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Unemployment is not about just education
August 24, 2026 1:33 pm
Only when the employment crisis India faces today is understood can the necessary corrective action be taken. While India owes its youth the best education, public policy must aim to keep India’s aggregate demand for goods high.
Quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey: Unemployment rate at record low in September quarter
November 19, 2024 9:57 am
The drop in unemployment rate, the lowest since the start of PLFS in April-June 2018, came amid a surge in the labour force participation rate (LFPR) and the worker population ratio (WPR).
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.
Jean Drèze writes: Wages are the worry, not just unemployment
April 13, 2023 9:09 am
Jean Dreze writes: There has been no significant growth of real wages at the all-India level or in the last eight years. It calls for a reorientation of economic policies, with more focus on the drivers of wage growth
Jobs scheme will not offer a long-term solution to urban unemployment. Safety nets need to better conceived
May 21, 2022 8:57 am
The proposal to introduce an urban employment guarantee scheme comes in the backdrop of the pandemic exposing the precarious position of workers, especially those employed in the informal sector in urban areas.
One out of three young graduates unemployed in India: Labour Ministry
February 06, 2014 4:16 pm
The report said that unemployment is likely to increase across all age groups.
FY13 unemployment rate at 4.7%,says Labour Bureau
September 20, 2013 12:50 am
Amongst states,Sikkim had the highest number of unemployed people while Chhattisgarh had the lowest unemployment rate in the country.
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