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Education challenges of employment

India suffers from a poorly educated workforce that is confined to poor quality jobs. Most employment is informal and in the unorganised sector

Baghel announces allowance for unemployed youth from next financial year

In a major announcement ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls due this year-end, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said unemployed youth will be given a monthly allowance in the state from the next financial year. It was one of the key promises made by the Congress ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, following which the party returned to power in the state after a gap of 15 years. Addressing people on the occasion of the Republic Day on Thursday after unfurling the national flag at the Lalbag Parade grounds in Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Bastar district, Baghel made a number of other announcements, including setting up of an aerocity near Raipur airport, housing assistance scheme for labourers and a scheme to promote women entrepreneurship, apparently eyeing the Assembly elections. Unemployed youth will be given an unemployment allowance every month from the next financial year (2023-24), Baghel said without specify the amount. An aerocity will be developed near the Swa

Consumer sentiments to remain buoyant

Small traders and daily wage labourers had recorded a sharp 22 per cent increase in their ICS between June and September 2022

Step out of your homes against inflation, unemployment: Congress Prez

Kharge said Rahul Gandhi is standing against the hatred and appealed to the people to join his mega walkathon

Uptick in female labour force participation

Around 0.28 million women aged 20-29 entered the labour force in this period, according to CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Survey data

Divergent consumer sentiments

The Index of Consumer Sentiments shrunk by 0.9% in December 2022 after having declined by 1.7% in November

Govt cautions against private surveys on unemployment, alleges bias

Labour ministry's response comes after private group's data showed India's unemployment rose to a 16-month high of 8.3 per cent in Dec

India's jobless rate rises to three-month high of 8% in Nov: CMIE data

India's unemployment rate rose to 8.0% in November, highest in three months, from 7.77% in the previous month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed

Unemployment rate rising in December

The unemployment rate was over 8% in all three weeks that ended in December

Worker Population Ratio continues to grow, up by 5.8% in 4 years: Centre

An increase in the worker population ratio reflects the higher engagement of people in productive activities, said union minister Jitendra Singh

Govt wants to discuss global warming over joblessness: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday listed a slew of issues that the opposition parties want to discuss in Parliament and claimed that the government only wants to discuss global warming. On Wednesday, opposition parties met and strategised on issues they would raise in Parliament. "Opposition parties including TMC want #Parliament to discuss now: 1. Federal structure. Economic blockade destabilizing state govts 2. NE issues, focus Meghalaya 3. Unemployment 4. Price rise 5. Misuse of central agencies 6. China GOVT STUNT. To avoid these, discuss Global Warming," tweeted O'Brien.

42 out of 100 youths in India are unemployed: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said 42% of the youth in the country is unemployed

Vedantu gives pink slips to 385 employees in 3rd round of layoffs this year

It has sacked over 1,100 employees, so far, amid funding winter

Unemployment rate rises to three-month high at 8% in November: CMIE

The country's unemployment rate rose to a three-month high at 8 per cent during November, according to data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The unemployment rate in urban India was higher at 8.96 per cent, while in rural areas, it was at 7.55 per cent, the CMIE data showed on Thursday. In October this year, the urban joblessness was at 7.21 per cent and the rural unemployment rate was at 8.04 per cent. Among the states, Haryana continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the country in November at 30.6 per cent, followed by Rajasthan at 24.5 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir at 23.9 per cent, Bihar at 17.3 per cent and Tripura at 14.5 per cent. The states that witnessed the least unemployment rate in the previous month are Chhattisgarh at 0.1 per cent, Uttarakhand 1.2 per cent, Odisha at 1.6 per cent, Karnataka 1.8 per cent and Meghalaya at 2.1 per cent. India's unemployment rate in October was at 7.77 per cent, while in September it was at a low of 6.43 per c

Urban unemployment rate drops for fifth quarter to 7.2%: NSO survey

The unemployment rate among men and women has been estimated at 6.6 and 9.4 per cent, respectively

Unemployment rate dips to 7.2% in July-September 2022: NSO survey

Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 7.2 per cent during July-September 2022 from 9.8 per cent a year ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said on Thursday. Joblessness or unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons among the labour force. Joblessness was high in July-September 2021 mainly due to the staggering impact of Covid-related restrictions in the country. The latest data based on a periodic labour force survey, underlining a decline in the unemployment rate amid an improved labour force participation ratio, point towards a sustained economic recovery from the shadow of the pandemic. The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in April-June 2022 was 7.6 per cent in urban areas, the 16th Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed. It also showed that the unemployment rate among females (aged 15 years and above) in urban areas declined to 9.4 per cent in July-September, 2022 from 11.6 per

Salaried jobs recover

Salaried jobs declined from 86 million in September 2022 to 84.7 million in October

Growing unemployment: Battle of two parallel realities

The duality between the ground reality of tangible unemployment and the perception created by events like "rozgar melas" will likely continue till the next general election

Unemployment rate in India surges to 7.77% in October: CMIE data

The CMIE data further revealed that the rural unemployment rate rose to 8.04 per cent in October from 5.84 per cent in September.

Rural pain pushes India's unemployment rate up to 7.7% in October: CMIE

The report said the decline in employment was mostly in rural India and mainly in non-agricultural rural India and the daily wage labourer segment was the most hit as it shrunk by nearly 15 million