Median salaries for women rises 28% in 2024; 2.8 crore out of 7 crore applicants are female: Report
10 months, 2 weeks 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 participation among women and youth. "Women contributed 2.8 crore job applications out of a total seven crore. Besides witnessing high growth in women's job applications, the report also saw a rise in job applications from freshers, with a "27 per cent year-on-year increase", totalling over two crore applications.

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Women’s Earnings in India Show Sharp Decline
1 week, 5 days 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 …

69% growth in rural female employment during 2018-23, says government report
2 weeks ago

69% growth in rural female employment during 2018-23, says government report

New Indian Express  

India has witnessed significant growth in its Female Labour Force Participation Rate, particularly in rural areas, from 2017–18 to 2022–23, according to the government. In the executive summary of the paper, the authors state: "Our paper measures the final outcome of these initiatives as a cumulative growth in female LFPR across India, with a particular focus on rural areas. According …

Why the increase in farm worker population is a worry
2 weeks, 1 day 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 …

Economic imperative of women’s leadership in India’s private sector
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Economic imperative of women’s leadership in India’s private sector

Hindustan Times  

This decade is widely regarded as India’s, with the country poised to realise its vision of becoming a global economic powerhouse. Central to this transformation is India’s private sector, which plays a pivotal role in driving growth, innovation, and competitiveness, setting the stage for a robust and sustainable economic future. Building a pipeline of women to reach leadership roles can …

Significant rise in women workforce participation: Minister Karandlaje
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Significant rise in women workforce participation: Minister Karandlaje

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The participation of women in the country's workforce has seen a significant increase over the past six years, Shobha Karandlaje, Union minister of state for labour & employment, said on Thursday. Responding to a question from Rajya Sabha member of parliament Sagarika Ghose on women employment, Karandlaje told the upper house that the worker population ratio, or the …

Over 60,000 appointment letters for government jobs issued to youth: Labour Ministry
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Over 60,000 appointment letters for government jobs issued to youth: Labour Ministry

The Hindu  

Over 60,000 appointment letters for government jobs were issued to youth across Central Ministries and departments as on November 7, said a senior official at the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Thursday. Releasing the figures, he said the Central government had an outlay of ₹2 lakh crore for employment creation under Budget 2024-25. “Also, with the approval of major …

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

Urban labour market shows improvement as unemployment declines in September quarter
1 month ago

Urban labour market shows improvement as unemployment declines in September quarter

Live Mint  

India's urban labour market demonstrated steady gains in July-September, with rising workforce participation and a slight dip in unemployment, according to recent data. Urban unemployment rate, a key indicator of joblessness, fell to 6.4% in July-September, down from 6.6% a year prior, as per data from the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation on Monday. The Labour Force Participation Rate …

India on track to increase its workforce to 457.62 million by 2028, says a new report by American software company
1 month, 1 week ago

India on track to increase its workforce to 457.62 million by 2028, says a new report by American software company

Hindustan Times  

India is on track to increase its workforce from 423.73 million in 2023 to 457.62 million by 2028, reflecting a net gain of 33.89 million workers, a report said on Wednesday. According to a report by American software company ServiceNow, emerging technology will transform talent across India's key growth sectors, generating 2.73 million new tech jobs by 2028. "AI will …

Empowering Women: The Key to Boosting India's GDP
2 months, 1 week ago

Empowering Women: The Key to Boosting India's GDP

Hindustan Times  

Achieving gender equality in India could boost the GDP by $700 billion by 2025, representing a 16% increase over the current contribution. Women contribute about 18% of India’s GDP, significantly below the global average of 37%. This indicates a vast potential for growth if gender gaps in employment are addressed.

For Every 10 Tourist Arrivals in India, 4 Are Women; Only 3 Indian Women Go Abroad of 10 Passengers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

For Every 10 Tourist Arrivals in India, 4 Are Women; Only 3 Indian Women Go Abroad of 10 Passengers

News 18  

The share of women in both inbound and outbound traffic remains below half and has not improved in the last few years, official data analysed by News18 shows. The share of women in Indian national departures ranged between 28 and 34 per cent between 2019 and 2023. In 2022, there were 2.16 crore Indian national departures, including 69.13 lakh women. …

Were eight crore new jobs created in three years?
4 months ago

Were eight crore new jobs created in three years?

