Page 18 - Unemployment In India

Feb unemployment rate hits 4-month high of 7.78% as slowdown persists: CMIE

In rural areas, the unemployment rate increased to 7.37% in February from 5.97% in the previous month

Why should women who are enthusiastic to join workforce exit labour mkts?

Labour force participation rate among young women in the age bracket 20-24 years was 14.3 per cent in the September-December 2019 period

The Misery Index: What if both unemployment and inflation rates are rising?

The Misery Index is the arithmetical sum of the unemployment rate and the inflation rate

Why India's present slump is a more serious issue than earlier slowdowns

What is unusual about the current period of slow growth is that it has come without an exogenous driver, unlike all previous periods of slowdown, going back 50 years, writes T N Ninan

Increase SIPs if markets fall

Though boring, these instruments work well if there is a broad bear market

Budget 2020: Govt depts to create over 260,000 jobs between 2019 and 2021

The highest 79,353 jobs are estimated to be created in policing

Best of BS Opinion: Trends in the new year, India's jobs crisis, and more

From all available indications, the year 2020 will mark a sharp break with the past five years. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

Young, educated and jobless: The real unemployment challenge of India

Graduates between 20 and 29 years of age, face a much higher unemployment rate of 42.8 per cent. This is India's real challenge

Falling net fixed asset growth to impact job creation by corporate sector

At a macro-level, the Indian corporate sector has stopped investing into new capacities for all practical purposes

FY20 to see 1.6 mn fewer jobs being created as economy slows: SBI report

According to the SBI research report- Ecowrap, there is a decline in remittances in a few states like Assam and Rajasthan, reflecting downsizing of contractual labourers

Best of BS Opinion: Restore data credibility, Indo-US ties, and more

From Indo-China economic gap, Trump's game plan for Indo-Pacific to unemployment in India, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Unemployment cannot cause agitations

Today's joblessness is also followed by heightened nationalism

Unemployment top worry, urban India thinks nation on right path: Survey

Poverty and social inequality are the top worries for global citizens followed by unemployment, crime and violence, financial and political corruption and healthcare, the survey pointed out

Year in Review: From job data to growth woes, India's 'shrinking' feeling

A list of events and policy decisions that made the biggest impact on Indian economy during the year 2019

Tattering social fabric, economic slowdown hurting December labour demand

Preliminary and partial data for December indicate that labour participation is recovering from the November fall, but perhaps, not enough to make November look like an aberration

Govt's bid to provide employment via MSME jobs portal fails to take off

The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) has begun an investigation into why placements through the portal have not picked up, sources said

No reason to show that employment has come down: Govt tells Lok Sabha

The Labour and Employment Minister also said the government is implementing various schemes for generating more employment

New govt to ensure 80% jobs for locals: Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari

Koshyari made the announcement while addressing the joint sitting of the state legislature at Vidhan Bhawan in which he laid out the new government's broader agenda for the coming years

India's urban unemployment rate drops to 9.3% in Jan-Mar 2019: Govt data

For women, the UR was at 11.6 per cent during the reported period as against 12.8 per cent during April-June 2018.

Urban jobless rate down to 9.3% in Q4FY19, lowest in at least four quarters

The fall in the unemployment rate, by weekly status methodology basis, came as employment among regular wage employees and a section of self-employed workers increased during the period