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 seekers in some states, frequent criticism by Opposition parties and many experts over the government’s handling of India’s unemployment crisis -- fuelled in part by a large number of vacancies in central departments and ministries. THE BIG PICTURE But India’s jobs crisis, whose scale we saw earlier in the piece, cannot be addressed by filling these 10 lakh vacancies. BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has been a vocal critic of PM Modi’s government, tweeted soon after the PMO's announcement that there were 1 crore vacancies and that the Centre must work harder to keep its promise of providing 2 crore jobs.

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PM Modi govt created 17.19 crore jobs in 10 years compared to UPA’s 2.9 crore: Mansukh Mandaviya
1 week, 5 days ago

PM Modi govt created 17.19 crore jobs in 10 years compared to UPA’s 2.9 crore: Mansukh Mandaviya

Live Mint  

The employment in the country has increased by 36 per cent to 64.33 crore in 2023-24 from 47.15 crore in 2014-15, showing improvement in job creation during NDA period, PTI quoted Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya as saying on Thursday. Comparing the data with Congress-led regime between 2004-2014, the minister while speaking to the media said that the employment in …

Lack of industries in Bihar push youth to vie for government jobs
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Lack of industries in Bihar push youth to vie for government jobs

The Hindu  

“Karo to sarkari naukari, nahi to becho tarkari”, says Ranjeet Kumar, an unemployed youth, who, along with two female companions, spend three hours at a community park in Rajendra Nagar in Patna every evening to prepare for government jobs. “Here in the park, there is a peaceful atmosphere to hold group discussions, which help us prepare better for the job,” …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We're sitting on ticking bomb of joblessness, have concrete plan for providing jobs: Cong
9 months, 2 weeks ago

We're sitting on ticking bomb of joblessness, have concrete plan for providing jobs: Cong

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 27 Attacking the Centre over the issue of unemployment, the Congress on Wednesday claimed the country is sitting on a "ticking bomb" of joblessness with the youth bearing the brunt of the Modi government's "apathy" and asserted that it has a concrete plan for providing jobs to them. Citing the India Employment Report 2024 released by the …

Employment scenario in India grim, says ILO report
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Employment scenario in India grim, says ILO report

The Hindu  

India’s youth account for almost 83% of the unemployed workforce and the share of youngsters with secondary or higher education in the total unemployed youth has almost doubled from 35.2% in 2000 to 65.7% in 2022, as per the India Employment Report 2024 released by the International Labour Organisation and the Institute of Human Development here on Tuesday. Paradoxical improvements …

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 …

Government choices and policies have taken India's economy to new height: PM Modi
1 year, 1 month ago

Government choices and policies have taken India's economy to new height: PM Modi

Firstpost  

Modi said that their biggest priority should be people’s ease of living, and took a swipe at past governments saying they ignored the equality envisaged by B R Ambedkar, the key figure behind the Constitution, among all citizens Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government’s policies and decisions have taken the economy to a new height, creating immense …

Unemployment rate in India is at its lowest level in six years: PM Modi
1 year, 3 months ago

Unemployment rate in India is at its lowest level in six years: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 12 said India's expanding economy is creating new possibilities for the youth and the unemployment rate in the country is at its lowest level in the last six years. In a video message to the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the prime minister noted that new possibilities are …

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 …

Data | The contours of India’s ‘formal jobs’ crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

Data | The contours of India’s ‘formal jobs’ crisis

The Hindu  

Since 2017, the Indian government has been using the Employees Provident Fund scheme’s data as a measure of payroll employment and formal job creation in the country. If we move past the basic scheme enrolment numbers, the EPF data, in fact, provide important insights into what’s happening to formal employment in the country. Unlike the EPF monthly enrolment data, which …

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 …

BJP leaders will be jobless for next 10 years: Jagadish Reddy
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP leaders will be jobless for next 10 years: Jagadish Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy on Saturday alleged that BJP leaders, who were holding protests demanding jobs for unemployed youth in Telangana, would themselves remain jobless for the next decade. He asked BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar to hold a dharna in Delhi and demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi provide jobs. Reddy said that contrary to his …

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 …

KTR writes to Modi, terms Rozgar Mela a \'cruel joke\' on unemployed youth
2 years, 2 months ago

KTR writes to Modi, terms Rozgar Mela a \'cruel joke\' on unemployed youth

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao called the ‘Rozgar Mela’ inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide jobs to 10 lakh people as yet another 'drama'. Rama Rao reminded Modi of his promise to provide 2 crore jobs to youth every year, made during the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign, and dared Modi to release a white paper …