The Hindu  

Employment, or the lack of it, has been a major issue of debate among economists and policy makers in India in recent years. Tailing this claim, the research team of the State Bank of India published a validating report that claimed a match between the total number of workers in the India-KLEMS database and in the NSSO’s Annual Survey of …

17 Crore Jobs Created in India Over The Last 10 Years: Centre
4 months, 2 weeks ago

17 Crore Jobs Created in India Over The Last 10 Years: Centre

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje announced in the Lok Sabha that employment in India increased by around 17 crore over the past decade, as reported by news agency IANS. She also highlighted that the Periodic Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation since 2017-18, serves as the official …

Job Creation Seems Better Than Before but What About Quality and Sustainability?
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

NSE MD gives 10/10 score to Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: ‘Huge fillip to job creation in India’
5 months ago

NSE MD gives 10/10 score to Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: ‘Huge fillip to job creation in India’

Hindustan Times  

Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD and CEO at National Stock Exchange, said that the Union Budget 2024 presented by Finance minister under the Modi 3.0 government “has given a huge fillip to job creation in India by ensuring that the private sector also participates in job creation in addition to the government sector while ensuring that India becomes the number 1 start …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Economy needs to generate nearly 78.51 lakh jobs annually in the non-farm sector
5 months ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Economy needs to generate nearly 78.51 lakh jobs annually in the non-farm sector

The Hindu  

India's workforce is nearly 56.5 crore, with more than 45% employed in agriculture, 11.4% in manufacturing, 28.9% in services, and 13.0% in construction, highlights the Economic Survey 2023-24 released by the finance ministry on July 22. It stated, “The female labour force participation rate has been rising for six years, from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 37% in 2022-23, driven mainly …

Demography and its discontents
5 months, 1 week ago

Demography and its discontents

Hindustan Times  

India does not have an official population number after 2011. India is believed to have become the world’s most populous country sometime between January and July 2023 / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR A country’s demographics, of course, do not wait for official data. The World Population Prospects report released by the United Nations — it is the most authoritative …

Eight crore new jobs in last three to four years: PM Modi
5 months, 1 week ago

Eight crore new jobs in last three to four years: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 13 said that as per a report by the RBI, eight crore new jobs were made available in the country in the last three to four years. Mr. Modi was speaking at an event in Mumbai’s Goregaon suburb after launching and laying the foundation stone for ₹29,000 crore projects in road, railway and port …

India Needs to Create 148 mn Additional Jobs by 2030
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India Needs to Create 148 mn Additional Jobs by 2030

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: India’s transformation from a rural-based economy to a services-led economy is incomplete. As the population continues to grow, India will need to create up to an additional 148 million jobs by 2030 and 324 million jobs by 2050, finds the IMF. “We find that India will need to create 148 million jobs by 2030 and 324 million by 2050 …

Centre questions Citigroup’s report on employment in India
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Use Of UPI Payments In India Surged By 7.2% In 2022-23: Report
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Use Of UPI Payments In India Surged By 7.2% In 2022-23: Report

News 18  

The use of digital technologies for business activities in India, especially Unified Payments Interface for ordering, has increased significantly. According to a recent survey by the Department of Statistics, the use of the Internet for business purposes, be it for UPI payments or online ordering, has increased from 7.7 percent to 13.5 percent in rural areas and from 21.6 percent …

Labour ministry rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2024: 134 Years to Parity, India Ranks 129th
6 months ago

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2024: 134 Years to Parity, India Ranks 129th

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 22, 2024 14:00 IST - 6 MINS READ The Global Gender Gap Report 2024, released by the World Economic Forum, presents a dire picture of the current state and evolution of gender parity across four indices: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. In its assessment of the four indices, the Global …

40% of campus hires in 2023 were women, highest participation in this region. Which sector hired most?
9 months ago

40% of campus hires in 2023 were women, highest participation in this region. Which sector hired most?

