Morgan Stanley has warned that India needs 12.2% annual growth to tackle underemployment and high youth joblessness. Despite 7.8% growth in...

A new Indian labor report indicates a drop in the jobless rate, but an economist cautions that it may not fully capture the extent of under...

Sahaj Retail Ltd and Techno India Group have partnered to launch a blue-collar skilling initiative, aiming to train one lakh youth in rural...

Stating that in the economy's jargon, India is a labour-abundant and capital-scarce country, chairman of the 16th Finance Commission and fo...

On India's underemployment problem, Banga said, "India needs to really think about not just manufacturing, but also services. Look at India...

Unlike the situation of India in 1960s, India is self-sufficient in terms of foods availability and productivity, so a Green Revolution 2.0...

India once had high hopes from manufacturing. It was supposed to be the mainstay of employment for the country. And yet, the manufacturing ...

Cong needs to give an outline of how they propose to finance NYAY, says Panagariya

Freelancing platforms state that around 70-80 per cent of jobs in the country could be potentially outsourced given the right infrastructur...

The panel will recommend sector specific policy interventions in key employment sectors, propose measures to enhance trade in services with...

Making a case for reforming labour laws, the Aayog also noted that recently fixed-term employment has been introduced in the textiles and a...

An earlier report had pegged joblessness at a five year high of 5 per cent in 2015, and under-employment at a staggering 35 per cent of the...

Dattaterya, who also participated in the Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in Beijing on July 12-13, said the meet also stressed on...

The latest National Sample Survey Organisation report shows in 2011-12 the labour force's size was between 440 million and 484 million.

The government has been making continuous efforts by focusing on creation of productive employment at a faster pace in order to raise incom...

Lack of skills in India also forces workers to remain trapped in the unorganized sector, doing menial and semi-skilled work.

Asserting that all out efforts were being made to enhance agriculture productivity to ensure supplies of foodgrains and other essential com...