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Fresh formal hiring at 4-month low in August
Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

The number of monthly fresh formal hirings saw a slowdown in August, signalling a...

Want A Job In Germany? Read This
Rediff.com19 Oct 2024

'This agreement will help the Indian workforce to move to non-traditional sectors of...

129 mn Indians living in extreme poverty in 2024
Rediff.com16 Oct 2024

Almost 129 million Indians are living in extreme poverty in 2024, on less than $2.15...

Only 28.5% Youth Are Digitally Literate
Rediff.com12 Oct 2024

Goa has the highest number of people who could 'search the Internet for information and...

Computers, electronics sectors add highest workers after Covid
Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

Of the total 29 major industry groups covered in the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI),...

Number of people averse to govt surveys rises over 2x in 5 yrs
Rediff.com23 Sep 2024

The number of people averse to the surveys by the National Statistical Office (NSO) has...

In a first, govt to conduct yearly private capex survey from October
Rediff.com15 Sep 2024

At a time when the government is nudging the private sector to ramp up its capital...

Govt dissolves Pronab Sen-led panel on statistics, cites 'overlap' in work
Rediff.com10 Sep 2024

With the dissolution of former chief statistician Pronab Sen-led Standing Committee on...

EPFO will migrate to new IT platform in 3 months: Labour minister
Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will migrate to a new information...

Urban unemployment declines to 6.6% in Q1
Rediff.com19 Aug 2024

Employment in urban areas in the first quarter of 2024-25 (FY25) improved over the...

Women Outnumbered In Bank Accounts!
Rediff.com17 Aug 2024

As of March 2023, the share of accounts belonging to women stood at 36.4 per cent...

8th Eco Census likely next year; data for 7th awaited
Rediff.com14 Aug 2024

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Mospi) has started...

Job creation gets Budget boost with incentives
Rediff.com24 Jul 2024

Recognising job creation for the youth as the foremost challenge for the economy,...

Fresh Youth Hiring Surged In April-May
Rediff.com22 Jul 2024

'This year overall hiring has seen a slight improvement as compared to the dip seen...

New base years for macros likely to kick in from Jan-Feb 2026
Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

Updated new base years for national accounts and other macro-indicators are expected to...

Amazon says committed to 'appropriate' action in Manesar Warehouse incident
Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

A company spokesperson told Business Standard that Amazon was committed to the safety...

Informal entities in manufacturing lost 5.4 million jobs in 7 years
Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

Unincorporated enterprises in the manufacturing sector lost nearly 1.8 million...

Fresh formal hiring at seven-month high in April, shows EPFO data
Rediff.com22 Jun 2024

The number of fresh formal jobs generated in a month increased to a seven-month high in...

Govt Eyes Monthly, Quarterly Job Data
Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

'Efforts are on to make the data readily available so that it proves useful for...

Employment in informal sector below pre-Covid level, shows NSO data
Rediff.com18 Jun 2024

After adding 11.7 million workers in the October 2022-September 2023 period from the...