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Centre plans monthly data on job creation, unemployment, say officials
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Centre plans monthly data on job creation, unemployment, say officials

Hindustan Times  

Official data on job creation and unemployment will be available every month, likely from April next year, as the government has approved a proposal to increase the frequency of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, the statistics ministry’s quarterly assessment of the labour market, two officials have said. Besides PLFS-based urban-jobs data on a three-monthly basis, the ministry currently also publishes …

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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 …

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FY24 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.2%
3 months ago

FY24 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.2%

Hindustan Times  

India’s annual unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.2% in 2023-24, mirroring the previous year’s figure, despite an increase in the number of people working or looking for a job, according to the latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey report released on Monday. FY24 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.2% {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} This marks the first time the headline unemployment …

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Unemployment in Haryana: Over 45,000 grads, post graduates apply for sweeper’s job
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Unemployment in Haryana: Over 45,000 grads, post graduates apply for sweeper’s job

Hindustan Times  

Unable to find jobs, around 46,102 graduates and post graduates in Haryana have applied for the jobs of contractual sweepers hired by Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, the state-owned corporation established for providing contractual manpower. The data shows that about 1,17,144 individuals having studied till Class 12 have also applied for the sweeper’s job. Desperation, financial distress drive youth to apply …

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Over 46k grads, post graduates apply for sanitation staff post
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 46k grads, post graduates apply for sanitation staff post

Hindustan Times  

More than 46,000 graduates and postgraduates in Haryana have, over the past four months, applied for contractual sanitation worker positions with the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, shows data from the state agency. Officials said there was little possibility people could have applied for the job mistakenly, pointing out that the job description “clearly outlined the work that was expected of …

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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 …

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Job creation, skill training should be new govt’s top priorities
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Job creation, skill training should be new govt’s top priorities

New Indian Express  

Joblessness and inflation were the key concerns of the electorate at the 2024 parliamentary elections. The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, with numbers for the January-March 2024 quarter, shows unemployment—especially youth unemployment—and underemployment are indeed very high in a country where the labour force participation rate is just about 50 per cent. The PLFS shows that the unemployment rate in …

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What the PLFS numbers reveal
1 year, 9 months ago

What the PLFS numbers reveal

Hindustan Times  

Headline numbers from the 2022 Periodic Labour Force Survey released last week are a shot in the arm for the Bharatiya Janata Party and its narrative of effective governance, and will likely form a key prong of its re-election plank in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. One, the annual unemployment rate in 2021-22 of 4.1% was the lowest since the …

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Parliamentary panel recommends money in banks, social security measures for informal workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Parliamentary panel recommends money in banks, social security measures for informal workers

The Hindu  

Direct transfer of money into bank accounts of informal workers and an urban employment guarantee scheme were among the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour in its report on the impact of the pandemic on rising unemployment and job loss. The report, which was presented in the Lok Sabha and tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said: …

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