On a month-on-month basis, the government, public sector and defence industries showed the sharpest increase in job postings, with a 14% in...

As per latest government data, enrolments under ABRY stood at 6.04 million as on July 22, 2023, well short of the revised target of generat...

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation received a total contribution of Rs 64885.60 crore during 2022-23, the highest ever under its Em...

TV Somanathan, a PhD in economics, took over as expenditure secretary in the finance ministry in December 2019, months before Covid-19 stru...

In a separate response, Singh said unemployment rate or UR (on usual status of age 15 years and above) was 4.2 per cent during 2020-21. The...

"The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries was March 31, 2022. As on November 28, 2022, benefits have been provided to 60.13 lakh...

The estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above was 47.3 per cent, 50.9 per cent and 52.6...

"Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government. Accordingly, the government of India has tak...

Nearly two lakh candidates were recruited for the central government jobs in the last five years, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra ...

The document stated that, as per quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, up to March 2021, employment in urban sector affected ...

Under the scheme, the government reimburses 24% - 12% each for employees and employers - for two years for all new formal jobs created in e...

“The government of India has taken a number of initiatives for promoting employment generation in the country,” the minister said in respon...

“The scheme is intended to benefit a total of 71.80 lakh beneficiaries,” labour minister Bhupender Yadav said in response to a question in ...

The observation was made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour in its 17th report on demand of grants for 2020-21 tabled in Par...

Under the PMMY, collateral-free loans upto Rs 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them t...

Minister for State for Finance Anurag Thakur said India enforced one of the most stringent lockdowns during April-June, 2020, compared to o...

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation will have a herculean task in improving the delivery of services with focus on implementation of...