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Shift in ground in the Indian labour market
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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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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Urban unemployment rate at 6.7% in quarter ending March 2024 : NSSO data
7 months, 1 week ago

Urban unemployment rate at 6.7% in quarter ending March 2024 : NSSO data

Hindustan Times  

India’s urban unemployment rate in the quarter ended March 2024 was 6.7%, according to data released by the National Sample Survey Office on Wednesday. On a sequential basis – quarter on quarter – the unemployment rate increased between quarters ended December 2023 and March 2024 for the first time after the quarter ended June 2021. The 6.7% urban unemployment rate …

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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, …

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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 …

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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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Labour Ministry cautions against ‘private’ surveys on unemployment
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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Unemployment rate among graduates declines to 13.4% between July 2022 and June 2023
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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Looking beyond the joblessness number
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 …

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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 …

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