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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicUnemployment data

Topic: Unemployment data

Don’t jump at 1st unemployment number you see. Different databases yield varying but valid results

Govt & pvt sector CMIE surveys, the 2 keenly watched sources of employment data in India, differ in terms of their definitions of households, reference period & sampling methodologies.

Nicaragua dunki, Parliament breach have one problem written all over. India is ignoring it

Parliament security breach and Nicaragua-bound flight’s grounding in France didn’t trigger the debate on youth restlessness triggered by a brewing unemployment crisis.

Khattar govt says Haryana unemployment rate on decline. NSSO data shows it’s still 2nd highest in India

According to National Sample Survey Office data, Haryana had worst unemployment rate among large states (more than 1 cr population), second only to Kerala, in July 2022-June 2023 period.

Unemployment rate highest among graduates under 25 yrs, finds report on ‘State of Working India’

The Report by Azim Premji University finds that upward mobility has increased & caste-based differences have shrunk, as has gender disparity across labour markets.

Edtech created over 75,000 jobs in 5 yrs, cut Covid job crisis, says its self-regulatory body

Industry body IAMAI, under which the Indian Edtech Consortium operates, has said sector has been both hiring talent to work in Edtech companies & training learners to be better professionals.

From would-be employed to badly employed—the group that will lead India’s next mass movement

We have for the first time a group that can spearhead a nation-wide movement for employment.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.