Hindustan Times  

One out of every three candidates participating in campus hiring in 2023 was a female, a report by HirePro, an AI-powered recruitment automation firm noted. In its report titled “State of female participation in campus hiring in India”, the firm said that women's participation in campus hiring exams stands at 34%. The highest proportion of women being recruited by organisations …

Despite Significant Jump in Female Literacy Rate, Participation of Women with Advanced Degrees in Workforce Low
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Despite Significant Jump in Female Literacy Rate, Participation of Women with Advanced Degrees in Workforce Low

News 18  

The celebration of International Women’s Day marks the achievement of women’s empowerment, although, despite the significant increase in the female literacy rate, the number of working women with higher advanced degrees in the country has not gone up much. However, the National Sample Survey Office reports that only 2.9 per cent of the total employed people aged 25 years and …

When will Delhi women start getting ₹1,000 in bank accounts? Atishi answers…
9 months, 2 weeks ago

When will Delhi women start getting ₹1,000 in bank accounts? Atishi answers…

Live Mint  

Delhi Finance Minster Atishi Marlena presented the ₹ 76,000 crore budget for the financial year 2024-25 on March 4, themed around the concept of “Ram Rajya.” Among other things, Atishi announced a new scheme, ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ in the budget. In an interview with LiveMint, Atishi said that the scheme could be rolled out only after the upcoming Lok Sabha …

This sector will see highest salary growth in 2024 while job cuts will be in…
9 months, 2 weeks ago

This sector will see highest salary growth in 2024 while job cuts will be in…

Hindustan Times  

India Inc could see a 9.6% salary increase on average in 2024, similar to the actual increase last year, as per a report by EY ‘Future of Pay 2024’. Salary Increase: This is what India Inc could see in terms of salary rise in 2024. Abhishek Sen, partner, EY India, said in a statement, “While overall average salary increase in …

More women take to STEM at college. But can India Inc stem their exit from jobs?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

More women take to STEM at college. But can India Inc stem their exit from jobs?

Live Mint  

The country has seen a remarkable rise in women joining colleges, and many of them are studying science and technology courses, but that has failed to significantly improve the diversity quotient at corporate India. Yet, the high number of women graduates will take a while before they boost gender diversity in India Inc. During and after the pandemic, a large …

India starts survey to assess women participation in workforce
10 months, 3 weeks ago

India starts survey to assess women participation in workforce

The Hindu  

The Union Ministries of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development have started a joint survey on increasing women participation in the workforce. The survey was announced by Union Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi at a function “Women in the Workforce for Viksit Bharat” on Tuesday. Latest PLFS data The latest results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, …

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

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

How women's participation in business influences the economy | Explained
1 year ago

How women's participation in business influences the economy | Explained

India Today  

Women around the world play a pivotal role in maintaining the stability and prosperity of their families. However, when it comes to entrepreneurship, business endeavours have, for years, been associated with men, thereby limiting women's opportunities to showcase their abilities. Nishtha Yogesh, Founder and CEO, Hunar online course, has shared how, despite facing numerous challenges, such as poor access to …

The big threat to India’s demographic dividend
1 year 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 …

DC Edit | Women's employment a steep challenge
1 year, 4 months ago

DC Edit | Women's employment a steep challenge

Deccan Chronicle  

India is the most populous nation on earth and more than half of its people, 52 per cent to be precise, are aged below 30. Given that India’s sex ratio is almost evenly poised, about 35 crore women, a number almost equal to the whole population of the United States, belong to this group. Pit this against the current data …

Gender wage gap in Tamil Nadu: Women paid less than men for same work
1 year, 4 months ago

Gender wage gap in Tamil Nadu: Women paid less than men for same work

The Hindu  

Women’s participation in the economy offers a paradoxical picture in Tamil Nadu. Despite having a low share and a decline by its own standards, the participation of Tamil Nadu’s women in the labour market has been consistently higher than both the national average and that of other developed States. As per the NSSO-PLFS data for 2020-21, Tamil Nadu women’s participation …

India Generates 1.25 Crore Jobs Over 9 Years; Labour Minister Bhupinder Yadav Reacts
1 year, 6 months ago

India Generates 1.25 Crore Jobs Over 9 Years; Labour Minister Bhupinder Yadav Reacts

