The unprecedented Covid 19 crisis has led to a significant proportion of people being pushed out of jobs. As the recent CMIE report suggested, the unemployment rate is close to 8 per cent. While the ...

Selfish move Sir — Even a small thoughtless step can have far-reaching consequences. At a time when several companies have condemned the alleged subjugation and genocide of Uighur Muslim in Xin...

India’s unemployment rate hit a four-month high in December, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed on Monday. The unemployment rate rose to 7.9 per cent in December f...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said monetary and credit conditions were conducive for a durable economic recovery in the country. However, the central bank cited multiple challenges on the...

The Union ministry of women and child development protested against the downgrading of India from 94 to 101 on the Global Hunger Index, 2021. According to the ministry, the proportion of undernourishe...

But the central government doesn’t want solutions, he added. ...

The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey data for July 2019 to June 2020 released by the Central government shows a rise in the labour force participation rate and a fall in the unemployment rate even ...

A civil society group has demanded an extra 50 days’ work per person under the rural job guarantee scheme over and above the provision of up to 100 days’ work per family every year. Under...

India houses the largest absolute number of people living below the poverty line in the world. Yet, India has stopped counting its poor from 2011-12. The 75th Consumer Expenditure Survey done in 2017-...

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