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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicJob crisis

Topic: job crisis

Tejashwi Yadav’s govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

India’s playing catch-up in AI and green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to address the jobs crisis.

‘Job creation not keeping pace with working age population rise in South Asia,’ says World bank

During the period between 2000-23, employment grew 1.7% a year while the working-age population expanded 1.9% a year, data included in the report showed.

India’s job crisis is real, needs quick intervention, research firm CMIE says

More than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age don’t want a job, according to CMIE. Between 2017 and 2022, the overall labor participation rate dropped from 46% to 40%.

Modi govt sets up ‘green’ jobs portal, only for renewable energy sector

The portal created by the Skill Council for Green Jobs follows a draft policy framework released by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to promote employment opportunities in the sector.

Farming GM crops, employment fund — what govt panel has suggested to create 20 cr jobs in 5 yrs

A Working Group of Ministers on employment generation and skill development submitted its report to PM Modi, making 63 suggestions across 18 sectors for job creation.

World’s children pushed into work, UK universities see cases spike & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

What an ‘urban NREGA’ should look like

Having eaten humble pie on NREGA, time for Narendra Modi to seriously consider Jean Dreze’s terrific proposal for urban employment.

You can bulldoze a building but not Kangana’s voice — Aaj Tak, News 18 on BMC ‘efficiency’

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Why Indians aren’t protesting against rising unemployment

People protest when they think it will achieve something. The Indian economy is in such a bad shape that they have given up.

Growth pangs, jobs crisis seen to be behind Modi’s call for population control

In his I-Day address Thursday, PM Modi equated family planning to patriotism as he called for population control.

On Camera

India’s fiscal future depends on credibility, not just growth rate

As the era of easy money ends, the gap between the ability to borrow and the credibility to do so will define fiscal resilience. India still has the chance to strengthen both.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.