NDA faces a tough jobs question ahead of polls
5 years, 11 months ago

NDA faces a tough jobs question ahead of polls

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Thursday struggled to explain reports of joblessness spiking to a 45-year high at 6.1% in 2017-18, after the publication of a leaked document of the National Sample Survey Office reignited the jobless growth debate seen in the United Progressive Alliance era. Kumar said NSSO would release PLFS reports by March after processing the July-September and October-December quarterly PLFS surveys. “The results of the PLFS will be brought out in the form of an Annual Key Report, which would contain detailed tables for both rural and urban sectors, and quarterly bulletins, which would contain, for the urban sector, estimates of the changes in key labour force parameters,” according to the NSSO website. 5 years later, his leaked job creation report card reveals a National Disaster.” However, the ruling BJP countered, also on Twitter: “EPFO’s real data shows sharp increase in jobs, created in just the last 15 months”.

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Statistical reform has begun: How far will it go?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Statistical reform has begun: How far will it go?

Live Mint  

After long years of stasis, there seems to be a flurry of activity at the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation. To address this issue, Mospi has set up a new division on administrative statistics that will harmonize data standards across ministries, said a senior Mospi official who did not wish to be identified. Mospi officials are now trying …

Employment data to be released faster, government assures House panel
2 years, 9 months ago

Employment data to be released faster, government assures House panel

The Hindu  

The government will aim to release employment data within five months of conducting the relevant surveys and strive to align these releases with GDP data in the long run, the Statistics Ministry told a Parliamentary panel that questioned the significant delay in the release of ‘one of the most important socio-economic indicators’ for policymaking. Urging the Statistics Ministry to reduce …

Govt committed to maintain credibility of statistical organisations; NSSO employment data to be released by month-end: Official
5 years, 9 months ago

Govt committed to maintain credibility of statistical organisations; NSSO employment data to be released by month-end: Official

Firstpost  

The senior government official’s comments come against the backdrop of as many as 108 economists and social scientists alleged “political interference” in statistical data New Delhi: The government is committed to maintaining the credibility of statistical organisations and the NSSO employment data would be released by month-end, a senior official said Monday as he dismissed concerns about alleged political interference …

Opinion | The latest NSSO report creates opportunity for labour reform
5 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | The latest NSSO report creates opportunity for labour reform

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Demonetization carpet-bombed the economy, while the goods and services tax created a minefield, arbitrarily killing firms that put a foot wrong. The periodic labour force survey, conducted by the National Sample Survey Office, reported the unemployment rate at 6.1% for 2017-18—the highest in 45 years. In India’s complex regulatory system, formalization comes at a high cost, and India’s labour force …

Govt says NSSO survey citing high unemployment rate in India not final; official report in March
5 years, 11 months ago

Govt says NSSO survey citing high unemployment rate in India not final; official report in March

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Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, who had previously mounted a defence of lowering of UPA-era GDP growth rates, at a press conference on Thursday said the report cited by the newspaper “is not finalised. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, who had previously mounted a defence of lowering of UPA-era GDP growth rates, at a hurriedly called press conference …

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