News 18  

During a recent press conference, Union Labor and Employment Minister Bhupinder Yadav showcased the significant expansion of employment opportunities in India over the last nine years. He revealed that an impressive 1.25 crore new jobs have been generated since 2014, citing data from institution-based labour surveys conducted by the ministry. The minister also highlighted the substantial increase in registered subscribers, …

India must bridge the gender equality gap
1 year, 7 months ago

India must bridge the gender equality gap

Hindustan Times  

South Asia is home to 860 million women, three-fourths of whom live in India. The average wage salaries for women remain at around 70% of their male colleagues India ranks 112 in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 of WEF. World Bank figures reveal that in 2016 despite women-headed households in India being around 14.6%, women faced high levels of …

As India’s population soars above all, fewer women have jobs
1 year, 8 months ago

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

Associated Press  

MUMBAI, India — Sheela Singh cried the day she handed in her resignation. It’s not only a problem for women like Singh, but a growing challenge for India’s own economic ambitions if its estimated 670 million women are left behind as its population expands. ___ The women’s employment rate peaked at 35% in 2004 and fell to around 25% in …

Analysis | As India's population booms, where are its working women?
1 year, 9 months ago

Analysis | As India's population booms, where are its working women?

The Hindu  

Pinky Negi, an Indian teacher with two master's degrees, loved her old job at a public school in the Himalayan foothills. Less than a third of Indian women are working or actively seeking work, data shows, despite progress such as better educational attainment, improved health, falling fertility rates and more women-friendly labour policies. Policy changes that could rectify these problems …

Why women get fewer jobs and earn lesser wages than men in India
1 year, 9 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. …

Salaries in India likely to increase by 10.3 pc in 2023: Survey
1 year, 10 months ago

Salaries in India likely to increase by 10.3 pc in 2023: Survey

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: Salaries in India are expected to increase by 10.3 per cent in 2023, highest among major world economies and Asian peers, according to Aon plc. As per Aon plc's 28th Annual Salary Increase Survey in India, double-digit salary growth will continue in India despite economic volatility, largely as a response to high attrition rates. "Organisations are increasingly prioritizing their …

Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps
1 year, 10 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 …

Employment recovers beyond pre-Covid level: Economic Survey 2022-23 | DETAILS
1 year, 10 months ago

Employment recovers beyond pre-Covid level: Economic Survey 2022-23 | DETAILS

India TV News  

Economic Survey 2022-23: According to Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday, the labour markets and employment recovered beyond pre-Covid level with sustained effort in last few years. Unemployment rate declined to 7.2 Quarterly urban employment data shows progress beyond pre-pandemic levels as the unemployment rate declined from 8.3 per cent in July-September 2019 to 7.2 per cent …

Year in Review | Indian economy amid global headwinds
1 year, 11 months 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 …

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 …

Salaries in India likely to rise by 10.4 pc in 2023: Aon Survey
2 years, 2 months ago

Salaries in India likely to rise by 10.4 pc in 2023: Aon Survey

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Corporate India is bullish about its strong business performance and expected to dole out a double-digit salary hike of as much as 10.4 per cent in 2023, a survey said on Monday. According to leading global professional services firm Aon Plc's latest Salary Increase Survey in India, remunerations in India are expected to increase by 10.4 per cent …

India created 8 million frontline jobs in FY 2022:Report
2 years, 3 months ago

India created 8 million frontline jobs in FY 2022:Report

Live Mint  

With the Indian economy returning back to normal and with consumption levels at an all-time high, the country has seen rapid growth in the demand for frontline workers. In FY 2022, 8 million frontline jobs were created in India as per BetterPlace’s Frontline Index Report 2022. With rising retail consumption in a post-pandemic economy, Q2 of FY 2022 saw a …

WFH: Can it add more Indian women to the workforce?
2 years, 3 months ago

WFH: Can it add more Indian women to the workforce?

Business Standard  

One of the five pledges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed Indians to adopt during his Independence Day speech was equality, specifically equality for women. Modi’s remarks assume significance as India has one of the world’s lowest female labour force participation rate, or LFPR. Having said that, the International Labour Organization, or ILO found that a significant proportion of women …

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 …

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