TopicUnemployment

Topic: Unemployment

India’s jobless rate doubled while it’s growth was world-beating since 2011, says study

Nupur Acharya - 17 April, 2019

After remaining at about 2-3% during the decade to 2011, the jobless rate increased to more than 6% in 2018, a report by the Azim Premji University shows.

Here’s what we know for sure about jobs & unemployment under Modi govt

Shamika Ravi - 17 April, 2019

A highly educated youth is more than 5 times as likely to be unemployed as an uneducated one, reflecting quality of education & jobs being created.

India is failing 175 million of its young people. Here’s the solution

Dipankar Trehan - 13 April, 2019

Out of the 13 million youngsters who join the workforce each year, only one in four become management professionals and one in five, engineers.

MGNREGA survived Modi govt’s neglect and derision, it will be up to new regime to fix it

M.V. Rajeev Gowda - 11 April, 2019

The current wage system in MGNREGA needs a double booster shot: hike in existing rate and correction in subsequent revision rates.

No jobs data from Niti Aayog for now, numbers expected only after Lok Sabha polls

Mahua Venkatesh - 9 April, 2019

Niti Aayog had promised to release the final statistics on jobs after a leaked NSSO report pegged unemployment at a 45-year high.

India’s challenges have become worse under PM Modi, says Pew survey

Ruhi Tewari - 26 March, 2019

Pew survey also finds 55% Indians are happy with the way things are going and terrorism & unemployment are their biggest concerns.

Jobless youth are a reality. Modi can’t hide behind misleading data and a media spin

Salman Anees Soz - 19 March, 2019

A country in need of over 10 lakh jobs each month has its prime minister, Narendra Modi, latching on to flawed analysis to claim that all is well.

Rahul Gandhi using 108 scholars’ dissent on data makes it political, not intellectual concern

Vandana Mishra - 19 March, 2019

The so-called leaked partial data led to a race for data points, and intricate statistical findings were turned into exit polls overnight.

Narendra Modi and jobs: It’s all about data, and how it’s calculated

Ila Patnaik - 13 March, 2019

Both Modi government and private surveys can be correct about India’s jobs status — because they measure different things, and employ different ways.

Unemployment is a silent political killer and can catch the BJP off guard in polls

Yogendra Yadav - 13 March, 2019

Unemployment can become big and yet remain undetected. Its impact can lead to a critical vote swing.

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