Work undone: How India fails its young job seekers
5 years, 7 months ago

Work undone: How India fails its young job seekers

Al Jazeera  

As India goes to polls, Al Jazeera looks at its intensifying unemployment crisis and the politics that surround it. But just today an interviewer told me I’m too qualified,” said the 24-year-old, who is a Dalit – one of the former “untouchable” caste who still face segregation and social exclusion in India. The politics of unemployment In India’s ongoing national polls, the leaked job report is the arrowhead of the opposition parties’ campaign against the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government. PC Mohanan, the NSC’s interim chairman who resigned in protest, told Al Jazeera, “The suppression of the employment report was part of a general attempt to maintain certain narratives of the government regarding economic performance and job scenario.” In 2016, the Modi government also discontinued the Labour Bureau’s household and enterprise-level employment-unemployment surveys. First, India’s economic growth story – averaging 6.6 percent in 1990-2000 and 6.8 percent in the current decade – has been characterised by economists as “jobless growth”.

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Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge
4 days, 21 hours ago

Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge

The Quint  

Peoplefy works closely with Large GCCs and IT Companies for their niche talent needs. According to a 2023 report by the India Skills Report, only 48.7% of the Indian workforce is deemed employable, highlighting a massive gap between education and industry requirements. The report also emphasizes that while India's literacy rate is around 77.7%, literacy does not equate to employability. …

India job outlook 2025: How IT, energy, infra, logistics will drive hiring
1 month ago

India job outlook 2025: How IT, energy, infra, logistics will drive hiring

India Today  

Employers in India are more optimistic about increased hiring next year compared to their global counterparts. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook report, which surveyed 3,000 employers, 53 per cent plan to hire while 13 per cent anticipate a reduction in staffing levels during Q1 2025. Sonal Arora, country manager of GI Group Holding, stated: “Overall, 2024 was a …

Building on the revival of the manufacturing sector
1 month, 1 week ago

Building on the revival of the manufacturing sector

The Hindu  

India’s journey to becoming a global manufacturing hub has gained momentum with the government’s strategic policy initiatives, particularly the Production Linked Incentive scheme. The results of the ASI 2022-23 show a healthy double-digit expansion in the growth rate of manufacturing sector output — at 21.5% — despite a high base of 2021-22 which saw a sharp rebound as the economy …

‘Indian economy cannot progress as long as…’: Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre
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1 month, 1 week ago

‘Indian economy cannot progress as long as…’: Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre

Hindustan Times  

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the India's Gross Domestic Product growth rate has fallen to its lowest in two years at 5.4 percent. Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said India's GDP growth has dropped to 5.4 percent, the lowest in two years. The thing is clear - the Indian economy cannot progress as …

IMF Sees India's Economic Growth and Outlook as Stable
2 months, 3 weeks ago

IMF Sees India's Economic Growth and Outlook as Stable

New Indian Express  

India remains the world's fastest-growing economy, with inflation expected to decline to 4.4% in FY24-25. IMF Director Krishna Srinivasan highlights the country's strong macroeconomic fundamentals, including a large and growing population, favourable harvests, and a stable fiscal situation. Srinivasan suggests that the country focus on creating jobs, removing trade restrictions, and investing in infrastructure and education to strengthen its economy …

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy
3 months ago

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy

Hindustan Times  

The article highlights the need for India to invest in skill development and upskilling its workforce to address the challenges of a rapidly changing job market. The government's recent policy aims to enhance skill development for its youth through various initiatives, including the Skill India Mission and the launch of a new scheme focused on collaborative efforts between state and …

Success with services could make the elephant dance
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Success with services could make the elephant dance

Live Mint  

The differences in the growth patterns of China and India are very striking. Labor productivity levels in services are well above those in industry, and productivity growth in service sectors in India match labour productivity growth in China’s manufacturing sectors. There is no ‘Dutch disease’ facing India’s services sector, as service prices have not fallen with an increase in its …

IT and textile sector labelled 'job destroyers,' significant decline in job growth in FY 2023-24: BoB report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

IT and textile sector labelled 'job destroyers,' significant decline in job growth in FY 2023-24: BoB report

Hindustan Times  

India Inc. saw a significant slowdown in employment growth, with an increase of just 1.5 per cent in FY24, compared to a 5.7 per cent rise in FY23, according to a report by Bank of Baroda. Job growth increased by just 1.5% in FY24, compared to a 5.7% rise in FY23, {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The report highlighted that only …

The budget & jobs: Prescriptions without diagnosis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The budget & jobs: Prescriptions without diagnosis

New Indian Express  

The Union budget for 2024-25 has a grand target to provide employment to 4.1 crore young people in 5 years, which works out to 8.2 million a year. For example, it speaks of an “improved” situation “with the unemployment declining to 3.2 percent in 2022-23”, “rising youth and female participation in the workforce”, and a “bounce-back of the organised manufacturing …

Job Creation Seems Better Than Before but What About Quality and Sustainability?
5 months, 1 week ago

Job Creation Seems Better Than Before but What About Quality and Sustainability?

