Tag: unemployment

The Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated a process to fill vacancies across Central government departments on a mission mode. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has...

Jobs and livelihood remain the topmost concern for most Indians, even millennials. As per the Deloitte Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey, 28...

January 2022 saw about 1.4 million workers joining the labour force in the US. However, the unemployment rate, on the whole, rose a bit...

Never has the US witnessed such a dip in the number of applications for unemployment benefits since 1969. However, experts attribute this to seasonal factor...

Just when things seemed to be looking up in July — with the unemployment rate falling from 9.17 per cent in June, to 6.95...

The stringent lockdown, that was in effect across the nation last year when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation with its first wave in...

While the employment scenario in 2021 and 2022 will witness a rebound, it will not be enough to close the gap in employment brought...

Unemployment rate in rural India has been steadily rising. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) had reported the unemployment rate as being 7.21...

Data reveals that unemployment in Australia has dropped to a one-year low, and the number of people in jobs has exceeded pre-pandemic levels. This...

The Australian job market is continuing steadily on the path of recovery, reporting a fourth month of increase in employment in January. Rate of...

A total of 122 million people in India lost their jobs in 2020. Out of these, at least 17 million were women, who lost...

The pandemic has led to an economic slump in countries across the globe. Governments worldwide are thinking of ways to tackle rising unemployment and...

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy has revealed that about six million white-collar professionals have been rendered jobless in India due to the pandemic. Last year,...

From April to August, the economy lost about 21 million salaried employees. As per the reports of the previous month, the recovery process had...

Although the month of June had been recording a rapid fall in the unemployment rate, it recently witnessed a marginal increase in the same...

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has terminated 11 of its employees for not showing up for work during the months of April...

Around 79 migrant workers have already received employment on the very first day of inauguration of the Rozgar Setu portal. This job portal has...

The Indian economy will find it difficult to recover from the slump following the pandemic and the lockdown. Unemployment is set to rise from...

With all bookings for the summer being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least two lakh people associated with the tourism sector in...

For the first time, the labour participation rate (LPR) in India has fallen below the 42 per cent mark, resting at 41.90 per cent...

In the month of March, about seven lakh jobs were lost in the US, owing to the coronavirus outbreak. As per the US Labour...

India is facing one of its darkest hours and is caught between the need to contain Covid-19 and stop businesses from closing down. Amitabh Kant,...

The Central Government plans to provide unemployment benefits to a section of workers in the organised sector, who may lose their jobs due to...

According to a report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), almost 25 million jobs may be lost, globally, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. However,...

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2.0 (PMKVY 2.0), which was launched in October 2016, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had...

Hundreds of young unemployed candidates, aspiring for positions as forest guards in Uttarakhand, held a sit-in on 25 February, in front of the state...

As per a World Bank report, moderately educated women are less likely to get a job than less- educated women As per the ‘Analysing Female...

With the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation offering an initial monthly salary of Rs 15,700 to sanitary workers, there has been a deluge of applications from...

According to a recent survey, those with high educational qualifications are more worried about jobs and employment than those who are less qualified. Though...

It is reported that 329 mining leases will become invalid by end of March, 2020. As a result, about 2,64,000 workers will be left...

A recent report focussing on automation and employability titled ‘Changing Business and Opportunities for Employer and Business Organisations’ released by the International Labour Organisation...

Not only has India’s unemployment rate risen (from 5.9 per cent in February last year, to 7.2 per cent in February this year), it...