Unemployment in India rose to 8.3% in December; crossed 10% in urban areas: CMIE

Rate highest in 16 months; Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi have highest unemployment rates

Simply Put: Unemployment status

Modi at 4: Where are the jobs? A question that haunts the government

As opposed to the promise of creating 2 crore jobs, the government now stands witness to a steady decline in job growth

It is official: Unemployment rate in rural, urban India highest in 47 years

Joblessness cuts across various demographic groups, says official report

India’s unemployment rate doubled in two years: SoE in Figures

While unemployment remains high in both urban and rural India, job hunting is a bigger challenge for the young and the educated, notes CSE’…

Unemployment rate rose to 6.9 per cent in October: study

It also said that labour participation was lowest since January 2016

Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit

The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building

The lure of 10 million jobs a year

Employment in agriculture has increased. Will it lead to shed the belief that agriculture will not be able to employ further?

Unemployment just below 8%, show latest CMIE figures

The business information company's portal says unemployment for February was 7.9% whereas Reuters has reported it at 7.78%

Simply Put: One Nation, one graph

Simply Put: The politics of unemployment

Simply Put: Living tense in present, in future & in past

Simply put: Unemployment

India’s unemployment rate jumped to a record 6.1% in 2017-18

India’s unemployment rate jumped to a record 6.1% in 2017-18, reported Business Standard (Jan 31, 2019) Unemployment was at 2.2% in 2011-12.…

Simply put: Unemployment rate highest in 45 years

Modi's surgical strike on jobs

Demonetisation has deepened the gloom on India's employment prospects which have been shrinking

Internal migration in India: Why, Where, How much

Millions leave there homes in India, especially its villages, in search of livelihood and flock towards cities relatively more affluent

Mining in Jharkhand threatens locals in their own land

Residents of the state’s mining areas are unemployed and are threatened of being jailed when they ask for work

Simply Put: Towards Net Zero employment

Watch what new ILO report predicts on unemployment

Unemployment will rise by 2.5 million says International Labour Organization's World Employment and Social Outlook: 2020  

World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades

The unemployment rate will continue to be high for years to come

Agriculture key to creating jobs in India's largely informal economy

The NDA government is repeating the mistake of the Vajpayee regime by relying on the formal sector for job creation

No, economic recovery has not brought about a drop in MGNREGA job demand: Experts

Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in MGNREGA; This has driven down demand for work under the scheme …

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

Pandemic or not, it is important to continue investing in the development of improved vaccines and bolstering the preparedness of the medical and …

Simply Put: COVID-19 and MGNREGA