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Saturday, February 21, 2026
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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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Sushant Sareen -
Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

5 years of Ukraine war—why Delhi must de-hyphenate Moscow from the West

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India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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