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Derek O'Brien writes: Number of public-sector vacancies is alarming. Can the government do something about them?
October 24, 2025 7:26 am
From teachers and doctors to scientists and security personnel, staffing shortages have spared no sector. This has precipitated not just a jobs crisis but also a gaping governance deficit.
First monthly labour force survey: unemployment rate at 5.1% in April
May 16, 2025 8:25 am
Female LFPR stays low; youth unemployment rate higher for females.
80 lakh jobs a year, higher share of manufacturing in GDP is key to becoming a developed nation by 2047
April 23, 2025 6:38 pm
Nageswaran further said that either investment rates have to rise from where they are or “we have to make sure that we extract maximum possible juice out of existing investments because global capital flows are also going to be affected by ongoing conflicts between nations."
Country's unemployment data to be released monthly from May 15 onwards
April 22, 2025 6:37 pm
Starting May 15, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will release India’s unemployment data monthly instead of quarterly, aiming to improve frequency and transparency in labour statistics.
Top 10 Indian states with the highest and lowest unemployment rate
April 07, 2025 8:42 am
List of states and union territories of India by highest and lowest unemployment rate: Kerala has the highest youth employment rate, standing at 29.9%, while Madhya Pradesh has the lowest unemployment rate of 2.6%, among states in India.
Female unemployment rate falls by three times in three years: Delhi Economic Survey
March 02, 2024 3:23 am
While the female unemployment rate has reduced and their labour force rate has gone up marginally, men still dominate the workforce — they have a labor force participation rate of 57.1% as of 2022-23, over 5 times greater.
ExplainSpeaking: How to read India’s latest employment data
October 16, 2023 10:04 pm
India's official employment data shows that while the unemployment rate has fallen, the quality of jobs getting created is getting worse even as monthly earnings have remained largely stagnant since 2017
Of 5 election-bound states, high youth unemployment rate in Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram: PLFS data
October 17, 2023 7:11 am
The sharp divergence in the youth unemployment rates across the country was visible with only a dozen states/UTs including Gujarat, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand and Karnataka having recorded a single-digit growth in the youth unemployment rate during 2022-23.
Labour force participation is up, unemployment is down. What about the quality of work?
October 12, 2023 11:44 pm
Express View: While unemployment rates have declined across board, rise in self-employment reinforces concerns that the economy is unable to generate sufficient employment to absorb the millions entering the labour force each year
Unemployment rate drops to 6.6% in urban areas in Q1
October 10, 2023 12:43 am
Unemployment rate had shot up sharply during the lockdown imposed in 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic. The unemployment rate for urban females and males in 15-29 years age group stood at 36 per cent and 34.3 per cent, respectively, in April-June 2020.
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