These surveys are expected to be broad based with large sample sizes and would bring about comparative data for such workers that have been...

There will be household surveys for migrants. For domestic workers, we plan to include both households employing domestic workers and those...

The event which will held in 21 districts across the state through which river Brahmaputra flows is likely to be inaugurated by President o...

The rural development ministry is in talks with the Infrastructure Development Finance Company to provide easy access to funds for the sche...

With unemployment rate rising in rural areas, the government has asked all states to take stock of the implementation of the National Rural...

Data on blue-collar employment of Muslims, who constitute 14.2% of population, in the private sector is scarce.

Beauty parlour work, hairdressing have emerged as some of the most sought-after skills among beneficiaries of the rural jobs programme unde...

The SECC data released last week showed that a third of India's rural households are landless and depend on manual labour for an income.

The Modi government will use the upcoming socio-economic caste census data to identify the exact causes of poverty in each of the household.

Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla said of the 76 recommendations of Sachar Committee, which gave various suggestions for welfare of ...

Mumbai, in terms of its Mumbai Metropolitan Region (including Navi Mumbai, Thane and Vasai-Virar among other satellite belts), houses aroun...

If short term, supplementary work, is also counted, women's employment numbers improve but they still show a huge decline of 2.7 mn in two ...

Poverty level in the country may have declined significantly between 2009-10 and 2011-12, survey shows.

The Indian financial markets as well as policy makers will be in a position to better assess data on employment along with other macro-econ...

The government has set up a high-level task force headed by HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh to chart out a policy for providing affordable hous...

The Reserve Bank of India is working towards starting a housing start-up index that will give an indication of the level of construction ac...

The National Statistics Commission, which will come into existence on Wednesday, will be working towards evolving measures for improving pu...