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Joblessness Rate in Sept Rises to 5.2%
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India’s unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in September, driven by rural job losses

India’s unemployment rate edged up to 5.2% in September from 5.1% in August, with a higher increase in rural areas than urban, official data released…

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Broader Labour Survey on cards to capture more data on skilling

The ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship will soon write to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation to expand the scope of the Periodic…

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India must grow 12% to address job-skill mismatch: Morgan Stanley

New Delhi: The Indian economy needs to grow by 12.2%, on average each year, about twice its current pace, to address underemployment (jobs that do…

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