The Quint  

India's job market landscape presents a complex narrative, characterised by both positive indicators and underlying anxieties. The Reserve Bank of India recently published 'Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level-The India KLEMS Database,' providing data on employment trends across 27 key industries in India. The database, spanning FY 1980-81 to 2022-23 aims to provide critical data points on economic output, worker …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Only 51% graduates employable
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Only 51% graduates employable

The Hindu  

According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, 65% of India’s fast-growing population is under the age of 35, and many lack the skills needed by a modern economy. The 2022-23 Annual Report of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship notes, “as per National Single SignOn, 2011-12 report on Status of Education and Vocational Training in India, among persons of age …

Centre questions Citigroup’s report on employment in India
6 months ago

Centre questions Citigroup’s report on employment in India

The Hindu  

The Union Labour Ministry questioned the findings of a report prepared by the United States-based banking giant Citigroup and said the group failed to account for the “comprehensive and positive employment data” available from official sources such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey and the Reserve Bank of India’s capital, labour, energy, material and services data. The Citigroup’s report had …

Labour ministry rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India
6 months, 1 week ago

Labour ministry rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The labour ministry on Monday rebutted a recent report by Citigroup which forecast that India will struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate. The ministry in a statement said the report "fails to account for the comprehensive and positive employment data available from official sources such as Periodic Labour Force Survey …

India won't be able to create enough jobs over next decade even if economy grows 7%: Citigroup
6 months, 1 week ago

India won't be able to create enough jobs over next decade even if economy grows 7%: Citigroup

Hindustan Times  

India will struggle to create enough jobs for its growing workforce over the next decade even if the economy grows at a rapid pace of 7%, Citigroup Inc. said, suggesting the world’s most-populous nation will need more concerted steps to boost employment and skills. India will struggle to create enough jobs for its growing workforce over the next decade even …

Bridging the Gap: How India Can Unlock the Potential of its Service Sector - News18
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bridging the Gap: How India Can Unlock the Potential of its Service Sector - News18

News 18  

The service sector has undeniably been the primary driver of India’s growth since the year 2000. Skill Gap In India, the skill gap in the labour force is a significant challenge, with only 51 per cent of the youth deemed employable due to a lack of necessary skills. Efforts to bridge this gap must include public-private partnerships, such as the …

‘Destruction of jobs’: India election turns spotlight on a dream gone sour
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Destruction of jobs’: India election turns spotlight on a dream gone sour

Al Jazeera  

India’s workforce is getting more informalised, and the quality of employment has suffered since the COVID-19 pandemic. Sahu’s experience is characteristic not only of India’s growing gig economy, but Even in the formal sector, about 18 percent of workers did not have work contracts that could protect them. ‘Slippage’ in job quality While India’s economy is pegged to grow at …

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast
9 months, 1 week ago

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The India Employment Report 2024, released recently by the International Labour Organisation, paints a grim picture. The news is particularly bad on two critical counts: joblessness is particularly high among the youth, and its worse for the educated youth. According to the report, India’s youth account for 83% of the unemployed workforce, with the share of the educated youth among …

India’s jobs crisis, the macroeconomic reasons
1 year ago

India’s jobs crisis, the macroeconomic reasons

The Hindu  

There are many indications everywhere that India continues to be going through a jobs crisis. Employment growth rate is determined by the relative strength of two factors — the output growth rate and the labour productivity growth rate. If labour productivity growth rate does not change, higher output growth rate increases employment growth rate. On the other hand, if labour …

Hiring in India: 37% employers planning to increase staff strength by 2024 March
1 year, 1 month ago

Hiring in India: 37% employers planning to increase staff strength by 2024 March

Live Mint  

India has one of the strongest hiring sentiments in the world over the next three months, with 37 percent of businesses planning to increase their staff levels in response to strong domestic demand, a report has stated. As per the survey, India and the Netherlands reported strongest net employment outlooks at 37 percent, followed by Costa Rica and the US …