Our love of government jobs isn’t good for the economy
2 years, 2 months ago

Our love of government jobs isn’t good for the economy

Live Mint  

Last week, pictures and videos of youth travelling through the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to write the exam for the Uttar Pradesh Preliminary Eligibility Test went viral. The report pointed out: “According to the study the total emoluments of a General Helper, who is the lowest ranked employee in the government is ₹22,579, more than two times the …

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 …

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 …

At 6.80%, unemployment rate in India lowest in 6 months: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

At 6.80%, unemployment rate in India lowest in 6 months: Report

Hindustan Times  

The overall unemployment rate eased to 6.80% in July, a 1 per cent decline compared to June, the lowest since 6.56% in January, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, a private organisation reported on Monday. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} In rural India, the unemployment rate fell to 6.14% in July against 8.03% in the previous month. The data for urban areas …

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 …

The jobs crisis is real
2 years, 5 months ago

The jobs crisis is real

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST India is experiencing a job market crisis. With about 40 per cent of India’s 1.41 billion population in the labour force, this implies that about 42 million people who were available for work were not employed. Since results from these surveys can be compared, the government has taken credit for the apparent rise …

'Misled, betrayed, cheated': Rahul Gandhi's dig at PM Modi over unemployment
2 years, 6 months ago

'Misled, betrayed, cheated': Rahul Gandhi's dig at PM Modi over unemployment

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of joblessness, asking if India's unemployed youth can use "unparliamentary" words -- misled, betrayed and cheated -- "for your lies" of providing two crore jobs every year. The graph showed the percentage of unemployment in the last five years with the poser: "Where are the 2 …

Waiting for jobs: The Hindu Editorial on the Narendra Modi government’s plan to recruit 10 lakh personnel in 18 months
2 years, 6 months ago

Waiting for jobs: The Hindu Editorial on the Narendra Modi government’s plan to recruit 10 lakh personnel in 18 months

The Hindu  

For a nation that has had a significant demographic dividend — the working age population is much larger than the non-working age sections — finding productive employment for its youth was to be an imperative for India. Yet, in the last few years, unemployment has remained a major concern — the leaked Periodic Labour Force Survey in 2018 revealed that …

Will PM Modi's 'one million job' drive help ease the employment crisis?
2 years, 7 months ago

Will PM Modi's 'one million job' drive help ease the employment crisis?

Business Standard  

Battered by demonetisation, pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the Indian economy has started showing some signs of revival now. And amid these hopeful and gloomy numbers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced to give central government jobs to 1 million people in the next year and a half. If we were to assume that state employment is four times that …

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 …

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 …

Two things that can help Modi govt cut the clutter around Budget 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

Two things that can help Modi govt cut the clutter around Budget 2022

Live Mint  

When it comes to the focus of its Feb. 1 annual budget, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a stark choice: between $200 billion and 200 million. The second number should help with a possible answer: 200 million jobs are missing from the economy — they’ll be hard to revive without fiscal policy playing a supportive role. …

Explained: How India's growing job crisis frustrates its youth
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained: How India's growing job crisis frustrates its youth

India Today  

Srijan Upadhyay supplied fried snacks to small eateries and roadside stalls in the poor eastern Indian state of Bihar before Covid-19 lockdowns forced most of his customers to close down, many without paying what they owed him. Read | The Great Resignation: Why are so many people quitting jobs ‘NOT ENOUGH JOBS FOR US’ "There are not enough jobs for …

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 …

Unemployment rate rises as Covid-19 returns to haunt Indian economy
3 years, 9 months ago

Unemployment rate rises as Covid-19 returns to haunt Indian economy

India Today  

Fresh restrictions imposed in different parts of the country due to the second Covid-19 wave could lead to job losses, similar to what was witnessed in 2020. The unemployment rate touched 8.6 per cent for the week ending April 11, from just 6.7 per cent two weeks ago, according to fresh data released by CMIE. Read | Covid-19: Over 9 …

Not Govt's Job to Create Jobs, Private Sector Has To Do Its Bit: Former NITI Aayog VC Arvind Pangariya
3 years, 11 months ago

Not Govt's Job to Create Jobs, Private Sector Has To Do Its Bit: Former NITI Aayog VC Arvind Pangariya

