Most regular jobs in India don’t pay well: PLFS
5 years, 5 months ago

Most regular jobs in India don’t pay well: PLFS

Live Mint  

The much-awaited report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18 has highlighted the difficult job situation with 6.1% of India’s labour force, and 17.8% of young people in the labour force reporting to be unemployed. In 2017-18, around 45% of regular workers earned less than ₹10,000 per month, and about 12% earned less than ₹5,000 per month. In rural areas, 55% of regular workers earned less than ₹10,000 per month, while the corresponding proportion was 38% in urban areas. At the other end, only about 3% of regular workers earned a monthly salary between ₹50,000 and ₹1 lakh, and 0.2% earned over ₹1 lakh per month, the PLFS data suggests. Absence of a written job contract undermines job security, and the proportion without a job contract increased for both men and women regular workers between 2011-12 and 2017-18.

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India's small businesses drive jobs growth, wage gains curbed by inflation
3 weeks ago

India's small businesses drive jobs growth, wage gains curbed by inflation

The Hindu  

India's small businesses spanning the manufacturing, trade and services sectors added about 11 million jobs in the year to the end of September, with total employment rising to 120.6 million from 109.6 million the previous year, though wage growth was limited by high inflation. The number of small manufacturing businesses, mainly family- owned units such as garment makers, auto component …

Women’s Earnings in India Show Sharp Decline
1 month ago

Women’s Earnings in India Show Sharp Decline

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Notwithstanding the GDP growth numbers, the employment levels and earnings of women in India remain pathetic. The average gross earnings of self-employed women has declined 9 per cent in the past seven years, whereas the average earnings of regular wage earning or salaried women has just gone up by 29 per cent. Average monthly gross earnings of women engaged …

Why the increase in farm worker population is a worry
1 month ago

Why the increase in farm worker population is a worry

Live Mint  

Between 2017-18 and 2023-24, the number of Indians working in agriculture rose by 68 million. In India, while farms’ share in gross domestic product declined steadily over decades, the pace of decline in the share of agricultural workers in the workforce was slower. Women in the fields While the estimated number of men employed in agriculture rose by just 1.4 …

Little change in India’s unemployment rate in urban areas: PLFS data
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Little change in India’s unemployment rate in urban areas: PLFS data

Hindustan Times  

India’s unemployment rate in urban areas during July-Sept 2024 stood at 6.4%, compared to 6.6% in the same period last year, according to the government’s quarterly periodic labour force survey released on Monday. According to the government’s Economic Survey 2023-24, India needs to create 7.85 million non-farm jobs every year until 2030 to absorb its growing labour force. The labour …

78% of India's delivery gig workers earn less than 2.5 lakh a year: Report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

78% of India's delivery gig workers earn less than 2.5 lakh a year: Report

Hindustan Times  

77.6% of gig delivery workers in India earn less than ₹2,50,000 per annum, Business Standard wrote, citing a recent survey by Borzo, a global same-day delivery company. Only 33.5% of the surveyed gig workers filed income tax returns, which means 66.5% haven't done so. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Only 24% of gig workers invested in Public Provident Fund, generally contributing …

Data on what Indians earn does have plenty to reveal of poverty in India
9 months, 1 week ago

Data on what Indians earn does have plenty to reveal of poverty in India

Live Mint  

Even though the fact-sheet on the Consumption Expenditure Survey has been officially released, the debate on poverty is far from over. For all of India, it would imply a poverty line of ₹445 per day, slightly higher than the government notified minimum wages. This was only ₹310 per day in case of agricultural workers, lower than the estimate reported by …

Can India Ensure Living Wages at a Time When Workers Struggle for Minimum Wage?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Can India Ensure Living Wages at a Time When Workers Struggle for Minimum Wage?

The Quint  

Recruitment happened through middlemen, the pay was based on piecework, and most workers preferred daily wages to avoid deductions for benefits from their already meagre income of Rs 300. Even though company hostels provided them with shelter, migrant workers were still classified as daily wage earners, receiving no benefits. Although these workers perform industrial work, qualifying them as organised sector …

Median salaries for women rises 28% in 2024; 2.8 crore out of 7 crore applicants are female: Report
11 months, 1 week ago

Median salaries for women rises 28% in 2024; 2.8 crore out of 7 crore applicants are female: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 24 Women accounted for an impressive 2.8 crore job applications, out of a total of seven crore in 2024, marking a 20 per cent increase from 2023, revealed a new report. The total of seven crore job applications, which itself is a "25 per cent year-on-year surge", according to the report, is primarily driven by heightened workforce …