Bharat’s Model of Economic Growth Cannot Be Built on Western Models - News18
1 year, 2 months ago

Bharat’s Model of Economic Growth Cannot Be Built on Western Models - News18

News 18  

Policymaking in the agriculture space is rife with several myths, misconceptions, and assumptions. A NITI Aayog paper from 2022 highlights four structural paths that farmers could find themselves on: the Farmer Developing Path, the Lewis Path, the Lewis Trap, and the Farmer Excluding Path. The Indian agricultural sector employs 44 per cent of the labour force in the country while …

Labour and its discontents
1 year, 3 months ago

Labour and its discontents

Hindustan Times  

There is a widespread consensus that employment generation is India’s central economic challenge. At one level, it can be argued that failure to reduce the employment share of agriculture is India’s biggest labour market challenge. At another, it can also be argued that the quality of non-agricultural jobs, caste-based inequalities in labour markets and a big gender gap in employment …

Indian economic prospects may require a more realistic analysis
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian economic prospects may require a more realistic analysis

Live Mint  

The chaos and cacophony of bazaars have a life-affirming quality. Walking through a Delhi bazaar last week, chatting with friendly shopkeepers and roadside merchants and revelling in the warm glow of traditional India, it was impossible not to feel optimistic about the country’s prospects. Recall that, in 2020-21, India’s economy, still recovering from an unwarranted demonetization, contracted by 7% as …

India's GDP growth exceeds expectations, but key to 'Amrit Kaal' lies in manufacturing
1 year, 7 months ago

India's GDP growth exceeds expectations, but key to 'Amrit Kaal' lies in manufacturing

Firstpost  

The coming 24-25 years will be crucial to India in determining its stakes as a global political and economic power. The fifth-largest economy now needs to gear up to its highest potential, with the manufacturing sector being given a fair chance to show its charisma Outperforming expectations, India’s GDP grew at the rate of 6.1 per cent in the last …

Jobs for the young must be a key policy priority
1 year, 7 months ago

Jobs for the young must be a key policy priority

Hindustan Times  

Economic data published this week turned my attention to economics, economies, and the numbers or statistics that make up the raw material that economists study. But he found that mathematical calculations very often produced wrong results, so preferring to be, as he put it, roughly right rather than absolutely wrong, he joined the World Bank, There, he held senior positions …

As India’s population soars above all other nations, fewer women have jobs
1 year, 9 months ago

As India’s population soars above all other nations, fewer women have jobs

LA Times  

Sheela Singh cried the day she handed in her resignation. The women’s employment rate peaked at 35% in 2004 and fell to about 25% in 2022, according to calculations based on official data, said Rosa Abraham, an economist at Azim Premji University. A national jobs crisis is one reason for the gap, experts say, but entrenched cultural beliefs that see …

Year in Review | Indian economy amid global headwinds
2 years ago

Year in Review | Indian economy amid global headwinds

The Hindu  

Multiple headwinds at varied points of time impacted the Indian economy’s thorough economic revival in the calendar year 2022. “India’s growth rates in real terms of 9.7% in the first half of this year is well above the trend in other countries and is happening amid tightening global financial conditions and the commodity price shock since the Ukraine invasion by …

India’s youth bulge may have already peaked
2 years, 1 month ago

India’s youth bulge may have already peaked

Live Mint  

The latest round of the Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators published by the Reserve Bank of India expects the Indian economy to grow by 6.9% in 2022-23 and by 6% in 2023-24. Nonetheless, we have a problem on the jobs front, with economic growth not creating enough of them for India’s youth. Industrial policy eyes forex pile for …

Why India can’t afford women staying out of labour market
2 years, 1 month ago

Why India can’t afford women staying out of labour market

Live Mint  

Separately, Oxfam India’s India Discrimination Report 2022 revealed that wages are lower for women overwhelmingly because of discriminatory practices and only slightly due to lack of education and work experience. Besides, a significant number of qualified women were found unwilling to join the labour market due to ‘family responsibilities’, said the report. A recent Bloomberg Economics analysis estimated that though …

DC Edit | PM’s jobs drive much needed
2 years, 2 months ago

DC Edit | PM’s jobs drive much needed

Deccan Chronicle  

Set to take its first step towards the declared target of creating, notifying and recruiting mission youth in government jobs, the Narendra Modi government has given the unemployed and under-employed youth, and their families, the best possible Diwali gift. The first tranche of 75,000 virtual job offers to fill a plethora of current public job vacancies is much needed and …

