India's overall unemployment rate declines to 5.1% in AugustIndia's unemployment rate witnessed a decline, reaching 5.1% in August 2025, signaling a positive trend in the labor market. The Periodic L...
15 Sep, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
Statistics, Labour ministries should jointly assess impact of PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: Labour secretaryLabour and statistics ministries are set to collaborate on assessing the impact of PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, aiming to generate 3.5 c...
28 Aug, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Unemployment rate at 5.1% in April, urban areas lag at 6.5%India's April unemployment rate stood at 5.1%, with a slight disparity between men (5.2%) and women (5%). Rural areas outperformed urban ce...
15 May, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Govt revamps employment survey, extends quarterly data to rural India for the first timeThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will enhance labour force data dissemination by publishing the Periodic Lab...
14 May, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
India's unemployment rate rises to 3.2% in 2024, driven by women leaving workforceIndia's unemployment rate increased to 3.2% in 2024, up from 3.1% in 2023, with women’s workforce participation dropping. Male unemployment...
10 Apr, 2025, 01.03 AM IST
Govt to release monthly urban, rural unemployment data from AprilStarting April, the government will release monthly unemployment figures for urban and rural areas. The ministry is enhancing data for dist...
08 Feb, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
Govt mulls more frequent job data surveysIndia's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is considering increasing the frequency of the Periodic Labour Force Su...
19 Jun, 2024, 08.57 PM IST
Process to appoint new chief statistician to the Ministry of Statistics beginsThe ministry on Monday said the CSI will be the head of the National Statistical Organisation and secretary of the National Statistical Com...
20 Jul, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
Govt extends 7th Economic Census data collection period by six months“The period during which collection of statistics for 7th Economic Census may be completed is hereby extended by another 6 months till 30th...
08 Apr, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Coronavirus Fallout: Government puts key economic surveys on holdThe ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mo-SPI) has been carrying out the Seventh Economic Census since July 29 last year,...
23 Mar, 2020, 11.57 PM IST
Niti begins work to improve data qualityThe move comes close on the heels of a controversy over the consumption survey that was junked by the govt.
16 Dec, 2019, 07.41 PM IST
Government bars committee members from criticising official statsThe directive comes in the wake of members of a committee on jobs leaking details of a report after quitting the panel.
23 Jul, 2019, 08.43 AM IST
MoSPI is giving an increased focus on data quality, assurance, credibility: GovernmentThe government had last month approved the merger of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under Mo...
10 Jun, 2019, 09.47 PM IST
Chief statistician to remain head of statistics systemUnder criticism for restructuring the statistical system, the government has clarified that the chief statistician will continue to be the ...
08 Jun, 2019, 07.23 AM IST
Is the job scene in India bad? Depends on how you see it, says govtThe unemployment rate was highest among urban females at 10.8% followed by males at 7.1%.
01 Jun, 2019, 03.27 PM IST
National Statistical Commission to get more teeth in 100 daysChanges likely in the institutional and legal framework of the statistics body after govt faced flak over GDP data quality.
27 May, 2019, 11.21 PM IST
NSC members didn’t express concerns on GDP back series, jobs data earlier, says govtNSC members PV Mohanan & JV Meenakshi quit the apex statistics body citing concerns on its functioning.
30 Jan, 2019, 10.00 PM IST