As joblessness soars with lockdown, rural jobs scheme is failing to help families overcome distress

The scheme guarantees rural families 100 days of work a year. Many are close to exhausting their quota.

Rajat Kumar, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 23, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Covid-19: Nearly 50 lakh salaried persons lost their jobs in July, says report

An estimated 12.15 crore jobs – in the formal and informal sectors – were forfeited during April, the first month of the lockdown.

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· Aug 18, 2020 · 08:54 pm

India’s unemployment rate rises to 7.78% in February – highest in four months

The data released by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy shows the impact of slowdown in the country.

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· Mar 02, 2020 · 07:29 pm

Rahul Gandhi asks finance minister not to be scared of his questions on the economy

The Congress leader claimed he was asking these questions on behalf of the youth of the country, who are facing unemployment.

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· Feb 03, 2020 · 05:15 pm

India’s unemployment rate rose to 3-year high of 8.48% in October, says CMIE

While urban unemployment stood at 8.89% in October, the figure for rural unemployment was 8.28%.

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· Nov 02, 2019 · 01:30 pm

BJP minister says there are enough jobs available, but lack of qualified candidates in North India

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi lashed out at Santosh Gangwar, claiming jobs were lost because of the government’s policies.

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· Sep 15, 2019 · 05:25 pm

Union minister claims unemployment figures are wrong, no one is losing jobs

Nityanand Rai, a junior minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs, also claimed that India was on the way to becoming a $5 trillion economy.

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· Sep 11, 2019 · 11:28 am

Government survey found only 20% of Mudra loan beneficiaries started new businesses: Indian Express

The rest used the funds to expand existing businesses.

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· Sep 04, 2019 · 12:18 pm

Centre admits unemployment data was leaked, says it’s trying to identify those responsible

Minister Rao Inderjit Singhs said the new method for unemployment surveys was different and therefore cannot be compared to previous years.

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· Jul 18, 2019 · 06:19 pm

Unemployment rate for 2017-’18 is not comparable with previous surveys, says chief statistician

Pravin Srivastava said the present survey emphasised on education levels unlike earlier surveys which were based on monthly per capita expenditure.

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· Jun 01, 2019 · 10:36 am

Centre releases report that showed unemployment rose to 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-’18

Opposition leaders had earlier accused the Narendra Modi government of burying the report.

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· May 31, 2019 · 06:55 pm

Since demonetisation in 2016, about 50 lakh men have lost their jobs, shows new report

The report said the ‘beginning of the decline in jobs’ coincided with the note ban exercise but ‘no direct relationship can be established based only on this’.

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· Apr 17, 2019 · 09:47 am