Page 28 - Unemployment

Job market gloom continues: Only 13% firms plan to hire in Q2, shows survey

Globally, employers expect workforce gains in 43 of 44 countries and territories surveyed in the period up to the end of September

Urban unemployment rate at 9.7% in Q3CY18, reveals NSSO report

60% of the urban population was employed in the services sector during 2018

Job crisis for real as unemployment hits 6.1%, highest in 45 years

Business Standard was the first to report in January that the unemployment rate had risen to a 45-year-high, quoting NSSO's periodic labour force survey.

Unemployment rate at 6.1% in 2017-18, highest in 45 years: Govt data

The data released by the labour ministry on a day when Modi 2.0 Cabinet took charge, showed 7.8 per cent of all employable urban youth being jobless

Punjab job crisis: Note ban haunts as labour pleads for work at 1/3rd wages

Most end up agreeing to wages as low as Rs 150-Rs 200 while the official minimum wage is Rs 311.12 for an unskilled labourer and Rs 375.62 for a skilled labourer

When finding a job became a nightmare in Bengaluru after note ban, GST

At the Kurubarahalli labour hub, most workers echoed support for the Congress, believing that the job situation would improve if the party is voted to power in the ongoing 2019 general elections

Economic Affairs secretary S C Garg defends data revisions amid row

'The results are there for everyone to see,' Garg said

A silent political killer

Unemployment can become big and yet remain undetected. Its impact can be a critical vote swing

Joblessness among educated, skilled rose sharply, shows NSSO survey

The NSSO survey defines a person to be educated if he/she has completed school studies till at least the secondary level (class 9th-10th)

Finland's universal basic income test: More happiness, but few jobs created

An experiment with a state-sponsored basic income didn't encourage the unemployed to look for work. But it did increase their sense of well-being

Share of regular, salaried workers in employment increases in 2017-18: NSSO

But the working conditions of regular, salaried workers worsened in 2017-18, with less people getting access to formal contracts, social security benefits and paid-leave benefits

Thousands of youth converge in National Capital to protest lack of jobs

Agitators are associated with dozens of students' unions and youth organisations, including those affiliated to opposition parties; will take out the 'Young India Adhikar March' from Delhi's Red Fort

Unemployment rate at four-decade high of 6.1% in 2017-18: NSSO survey

The survey, withheld by the govt, shows a big surge in joblessness among youth

India's employment: The true picture

Results from the Periodic Labour Force Survey are not comparable with the previous Employment-Unemployment Surveys

More than half of India's working-age population out of labour force: NSSO

In 2017-18, the youth unemployment rate was in the range 13.6-27.2 per cent, according to the NSSO

Challenge is to create more organised jobs: Tata Sons chief Chandrasekaran

The two biggest issues of jobs and accessibility of quality services is an opportunity for technology start-ups, said Chandrasekaran

Letter to BS: Unemployment, poverty, rape issues are crying for attention

I want to ask what the govt has achieved with regard to core issues such as unemployment, poverty, rape, mob violence and a rapidly declining economy

Real crisis

NSSO jobs data negates demographic dividend

Oppn calls out BJP over jobs data, asks govt to release NSSO report

Congress said the data, as revealed in the report, vindicated his party's position that demonetisation destroyed jobs in the informal sector

Data not finalised, says Niti Aayog about report on unemployment rising

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the unemployment report was only a draft, and that the government could release jobs data in March