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P Chidambaram writes: There are no poor in India
March 04, 2024 8:10 am
The CEO made this astonishing claim based on the results of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) published by the National Sample Survey Office
What India's labour force and national income data tell us about jobs shifting from agriculture
March 07, 2023 7:03 am
The farm sector produces less ‘output’, but ‘adds more value’ — that is why it is able to support 45% of the country’s employed labour force. But it is necessary for India to have fewer people in agriculture.
The real issue at hand is not solely of job creation but also of creation of quality jobs
March 30, 2019 9:07 am
The true meaning of being a worker is shifting — towards stable, productive, remunerative employment. This must be captured in collection of labour data, and while interpreting and analysing it for policy-making
Casual farm labour shrinks by 40% since 2011-12, total job loss nearly 3 crore: NSSO data shows
March 21, 2019 2:36 pm
The share of rural households with major income from casual labour in agriculture decreased by 10 percentage points since 2011-12. That works out to a drop of 15 million families (from 36 million to 21 million) dependent on casual farm work (see chart).
The pillar stands
March 02, 2019 1:00 am
Indian statistical system can withstand political pressures. Legislation and public scrutiny can strengthen it further.
Unemployment a symptom of larger failures in state policies
February 12, 2019 5:58 pm
What is essential here, however, is that the unemployment dilemma, while worrying, is but a symptom of the larger failures in state policies that revolve around skilling and education.
Niti Aayog calls adverse job report a draft, ex-stat head says no, it’s final
February 01, 2019 7:10 am
Lack of good quality jobs and a large informal sector is adding to our economic woes, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.
Only 40 per cent of rural households dependent on farming as main income source: NSSO
December 22, 2014 11:51 am
Net receipts from cultivation and rearing of animals accounted for just 59.8 % of the avg Indian farming family’s monthly income.
Unemployment falls across major towns and cities: NSSO
October 27, 2013 3:17 am
The findings have been released by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
Services sector workers better paid: NSSO survey
June 28, 2012 10:06 pm
The workers engaged in services sector are better paid than their counterparts.
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