Women are losing out to men in India’s jobless growth
1 year, 1 month ago

Women are losing out to men in India’s jobless growth

Live Mint  

The share of women in regular salaried jobs in urban India dropped from 54% in the first quarter to 52.8% in the second quarter, according to quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey data, Business Standard reported. Since salaried workers receive regular wages, that type of work is preferred to casual work or self-employment, which also includes working as unpaid household help …

The big threat to India’s demographic dividend
1 year, 1 month ago

The big threat to India’s demographic dividend

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: In a short press release, dated 13 October, the Ministry of Women and Child Development announced that the Female Labour Force Participation Rate for 2022-23 had improved significantly over the previous year by 4.2 percentage points to 37%. Non-obvious insights View Full Image One of the most under-reported trends is that agriculture, which is the least productive undertaking, is …

Why women get fewer jobs and earn lesser wages than men in India
1 year, 10 months ago

Why women get fewer jobs and earn lesser wages than men in India

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 27, 2023 12:39 IST Following the announcement by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in October last year of equal pay for all men and women Team India cricketers, the highest bid received by a cricketer in the inaugural Women’s Premier League is being celebrated as a watershed moment, not just in India but globally. …

India Inc may raise pay by 10.3% this year
1 year, 10 months ago

India Inc may raise pay by 10.3% this year

Live Mint  

Indian companies may raise wages by an average of 10.3% this year despite concerns about a global slowdown, professional services firm Aon India said, as companies seek to retain talent amid the highest attrition in 14 years. Employee turnover of 21.4%, changes in talent strategies, and a demand gap in the supply chain are pushing firms to offer double-digit pay …

Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps
1 year, 11 months ago

Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps

Hindustan Times  

India, which assumed presidency of G20 this year, has stated that it will prioritise inclusive growth and development, with women empowerment and representation at the forefront of its G20 discussions. This indeed is a desirable objective, given the large gender inequalities that exist in several G20 member countries, especially in India, which also gets reflected in its overall human development …

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 …

Bias forces poorly paid women in India out of jobs: Oxfam report
2 years, 3 months ago

Bias forces poorly paid women in India out of jobs: Oxfam report

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 15, 2022 16:25 IST A woman competing with a man for jobs in India’s villages is 100 per cent likely to face discrimination because of her gender and stands only a two per cent chance of finding work in cities, a new report from Oxfam found. The report said that 15.6 per cent of the urban Muslim …

Why India's Laxmi Deserves More Shakti Through Equal Skill Training and Job Opportunities
2 years, 4 months ago

Why India's Laxmi Deserves More Shakti Through Equal Skill Training and Job Opportunities

News 18  

A recent report by consulting group McKinsey Global has highlighted the immense economic potential India is failing to realise, all because women face work-related hindrances. As per the Time Use Survey Report 2019, women in India spend only 61 minutes per day on employment and related activities, as opposed to 247 minutes spent on unpaid domestic services. According to 2019-2020 …

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 …

The difference in public and private estimates of employment in India
2 years, 9 months ago

The difference in public and private estimates of employment in India

Hindustan Times  

India does not have official high-frequency employment data, unlike countries such as the US, where statistics on employment, hours of work, overtime work, weekly and hourly income are available every month. CPHS overestimates the labour earnings for the pre-pandemic year According to PLFS data, the all-India average labour income in 2018-19 was ₹11,225 per month. This is 19% to 55% …

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 …

Gender Pay Parity: 37% Indian Working Women Get Paid Less Than Men, Suggests Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Gender Pay Parity: 37% Indian Working Women Get Paid Less Than Men, Suggests Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Even as 66 percent of Indians believe that the condition of gender equality has improved compared to their parents' time, working women still face the strongest gender bias across Asia Pacific countries. In this alarming report, one in five working women in India stated that their companies exhibit a 'favourable bias' towards men when compared to the regional …

Only 7% of urban Indian women have paid jobs
3 years, 10 months ago

Only 7% of urban Indian women have paid jobs

The Economist  

Listen to this story. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, a local research firm, put the share of urban women in or looking for work at just 7% in November. Their answers to questions like “Should men have more right to a job than women?” are more egalitarian than poll responses in Indonesia, where fully 53% of women pursue work …

No, Kamal Haasan. Pay for Household Work Won't Help Indian Women. These Policy Prescriptions Would
4 years ago

