States, UTs to be ranked on labour welfare stepsThe Ministry of Labour and Employment will launch an annual index in 2026 to evaluate states and union territories on their implementation ...
13 Oct, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
Understanding PLFS 2025: A new era for India's high-frequency employment dataIndia's PLFS 2025 revamps labour statistics, providing monthly national and annual district-level employment data. Its enhanced design, wit...
29 Sep, 2025, 01.07 AM 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
Labour force survey to be monthly exercise with larger sample sizeThe statistics ministry announced that the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) will be released monthly, incorporating rural areas in quart...
15 May, 2025, 12.10 AM 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
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
India to start monthly release of unemployment figures in AprilIndia will start publishing monthly unemployment reports from April, providing policymakers with timely data. This shift from quarterly and...
07 Feb, 2025, 03.56 PM IST
Over a million apply for talathi posts in Maharashtra including engineers, PhD holders & MBAsTalathis, who are revenue department officials responsible for maintaining village accounts, hold Class C position with a monthly salary ra...
11 Aug, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Lack of teachers everywhere is real issue in US. Details hereIt is officially time for students to be back to school after a long break. However, the worry of teacher shortage is a real issue shadowin...
12 Sep, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Australia's jobless rate hits 48-year lowThe unemployment rate in March was unchanged from the previous month at a seasonally adjusted 4.0 percent, the Australian Bureau of Statist...
14 Apr, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
Migratory workers under close attention on electoral interest"This 'free' home visit is too good as the agents are paying for everything. Moreover, they also deal with our employers to ensure leave. S...
08 Apr, 2021, 08.07 AM IST
US court blocks Trump ban on H-1B, L-1 visasIn June, US President Donald Trump had signed a Presidential Proclamation banning the entry of certain groups of nonimmigrant visa holders,...
02 Oct, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
174 Indian nationals file lawsuit in US against presidential proclamation on H1B visaThe lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H4 visas or admitting new H-1B or H-4...
16 Jul, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
What Puerto Rico's problems mean for US economyImportantly, Puerto Rico is excluded from US economic statistics and is neither a part of GDP nor employment data.
01 Jul, 2015, 12.58 PM IST
Over half of India's workforce self-employed: NSSOWomen workers, both in rural and urban areas, continue to receive less remuneration than their male counterparts, says survey.
07 Jul, 2011, 11.42 AM IST
Growth reduces rush of job huntersThe year 2007 saw the biggest decline in the number of job seekers in India over the past ten years, as per the latest govt data. Workplace...
22 Dec, 2008, 04.49 PM IST
- Buddhadeb and industry: It's a positive vibration
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed on Friday that his government had succeeded in sending a positive signal to the industrialists in India and...
17 Jun, 2006, 12.04 AM IST