India's manufacturing sector has alarmingly shrunk to a historic low, contributing only 12.6% to GDP, a level unseen since 1967. This decli...

Bangladesh faces a youth unemployment crisis after political upheaval. Quota reforms sparked protests, but job creation lags. Garment facto...

A Reuters poll reveals independent economists doubt India's official unemployment rate, suggesting the true figure is much higher. Despite ...

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Canada's economy is facing challenges under Prime Minister Mark Carney as unemployment has gone up, particularly affecting young graduates....

The quality of jobs being created in India is another challenge, the economists said. An analysis of the official data showed about 46% of ...

A thorough assessment of historical and current employment trends across sectors leads to a deeper dive into complexities of jobless growth...

According to a poll of policy experts by Reuters, tackling India's chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government ove...

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said India's economy needs to grow at over 8% to meet job demands for its vast populat...

Between 2017 and 2022, the overall labor participation rate dropped from 46% to 40%. Among women, the data is even starker. About 21 millio...

India has a huge job problem. It will need to add 10 crore people into working age population by 2027.

With over 90% of the labour force in the informal economy, it is very difficult to assess the impact of policy actions and measure true gro...

The jobs problem is seen mainly as a problem of the IT sector or as a result of changing technology. But that is not the complete truth.

Number of adolescents (10 to 19 years old) in country is over 25 crore while youth, defined by census as people between 15 and 24 , number ...

Young Indians(800 mn citizens under the age of 35) - aren't feeling celebratory these days. Post-reforms, it's never been as bad for them a...

India's employment rate has dipped to 38.6% in 2011-12 from 39.2% in 2009-10. In 2004-05, when the UPA took charge, employment rate was 42%.

In terms of who has it worse - old or young workers - it's worth measuring differences between the two age groups to see which is more in n...