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Youth unemployment in India at 10.2%, says Union Labour minister

The unemployment rate for youth of India aged 15–29 years in 2023-24 is at 10.2% said Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje, citing statistics in the Lok Sabha in response to a question on November 25, 2024. The reply also said that the youth unemployment rates in India were lower than global levels. A report by …

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1 month ago

Shift in ground in the Indian labour market

Hindustan Times

India’s unemployment rate has been falling for a long time now. The urban unemployment rate fell to its lowest ever level of 6.4% in this quarter despite a rise in the labour force participation rate. Is the Indian labour market finally turning a corner not just in quantitative but also qualitative terms? The latest PLFS report gives us the first …

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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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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Annual survey of industries shows growth in manufacturing sector

The Hindu

India’s industrial sector is growing at a fast pace, said NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. 2022-23 witnessed a growth in industrial sector for majority of the important economic parameters like invested capital, input, output, GVA, employment and wages and even surpassed the pre-pandemic level in absolute value terms. When asked about the recent Periodic Labour Force Survey results that cited stagnation …

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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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4 months, 1 week ago

Government mulls increasing labour force survey frequency

Hindustan Times

The Union government is planning to conduct the Periodic Labour Force Survey, which gives official employment and unemployment data, more frequently than it currently does, a senior official said, a potentially significant shift that could help to better capture labour-market dynamics. Currently, the PLFS issues quarterly data on key indicators but with a lag, including the country’s unemployment rate for …

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5 months ago

Living in denial about unemployment

The Hindu

Recently, citing a Reserve Bank of India report that said that 8 crore jobs have been created in the last 3-4 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Opposition of creating false narratives about unemployment. Conflicting reports and statements Mr. Modi quoted a RBI ‘Data Manual’ released on July 7, called ‘The India KLEMS Database’, which “.describes the procedures, methodologies …

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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 …

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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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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Has the growth of India’s economy translated into domestic jobs?

Live Mint

Recently, two international organizations published their assessment of India’s labour market and employment situation. Over the 42 years between 1980-81 and 2021-22, non-farm employment in India grew at a compounded average annual growth rate of 3.16%. As stated in its report, the concern of the World Bank is that the employment ratio in South Asian economies, including India, has declined …

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8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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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, …

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1 year ago

Himachal Pradesh Tops Unemployment Chart in July-Sept: Labour Survey

News 18

Himachal Pradesh has witnessed the highest overall unemployment rate of 33.9 per cent, followed by Rajasthan at 30.2 per cent, among the age group of 15 to 29 years in cities during July-September 2023, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey. The PLFS data of the National Sample Survey Office also revealed that unemployment among the 15-29 age group in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Unemployment rate declined, says Centre’s survey

The Hindu

The Periodic Labour Force Survey, carried out by the National Sample Survey Office, has reported that the unemployment rate in the country has shown a decrease between April and June 2023. The LFPR in urban areas increased from 47.5% in April-June 2022 to 48.8% in April-June 2023 for persons of age 15 years and above. The WPR in urban areas …

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1 year, 3 months ago

How unemployment is measured

The Hindu

When the Periodic Labour Force Survey was released in 2017, it revealed the unemployment rate of India to be 6.1%, the highest ever recorded in India. An individual’s principal status, whether employed, unemployed or out of the labour force, is based on the activity in which they “…spent relatively long time…” in the previous year. An individual is counted as …

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1 year, 5 months ago

After furore over CMIE data, govt. figures show Haryana sliding on unemployment

The Hindu

Haryana has the fourth highest rate of unemployment in the country along with Manipur among States, as per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey data by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The Opposition and Haryana government have had a long-running face-off ever since the Congress highlighted the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy ’s report in January that put …

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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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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 …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Labour Ministry cautions against ‘private’ surveys on unemployment

The Hindu

The Union Labour Ministry, apparently irked over the routine unemployment data published by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, has cautioned against such surveys conducted by private organisations. The Ministry said here in a statement on Wednesday that such surveys are “generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms.” The Ministry said the “official data” on employment and unemployment …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Unemployment rate among graduates declines to 13.4% between July 2022 and June 2023

The Hindu

Unemployment rate among graduates in a the age group of 15 years and above has declined to 13.4% in 2022-23 from 14.9% in year ago, according to a government survey. As per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the lowest unemployment rate among graduates aged 15 years and above witnessed in …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Are the unemployment numbers reliable?

The Hindu

The story so far: On June 14, the National Statistical Office, which functions under the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, released the annual report on the basis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted during July 2020-June 2021. Though conducted amid the first lockdown, the survey said the unemployment rate saw a decrease from 4.8% in 2019-20 to …

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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 …

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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 …

India Plfs Unemployment Rates

2 years, 6 months ago

Unemployment has decreased, says latest labour force survey

The Hindu

The unemployment rate saw a decrease of 0.6% and fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, compared with 4.8% in 2019-20, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2020-21 released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation here on Tuesday. Rural areas recorded an unemployment rate of 3.3% and urban areas recorded an unemployment rate of 6.7%. The National Statistical …

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Youth unemployment in India at 10.2%, says Union Labour minister

Shift in ground in the Indian labour market

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

Annual survey of industries shows growth in manufacturing sector

FY24 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.2%

Government mulls increasing labour force survey frequency

Living in denial about unemployment

Labour ministry rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India

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

Has the growth of India’s economy translated into domestic jobs?

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

India starts survey to assess women participation in workforce

Himachal Pradesh Tops Unemployment Chart in July-Sept: Labour Survey

Unemployment rate declined, says Centre’s survey

How unemployment is measured

After furore over CMIE data, govt. figures show Haryana sliding on unemployment

What the PLFS numbers reveal

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

Labour Ministry cautions against ‘private’ surveys on unemployment

Unemployment rate among graduates declines to 13.4% between July 2022 and June 2023

Explained | Are the unemployment numbers reliable?

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

Looking beyond the joblessness number

Unemployment has decreased, says latest labour force survey