57% of IT Professionals Would not Consider Returning to IT Services Sector: Survey
2 years, 3 months ago

57% of IT Professionals Would not Consider Returning to IT Services Sector: Survey

News 18  

As many as 57 per cent of IT professionals claim that they would not consider returning to the IT services sector in the future in a recent survey ‘Talent Exodus Report’ released by tech staffing firm, TeamLease Digital. The survey reveals that employees’ preference has changed from salary to flexibility, career growth, and value proposition. Read | In World of …

Youth employment deteriorated in India: ILO report
2 years, 5 months ago

Youth employment deteriorated in India: ILO report

The Hindu  

India experienced severe working-hour and employment losses in 2020 and 2021, and Indian youth employment deteriorated in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022 report released by the International Labour Organisation on Thursday. In India, the report said surveys conducted by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy show that the youth employment participation …

At 75, India seeks way forward in big but job-scarce economy
2 years, 5 months ago

At 75, India seeks way forward in big but job-scarce economy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — As India’s economy grew, the hum of factories turned the sleepy, dusty village of Manesar into a booming industrial hub, cranking out everything from cars and sinks to smartphones and tablets. If I live like this, how will my children live any better?” Entire families leave their homes in India’s vast rural hinterlands to camp at such …

Only 3 in 1000 Get Govt Jobs, Number of Jobs, Selected Candidates on a Decline
2 years, 5 months ago

Only 3 in 1000 Get Govt Jobs, Number of Jobs, Selected Candidates on a Decline

News 18  

Getting a government job is tough and it’s getting tougher by the year. Year Selected Candidates 2014-15 1,30,423 2015-16 1,11,807 2016-17 1,01,333 2017-18 76,147 2018-19 38,100 2019-20 1,47,096 2020-21 78,555 2021-22 38,850 Total 7,22,311 Year No of Applicants 2014-15 2,32,22,083 2015-16 2,95,51,844 2016-17 2,28,99,612 2017-18 3,94,76,878 2018-19 5,09,36,479 2019-20 1,78,39,752 2020-21 1,80,01,469 2021-22 1,86,71,121 Total 22,05,99,238 Blaming the ruling BJP …

Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic
2 years, 5 months ago

Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST Shalini Ghosh runs a fairly popular boutique chain selling ethnic garments and gift items from West Bengal. Going by the CMIE statistics, one State that has witnessed a high level of unemployment among graduates is Bihar, with 34.2 per cent of its graduate workforce without a job. Speaking to Frontline, Jawhar Sircar, a …

Looking beyond the joblessness number
2 years, 6 months ago

Looking beyond the joblessness number

Hindustan Times  

Unemployment rates are often looked at as the ultimate measure of a country’s ability to create employment. While they are indeed an important metric as far as the labour market is concerned, there is a need to look beyond the headline unemployment number, especially in the case of emerging market economies such as India. The 2020-21 PLFS report – it …

What forced PM Modi's jobs push now
2 years, 7 months ago

What forced PM Modi's jobs push now

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the status of human resources in all central government ministries and departments and ordered the recruitment of 10 lakh people in a mission mode in the next 18 months,” the PM's Office said in a tweet on Tuesday. — PMO India June 14, 2022 Tuesday’s tweet from the PMO follows protests by frustrated job …

Joblessness on the rise in India
2 years, 8 months ago

Joblessness on the rise in India

The Hindu  

After many years of refusing to recognise there is a jobs crisis in India, the government of India, faced with relentless data to the contrary, has now resorted to misinformation. As compared to the 8% per annum GDP growth in the period 2004-14, and 7.5 million new non-farm jobs created each year over 2005 to 2012, the number of new …

'Factually incorrect': Centre rubbishes reports of Indians losing hope for work
2 years, 8 months ago

'Factually incorrect': Centre rubbishes reports of Indians losing hope for work

India TV News  

Highlights Labour force and workforce in the country increased during 2017-18 to 2019-20, govt said There has been an increase in the female labour force, the govt further said Employment is the primary concern of the Government of India, it said Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday said that reports stating half of the working-age population has lost hope …

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force
2 years, 8 months ago

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force

Al Jazeera  

Frustrated with the lack of good jobs, more than half of the 900 million Indians of working age no longer want one. Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age — roughly the population of the U.S. and Russia combined — don’t want a job, according to the CMIE. “The large share of discouraged workers …

