Page 29 - Unemployment

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

'NoMo Jobs': Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi over jobs data, BJP hits back

Calling it a 'national disaster', Gandhi attacked Modi, saying he had promised two crore jobs, but five years later a ' leaked job creation report card'

Who is afraid to answer questions on jobs in India?

Ideally, the job estimates should be derived using record-level data and appropriate weights for each observation

Jobs as jumlas

Lack of jobs was apparently a less serious problem then than it is today

Potential unemployment rate 8.9% in November 2018

Urban regions saw a deterioration in labour market metrics

Charge of jobless growth on govt false; 7 mn jobs created in FY18: NITI V-C

Former PM Manmohan Singh recently said the BJP-led govt's promise to generate 20 mn jobs annually has turned out to be a 'gimmick'

Letter to BS: Starvation and unemployment deaths are a blot on govt

It is likely that the BJP government will make the Ram temple an election issue for the coming Lok Sabha elections, but jobs are unlikely to feature as one of the major issues

44% Indians worry about unemployment, corruption the most, reveals survey

The survey - 'What Worries the World' conducted by the Ipsos, an independent market research company.

September unemployment data show significant changes

Demonetisation had led to a sharp fall in the labour participation rate

Why lack of jobs does not lead to social strife

Men did not display much fall in their overall labour participation after demonetisation

How young entrepreneurs are tackling unemployment via startups in Sikkim

Sikkim has the second-highest unemployment rate in the country after Tripura, the unemployment rate per 1,000 people aged more than 15 years was at 136 in 2016-17 in the state

'We have a PM who lives in denial': Rahul on unemployment in India

Gandhi used a media report quoting Krugman's warning that the India story could end with mass unemployment

The unnatural rate of joblessness

With unemployment reaching very low levels in major economies, despite low inflation, it's time to rethink the so-called natural rate

Urban unemployment climbs to 11.24% in August, rural 9.18%

The overall figure for the country stood at 9.84 per cent

US jobless claims rise, but four-week average at two-month low

The continuing claims data covered the survey week for April's unemployment rate

Letters: From opportunity to threat?

Today, even MBAs are also waiting for jobs

Developing additional measures of unemployment

The unemployment rate is the ratio of unemployed people to the total labour force

Delhi sees sharp rise in unemployment; poses challenge for AAP govt

The number of unemployed people has gone up by over 11% between 2014 and 2015

Unemployment rate is rising, especially among OBCs: Govt

While the overall unemployment rate is 5 per cent, it is 5.2 per cent for the OBCs, the minister said

US unemployment at 5%, 1.56 lakhs jobs added in September

The number of unemployed persons remained unchanged at 7.9 million