Page 25 - Unemployment

Industry shutdown must end

Industry must be allowed to resume operations in areas other than the identified hotspots with proper safety guidelines in place as soon as possible

End lockdown or not?

Extending the lockdown could lead to more deaths

Covid-19 impact: 195 mn full-time workers may lose jobs globally, says ILO

Huge losses are expected across different income groups, especially in upper-middle income countries (7 per cent, 100 million full-time workers), said the ILO

India needs a new social compact

The symbiotic relationship between migrant workers and the economy must be acknowledged when the lockdown ends

Pandemic distress

We need businesses up and running and people back at work - and swift extraordinary actions to make this happen

Economic dislocation

FY21 will be a difficult year for all stakeholders

Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about various aspects of the pandemic

Coronavirus may make 25 mn jobless, workers to lose $3.4 trn in income: UN

It added however that an internationally coordinated policy response could 'significantly lower' that number

Hard-sell on Women's Day

The anniversary has become a commercialised event

Unemployment rate was at 6.1% in 2017-18, says govt citing new survey

Gangwar said the government has stopped the previous survey as the sample size was low

Dear FM, don't be scared of my questions, youth want jobs: Rahul Gandhi

He said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should not be afraid of answering questions raised by him on behalf of the youth, to whom the government is answerable

Budget 2020: Best time for Modi govt to announce economic reforms?

Archis Mohan, Political Editor, Business Standard joins the podcast to answer questions about politics and Budget 2020

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

Congress launches NUR campaign to gather details of unemployed youth in UP

The party has released a mobile number to help unemployed youth to give a missed call and register under the NUR

Global unemployment projected to rise by around 2.5 mn in 2020: UN report

Not enough new jobs are being generated to absorb new entrants to the labour market, the report said

Nearly half billion people currently unemployed or underemployed: UN

The ILO, in its World Employment and Social Outlook report, warned that a lack of access to decent jobs was contributing to social unrest

More suicides among unemployed, self-employed than farmers in 2018: Report

Unemployed persons (12,936) were slightly behind those self-employed (13,149) who took their own lives

Opel prepares to slash up to 4,100 jobs amid a car sales slowdown

The historic German carmaker, which Peugeot bought from US-based General Motors in 2017, has already slashed almost 7,000 jobs since the takeover

If unemployment rises, youth may explode in anger, says Chidambaram

The sliding economy is an even greater threat to the country, the former finance minister said in a series of tweets

Budget 2020: India Inc pitches for job creation, higher infra spending

"One of the most important issues is job creation...the most fundamental drive has to be growth with jobs," Srinivasan said