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Mahesh Vyas

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March's Employment Figures Disappointing
Rediff.com14 Apr 2023

The fall in the employment rate translated into a 2.6 million fall in absolute...

Employment In Urban India: Good News!
Rediff.com14 Mar 2023

Urban employment rate increased to 34.96 per cent in February. This is the highest...

WORRYING! Unemployment Rises in December
Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

The unemployment rate shot up to a record 10.9 per cent in the week that ended on...

Big Enterprises Are Better Employers
Rediff.com23 Dec 2022

Average wages paid by listed companies is more than twice the salaries paid by other...

Over To The Rain Gods To Lift Consumer Mood
Rediff.com24 Aug 2022

The 6.7% growth in Index of Consumer Sentiments in July 2022 is the highest since...

Explaining Young India's Anger Over Agnipath
Rediff.com30 Jun 2022

Agnipath offers jobs to youngsters between 17.5 years and 23 years of age. The...

Significant Increase In Industrial Jobs
Rediff.com14 Jun 2022

The growth is particularly remarkable because it comes at levels higher than during the...

Labour Force INCREASED By 8.8 Million In April
Rediff.com27 May 2022

This is one of the largest monthly increases in the labour force, observes Mahesh Vyas.

At 38.2 million, unemployed would be largest in any year
Rediff.com10 May 2022

It would be larger than even in the pandemic year of 2020-2021, notes Mahesh Vyas.

Workforce Shrank By 3.8 Million In March
Rediff.com22 Apr 2022

What the labour market statistics of March 2022 show is India's biggest sign of...

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income
Rediff.com4 Apr 2022

This is reflected in an improvement in their sentiments as well, explains Mahesh Vyas.

India Wants To BUY At Last!
Rediff.com17 Mar 2022

A change in the desire to buy consumer durables is perhaps the most important indicator...

Who Are India's 'Unemployed'?
Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

An overwhelming proportion of the unemployed declare their nature of occupation as...

Households Happier With Budget Than Markets
Rediff.com18 Feb 2022

Evidently, households see a brighter future after the Budget, reveals Mahesh Vyas.

India's Employment Rate Lower Than Pakistan, Bangladesh
Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

Only West Asia and North Africa have a lower employment rate than India, points out...

India's Employment Challenge
Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

Eighteen months after the economy was battered by the Covid-induced lockdown,...

Indians Can't Afford To Remain Unemployed
Rediff.com4 Jan 2022

Households with only one employed person can be considered to be somewhat vulnerable....

Households have not recovered
Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

'We are today worse off today compared to where we were two years ago by as much as 43...

Employment may go past pre-Covid levels in October
Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

The week ended October 17 was remarkable as it saw a fall in the unemployment rate. We...

Optimism in the air, mixed with hesitancy
Rediff.com22 Oct 2021

Something seems to be working for Indian consumers. Yet, the Indian consumer expresses...