surveys on migration, domestic workers and professional bodies for evaluating the employment ...
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October 05, 2020, Monday
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 ...
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October 05, 2020, Monday
Statsguru: From socialising to learning, how the unemployed spend time
Among other things, the unemployed spend significantly more time educating themselves than the employed, shows the data
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October 05, 2020, Monday
Firms can now convert permanent jobs into fixed-term contracts
The Industrial Relations (IR) Code, 2020, notified on September 29, has allowed companies to hire contract workers directly ...
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September 28, 2020, Monday
Employment may not mean work, wages: Lockdown broke down old assumptions
Employment and work are very closely related but the two are in fact, distinct
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September 21, 2020, Monday
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 ...