India’s GDP can grow to $40 trillion if working-age population gets employment: CII report
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s GDP can grow to $40 trillion if working-age population gets employment: CII report

The Hindu  

India’s Gross Domestic Product can grow from the current $3 trillion to $9 trillion by 2030, and $40 trillion by 2047, if the country’s working-age population — which is expected to increase by over 100 million people between 2020-30, is productively employed, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry. ‘Golden period’ “The golden period of 30 years …

The era of an unemployed India
2 years, 9 months ago

The era of an unemployed India

The Hindu  

Reports on and the visuals of the recent agitations by railway job applicants reveal a widespread problem of massive job insecurity among India’s youth. One such index is the downward pressure unleashed by the influx of overqualified youth aspiring for middle and lower rung government jobs, which, despite their modest pay, are highly coveted given the greater job security ascribed …

Rahul Gandhi's two India attack on Modi govt on jobs & wealth, says rich-poor divide increasing
2 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's two India attack on Modi govt on jobs & wealth, says rich-poor divide increasing

India Today  

There are two Indias - one for the ultra rich and one for the rest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. "Another India is for poor people and the divide between two Indias is widening," Rahul Gandhi said. The one they had has disappeared," Rahul Gandhi said, adding that in 2021, 3 crore youth lost their …

A hazy picture on employment in India
2 years, 11 months ago

A hazy picture on employment in India

The Hindu  

The two important indicators of structural transformation in any economy are rates of growth and changes in the structural composition of output and the workforce. Also, the unemployment rate in the female labour force in rural areas is far lower than the male labour force, whereas the opposite holds true in urban areas. This is despite the fact that the …

Job loss in women-centric sectors, family care & more: Why young female workers were worst hit by Covid
3 years, 2 months ago

Job loss in women-centric sectors, family care & more: Why young female workers were worst hit by Covid

India Today  

Commercial activities might be limping back to normalcy but the scars of Covid on the Indian economy will take time to heal. While the overall employment-to-population ratio fell 1.6 per cent between January and March 2020, it fell 5.6 per cent for younger women, showed the latest report by the International Labour Organization. Women were disproportionately affected, accounting for 38.9 …

Explained: Why India's economy needs a manufacturing push
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained: Why India's economy needs a manufacturing push

India Today  

India’s economy needs a strong manufacturing push as the nation’s dominant services sector struggles to return to normalcy after two deadly waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read | Covid-19: India’s services activity in May contracts for 1st time in 8 months SLOW PROGRESS IN MANUFACTURING Even before the pandemic brought the economy to a standstill in 2020, growth in India’s …

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason
3 years, 6 months ago

Indians prefer job guarantee over everything else. This is the top reason

Live Mint  

A majority of urban Indians left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic want the government to guarantee them jobs like it does for people in rural areas, says a study by the London School of Economics. An overwhelming 82% of respondents surveyed for the report ‘City of dreams no more, a year on: worklessness and active labour market policies in urban …

Working from home has changed the lives of many of India’s women
4 years, 1 month ago

Working from home has changed the lives of many of India’s women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet a surprising bright spot …

Even as economic recovery continues, India lost 5.5 lakh jobs in October
4 years, 2 months ago

Even as economic recovery continues, India lost 5.5 lakh jobs in October

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Despite the economic recovery seen in October, the month has recorded a fall in employment for the first time since May, finds CMIE. However, the salaried class added close to 5 million jobs and businesses and farmers another five million, which led to a net job loss of 5.5 lakh, said Kruti Shah, economist, Emkay Global Financial Services. The …

India's jobless growth, coronavirus impact and rising unemployment
4 years, 4 months ago

India's jobless growth, coronavirus impact and rising unemployment

India Today  

When India’s growth was blooming in 2016-17, it earned the tag of the fastest-growing major economy in the world. READ | Welcome to Jobless Growth: Why India is facing an unemployment crisis They warned that the rate of jobless growth could severely impact India’s economy which depends heavily on the middle class population, engaged primarily in salaried jobs and entrepreneurship. …

India’s Gen Z risks getting left out of formal jobs: London School of Economics study
4 years, 4 months ago

India’s Gen Z risks getting left out of formal jobs: London School of Economics study

Live Mint  

India has been struggling with an unemployment problem and the coronavirus pandemic is making it even more difficult for its youngest workers to earn a decent living, shows an analysis by the London School of Economics. Workers in cities in the age group of 18 to 25 years were already much less likely to be in formal jobs and more …

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