News 18  

Indian-American economist and former NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind Pangariya says that while privatisation invites skepticism, the Centre’s focus on it now is of the same magnitude as that of the government of India in 1992. Edited excerpts from the interview: Q: Many economic and market experts were saying that so far the successive budgets by the BJP-led NDA government …

80% of India's informal workers lost jobs during COVID lockdown, 63% survived on two meals a day, shows data
3 years, 11 months ago

80% of India's informal workers lost jobs during COVID lockdown, 63% survived on two meals a day, shows data

Firstpost  

Government needs to take action regarding job security, social security benefits, food security, health benefits, and safety in the informal sector in such a way that it not only manages the current crisis, but also immunises the sector from future shocks The nationwide lockdown announced on 24 March, 2020, mandated the suspension of all services and establishments with relaxations to …

India’s urban poor finding it hard to bounce back from job crisis
4 years ago

India’s urban poor finding it hard to bounce back from job crisis

Live Mint  

Over the past few months, several high-frequency indicators have suggested a pick-up in economic activity across the country. But data from the latest round of the YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey conducted online in October and November suggests that the job market is yet to recover from the pandemic shock. But older workers who lost their jobs may find it more difficult …

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 …

Out of work in COVID-19 lockdown, Delhi citizens try self-employment in hopes of rebuilding livelihoods
4 years, 4 months ago

Out of work in COVID-19 lockdown, Delhi citizens try self-employment in hopes of rebuilding livelihoods

Firstpost  

With millions out of work and many being forced to explore new avenues, it remains to be seen how much success these ventures have. “They made it all sound easy and very lucrative, but it isn’t.” Well-meaning friends advised him to start selling insurance, reasoning that if he could sell car loans, then he could sell insurance. “I felt even …

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. …

Historic fall in GDP, rampant job loss because PM Modi is helping only his friends: Rahul Gandhi
4 years, 4 months ago

Historic fall in GDP, rampant job loss because PM Modi is helping only his friends: Rahul Gandhi

India Today  

India has suffered a historic fall in the GDP and crores of jobs have been lost in the past few months because the Narendra Modi government is helping only a few friends of the Prime Minister, alleged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. In a video message posted on his Twitter handle, Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people to make …

Unemployment Rate in India Rose to 8.4% in August 2020: CMIE
4 years, 4 months ago

Unemployment Rate in India Rose to 8.4% in August 2020: CMIE

The Quint  

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the nationwide lockdown implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, millions of lives and livelihoods have come under threat. The informal labour force has been effectively rendered jobless and for many, their survival is based on the government's flagship jobs scheme, MGNREGA, under which every household is entitled to at …

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 …

Around 12.2 crore people lost their jobs: How Covid-19 will change job prospects and hiring in India
4 years, 4 months ago

Around 12.2 crore people lost their jobs: How Covid-19 will change job prospects and hiring in India

India Today  

Even though there are several countries that have been hit a lot harder by Covid-19 than India, somehow India’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to a staggering 27.1% since the beginning of the lockdown, especially in metropolitan cities. An estimated 12.2 crore people have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic-affected sectors are: Food service Travel Retail Door …

Over 1.8 crore salaried jobs lost since April, nearly 50 lakh in July: CMIE
4 years, 4 months ago

Over 1.8 crore salaried jobs lost since April, nearly 50 lakh in July: CMIE

India Today  

Nearly 50 lakh salaried jobs were lost in India in July, according to latest data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. According to CMIE’s latest report, more than 1.8 crore salaried employees lost their jobs after the pandemic forced businesses and firms to shutdown in India since April. While employment in informal sector and rural areas have seen …

India's economy unlikely to recover soon despite growing job numbers
4 years, 5 months ago

India's economy unlikely to recover soon despite growing job numbers

India Today  

India’s employment numbers are almost back at par with pre-lockdown levels after a sharp recovery in jobs since April. Mahesh Vyas, MD and CEO, CMIE, opined in a recent article that India’s job revival is worrisome because the key driver of the economy — salaried jobs — has not recovered yet at par with informal jobs. This is worrisome as …

For India’s formal job market, worst seems over, says staffing firm
4 years, 7 months ago

For India’s formal job market, worst seems over, says staffing firm

Live Mint  

India’s unemployment rate has probably peaked with large companies looking to restart hiring as the economy gradually exits the world’s biggest lockdown, says the head of a top staffing firm. “I can see the bend in the road, and the bounce back in hiring in sectors like financial services, health care, and last-mile logistics will be sharper.” The outlook from …

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