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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicEPFO data

Topic: EPFO data

20L formal jobs created in July, biggest monthly addition to EPFO. 3 lakh women entered job market

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The retirement fund body added 10.52 lakh new members in July—an increase of over 2.66 percent from June. Maharashtra alone contributed 20.21 percent of the total new additions.   

EPFO data shows a surge in new members, with majority in the 18-25 age group

ThePrint Team -
The data further states that about 12.17 lakh members left EPFO and subsequently rejoined the organization.

Is EPFO data right metric to show job creation? No, say experts citing its data limitations

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Wage ceiling, mobility of lower-end workers, smaller establishments willfully avoiding registrations among factors that make EPF data flawed indicator, they assert

Investor sentiment still low. But green shoots in bank loans, GST collections, power usage

Partha Mukhopadhyay -
Double-digit growth seems optimistic. Modi govt needs to more than double its expenditure to compensate for the losses and avert GDP decline. It's fanciful at best.

EPFO’s employment data is very cheery, but needs a reality check 

TN Ninan -
If the numbers are for real, they will survive the test. The task is to get to the reality on employment, not score propaganda points.

Jobless growth a myth, not possible for India to grow at 7.3% with decelerating labour

Utkarsh Amitabh -
The loud proponents of “jobless growth” are doing their bit to ensure we don’t ask the right questions about Indian economy.

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Opinion

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

Seshadri Chari -
So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

Economy

‘Standing like a wall’: PM Modi vows to protect interests of farmers in Independence Day speech 

Krishan Murari -
New Delhi: Amid the American tariff hike, PM Narendra Modi in his 12th consecutive Independence Day speech reiterated that India will not compromise on...

Defence

‘An expression of outrage’: Operation Sindoor front and centre in Modi’s Independence Day address

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: Operation Sindoor was centre stage in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 79th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Friday, highlighting India’s...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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