Page 10 - Unemployment Rate

Canada sheds 71,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate rises to 5.9%

Most recent indicators have heralded a slowing of the economy as the end of 2019 approaches.

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

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

Over 200 global economists seek junked NSO report details from govt

Chorus to make junk NSO report public grows

Statsguru: Public firms are increasingly denying social security to workers

While the transition from agriculture to other sectors is taking place, manufacturing is not providing the necessary buffer before the workforce shifts to the services sector

Unemployment rate in India rose to a three-year high of 8.5% in Oct: CMIE

Unemployment was worse only in the pre-demonetisation period, according to the data, at 9.6% in August 2016.

A first since independence: Employment down by 9 mn in 6 yrs, says report

Ever since NSSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey was published (which showed that unemployment in India was at a 45-year high, there have been debates on the state of employment in India

India's Oct unemployment rate rises to 8.5%, highest in over 3 years: CMIE

India's infrastructure output fell 5.2% in September from a year earlier, the worst performance in years

BJP has failed on each of its 154 poll promises: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

They had promised to pay farmers on the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission. However, they are not giving them the MSPs, let alone paying them according to the commission's recommendations

Best of BS Opinion: Educated unemployed mark India's looming crisis

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Best of BS Opinion: Degradation of land, India's economic strategy and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Jobs grew at medium and large companies, but at a slow pace: Study

The study, carried out by CARE Ratings, is based on annual reports of 969 medium and large companies

Hope survives in urban India

After a rapid fall from the early-June peak, the unemployment rate has been rising steadily

After a dramatic increase in unemployment rate, NDA has its job cut out

They hold the key to India's low-growth-high unemployment paradigm but the government may struggle to push them through this time as well. Somesh Jha explains why

Looking beyond the unemployment rate

Regardless of the approach we use, there is no denying the fact that unemployment rates in India are high

Standard errors: Demystifying the CMIE numbers to explain 'curious' trends

The sample for CMIE's weekly estimates is of the order of 30,000 respondents and that for the monthly estimates is 130,000, with minor variations every week or month

India's April unemployment rate increases to 7.6%, says CMIE

The figures could be bad news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a staggered general election.

Government's performance below average on jobs, other issues: Voter survey

Employment biggest issue for both urban and rural voters

Most unemployment surveys are skewed, PM Narendra Modi tells House

PM also slammed criticism of the interim budget's proposal of Rs 6,000 per year income support to small and marginal farmers

As elections approach, govt must remember that job seekers are also voters

The weekly urban unemployment rate was over the 8% mark for all the three weeks of September