After 5 yrs of decline, India's unemployment rate stuck at 3.2%
For youth aged 15-29, the unemployment rate stood at 10.2%; urban female youth experienced the highest unemployment rate at 20.1%
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Govt rebuts Citigroup's claim that India will fail to plug jobs gap with 7% growth
The ministry says it strongly rebuts such reports which do not analyse all official data sources available in the public domain.
Is this the end of India's demographic dividend?
With youth constituting 82.9% of total unemployment, fertility rate below replacement level since 2021 and working-age population set to decline by 57% during 2031-41, demographic dividend is over
India should make growth more employment-intensive: ILO
India should give primacy to labour-intensive manufacturing employment to absorb the abundant unskilled labour, says ILO
India's unemployment rate drops to 3.1% in 2023: NSO
The report highlights that in rural areas, the unemployment rate declined to 2.4% in 2023, as against 2.8% in the preceding year.
Unemployment rate among females in urban areas declines to 8.6% in Sept quarter
The female unemployment rate of persons aged 15 years and above stood at 8.6% during the period under review, as against 9.4% in the same period last year.
PLFS 2022-23: Good news, bad news, and the unanswered questions
Jobs continue to shift from high-productive, high-paying to low-productive, low-paying informal sectors; wages and social security fall – all pointing to a job crisis
Unemployment rate dips to 6-year low of 3.2% in 2022-2023: PLFS data
The unemployment rate in both rural and urban areas dipped to 2.4% and 5.4%, respectively
Unemployment rate declines to 1-year low of 7.09% in September: CMIE
According to CMIE, the unemployment rate in rural areas fell to 6.20% in September from 7.11% in August this year.
42% graduates under 25 unemployed: Report
Policies oriented towards achieving faster GDP growth will not necessarily speed up job creation, says a report by Azim Premji University
