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Topic: Jobs

Why young Indians are moonlighting—they need two jobs in this economy

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

India doesn’t care about GDP. What matters is JDP — Jobs Data, Please

A double-digit headline GDP growth or being crowned the world’s fastest-growing economy means very little, unless it also yields robust income growth for families.

SubscriberWrites: Professionalism cannot be used as an excuse for denying jobs based on hair colour, tattoos

Organisations should look into aptitude instead of scrutinising for tattoos and hair colours as 'viable' reasons for denying jobs to eligible candidates, writes Aditya Sundaray.

‘100 ad hoc staff could lose job’ — DU English teachers protest tweak that ‘slashes workload’

University’s latest Undergraduate Curriculum Framework drops English as medium of instruction for compulsory courses that cover business communication, public speaking, writing skills etc.

India is understaffed. PM’s nudge to fill lakhs of public sector job is affordable and doable

From teachers to doctors to IAS officers, India has lakhs of vacancies. Keeping them empty hurts our Sustainable Development Goals.

Salaried jobs are hardly growing — govt data explains the Agnipath anger of young Indians

Government’s latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, released last week, shows that India’s salaried class has grown 3 percentage points & 1 percentage point in rural & urban areas.

Is an urban job scheme possible? Modi govt unsure but 6 opposition states & Himachal show the way

Kerala & West Bengal have been operating their schemes since 2010. Rajasthan is latest entrant. Himachal plans to bring a law to give a legal guarantee to its urban job scheme.

India’s unemployment rate up to 7.83% in April, says research firm CMIE

CMIE had last week said India’s growth rate was not adequate to create enough jobs in the economy.

India urgently needs Right to Work. We are in a Great Depression in slow motion

According to CMIE data, 6 crore Indians have stopped looking for work because they see no opportunity on the horizon. It’s bad news.

3 reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t been implemented — despite their success

Universal basic income experiments have shown improvements in wages, psychological wellbeing and school and college attendance. But all's not well.

On Camera

Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.