The unemployment rate will continue to be high for years to come
Global share of women in labour force stagnating for over 15 years
Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer
Interim Budget 2019: A mention and a few hundred crores for the poor's Kamadhenu
Two sides of the coin: Tax incentives and revenue forgone
Clear, transparent and credible legal, technical and political processes a must to deter rent seeking
10 million jobs: Vajpayee floated, Manmohan adopted, and Modi faltered
How the promise gave birth to India Shining campaign and ultimately led to defeat of NDA-I
Civil society calls on govts to reject WTO e-commerce talks
Some WTO members announce new talks, which were rejected by the membership at the last Ministerial, at the WEF
Global fruit pomace market expected to grow exponentially: study
Long discarded or used only as animal feed and compost, rising demand from health-conscious consumers will change fruit pomace’s ...
Automation will de-skill people; need human-in-command approach: ILO
The Global Commission on the Future of Work says automation and other technologies will leave behind those who are ...
World Bank staff calls for ‘open’ system of presidential selection
The move comes even as the global body called for nominations to select a new president after Jim Yong ...
Pressed for sharing
The Uttarakhand high court order on Ramdev's firm to pay for use of bioresources has put herbal companies on ...
Patanjali judgement can have ramifications beyond Uttarakhand
NBA sources say many big players in the industry have not yet registered with biodiversity boards
Goa’s mining muddle: Dependants to protest in Delhi
The closure of iron ore mining in the state has rendered 2 lakh people jobless, increased banks’ non-performing assets ...
Bengaluru leads India’s march into fastest-growing cities list
Country to occupy 17 of 20 top spots between 2019 and 2035, says recent report
Why Tanzania’s army is buying country's entire cashew nut
A crisis brimming in Tanzania over the price of cashews has led to a spate of twists and turns ...
Unemployment rate rose to 6.9 per cent in October: study
It also said that labour participation was lowest since January 2016
25% people globally are insecure over property rights: study
Reasons range from fear of property seizure by governments, owners turning tenants out and lack of money among others
Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa
The goal of family planning programmes is not to hit population targets but to empower women so they can ...
Human development index: India climbs one spot to 130
Rising economic inequalities and wide gender gap don’t let India achieve a faster ascent among 189 countries
Economics of population
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, ...
Govt's share of spending on nutrition, public health reduces in the last four years
Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits
How to counter Trump on trade tariffs and climate inaction? Impose carbon charges on US imports
Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs
Not all is well with WTO: growing protectionism, trade wars threaten its existence
Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements
Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world
International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global trading ...
Green funds dry up for developing countries
With the US halving its contribution to the Global Environment Facility, the oldest green fund sees first budget cut ...