The civil society group has sought the relief only for financial year 2021-22, citing the pandemic-fuelled rise in unemployment...

The existing official definition of the poverty line continues to be the one that has been in place since 2005...

According to the CMIE, national unemployment rate rose to 14.73% in the week ending May 23 from 14.45% in the previous week – an increase of 0.28 points...

Rural population bears brunt of the pandemic and the resultant restrictions this time...

A callous government has put lives and livelihoods in jeopardy...

Unemployment rate rose to 7.97% from 6.5% in March as enterprises struggled to survive at a time they had not fully recovered from the first wave...

The unemployment rate is around 8 per cent and is supposed to be the highest in four months...

The private sector will drive growth...

The inadequate sanctioning of schemes across gram panchayats hinders operations, thereby reducing employment opportunities...

It excludes several categories of workers, including Asha and anganwadi workers, denying them the basic rights and protection...