Tag: Periodic Labour Force Survey
Unemployment rate up a tad to 4.8% in December
New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate rose marginally to 4.8% in December from 4.7% in November due to increased joblessness in urban areas though it remained…
MoSPI speeds up data releases, launches new website, revamps surveys
New Delhi: India’s official statistical system is undergoing a major overhaul, with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) introducing faster data releases, new…
Unemployment rate falls to 4.7% in November, lowest since April
New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in November, the lowest level since April, with joblessness easing across both rural and urban areas, official…
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…
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…
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…