No, Kamal Haasan. Pay for Household Work Won't Help Indian Women. These Policy Prescriptions Would

News 18  

When actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam released a seven-point manifesto for Reimagining Tamil Nadu in the run-up to the 2021 elections, a glass ceiling was broken. To see mainstream politicians and judges recognize the burden of women’s disproportionate domestic work, and make it an election issue is heartening especially because Indian women spend up to 10X the time on …

India's GDP drag: Why the unfair gender-division in work weighs down the economy
4 years, 3 months ago

India's GDP drag: Why the unfair gender-division in work weighs down the economy

India Today  

About six years ago, Sonu Devi, 31, a farmer from Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district told this reporter what a day in her life was like. Women spent an average of 299 minutes per day on unpaid domestic labour, with men spending 97 minutes. Women spent an average of 134 minutes per day on unpaid caregiving responsibilities for household members, nearly …

India’s unemployment rate saw a small dip in 2018-19, says survey
4 years, 7 months ago

India’s unemployment rate saw a small dip in 2018-19, says survey

The Hindu  

India’s unemployment rate improved from the 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18 to 5.8% in 2018-19, says the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Thursday. The labour force participation rate also improved marginally, from 36.9% in 2017-18 to 37.5% in 2018-19. The unemployment rate is the percentage of people without work …

Why is it necessary to fix a minimum wage?
5 years, 1 month ago

Why is it necessary to fix a minimum wage?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 8, the President gave his assent to the Code on Wages, 2019, that had earlier been approved by Parliament. Following the consultation, the Centre will notify the rules that will create the mechanisms to fix a floor wage that would then undergird the minimum wages for different categories of workers — unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled …

Gender pay gap still high in India, women earn 19% less than men; IT sector shows pay gap of 26%: Survey
5 years, 10 months ago

Gender pay gap still high in India, women earn 19% less than men; IT sector shows pay gap of 26%: Survey

Firstpost  

According to the latest Monster Salary Index, the current gender pay gap in India stood at 19 percent where men earned Rs 46.19 more in comparison to women. New Delhi: Gender pay gap is still high in India, as women in the country earn 19 percent less than men, and wage inequalities in favour of men are present in all …

Gender pay gap still high, women in India earn 19% less than men: Report
5 years, 10 months ago

Gender pay gap still high, women in India earn 19% less than men: Report

Live Mint  

Gender pay gap is still high in India, as women in the country earn 19 per cent less than men, and wage inequalities in favour of men are present in all the relevant sectors, a survey said Thursday. According to the latest Monster Salary Index, the current gender pay gap in India stood at 19 per cent where men earned …

The enormity of job challenge that India faces
6 years, 2 months ago

The enormity of job challenge that India faces

Live Mint  

While there is no clarity on the extent of jobs created in the economy since 2011-12, there is no disagreement that the economy has failed to create enough jobs. The unrest among farmers driven by declining incomes is also a manifestation of the problem of employment in a country with almost half of the total workforce working in agriculture. The …

In India, Women Earn Only 65% of Men’s Earnings: Report
6 years, 3 months ago

In India, Women Earn Only 65% of Men’s Earnings: Report

The Quint  

A report released by the Centre for Sustainable Employment of the Azim Premji University on Tuesday states that the gender gap varies widely i.e. Apart from the wage gap, the Indian economy still remains heavily gender segregated. The report also detailed how the gender wage gap had declined across all occupations in general, but remained high among service and domestic …

India’s job challenge: Options aplenty but well-paying ones elude workforce
6 years, 4 months ago

India’s job challenge: Options aplenty but well-paying ones elude workforce

Hindustan Times  

Everybody agrees that employment generation is India’s biggest political-economy challenge. While the share of agriculture in India’s GDP has been coming down, its share of employment has been relatively constant. The relative share being greater than one will mean that the sector’s income share is greater than its employment share in the economy. A 2014 Reserve Bank of India working …

India’s female workforce participation stands at 24%; motherhood, gender inequality in household work to blame
6 years, 5 months ago

India’s female workforce participation stands at 24%; motherhood, gender inequality in household work to blame

Firstpost  

With motherhood, the chances of women remaining in paid employment do go down. “While there are few entry points for women, the exit gates are many – pregnancy, child care, elderly care, lack of family support, and unsupportive work environment,” said an April 2018 study, Predicament of Returning Mothers, conducted jointly by Ashoka University and the Genpact Centre for Women’s …

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