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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: Jobs

No, Azim Premji jobs report does not use erroneous data to study employment in India

Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Pulak Ghosh recently picked on the State of Working India report, but they misunderstood the study.

New jobs study may not be the best indicator of employment in India

The recent State of Working India report on jobs uses data from a survey that is marred by several limitations.

Despite India’s economic growth, the moment for China-like job creation may be lost

Reduction of employment-generating tendency of economic growth has been especially marked in the last 15 years

Machines will take over factory jobs as India is running out of humans

Automation will double over the next three years in Indian factories, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson.

Being highly educated doesn’t guarantee you jobs in India anymore

Study by Azim Premji University finds that graduates currently make up over one-third of India’s unemployed population.

Unemployment among young and highly educated Indians highest in 20 years, study finds

Unemployment among Indian youth and the highly educated has reached 16 per cent, worst in last 20 years, shows Azim Premji University study.

PM Modi has a new problem: Confidence of Indians in economy drops sharply

Survey by Pew Research finds that 56% of surveyed Indians believe economic situation is good, down from 83% in 2017.

Want to survive the robot revolution? You need to start from square one

A WEF study predicts that 54% of employees of the world’s large companies will need significant re- and up-skilling as robots take up more jobs.

Are conversations between husbands and wives keeping rural Indian women from working?

An MIT study tests if lack of decision-making power of wives is due to lack of information, or lack of communication with husbands.

Restless, young India has no connection to IITs & IIMs, but Rahul Gandhi can’t see it

Neither is Rahul Gandhi young nor are his ideas.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

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

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.