Tackling India's chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government over the next five years, even as the country remains the world's fastest-growing major economy, according to ...

For the Bharat model to thrive, India needs a leaner, facilitative state and a reduced role in direct economic activity, ...

But India has one of the world’s lowest rates of formal employment for women. The percentage of women doing paid work has dropped sharply in recent years. Last year, 24 percent had a paid job ...

Boasting growth and jobs while managing inflation and expectations is going to be tricky As the Indian economy slows down to a 2-year low, it is clear that the pandemic recovery has run its course ...

India's urban unemployment rises to 10.1% in Dec - CMIE Hiring slows in IT, retail, manufacturing amid global slowdown High unemployment pose challenge in state, general elections Young workers ...

In Charts: India’s employment challenge explained Peak agricultural employment, economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic and MSMEs losing market share has worsened the jobs' challenge in ...

According to the latest economic census, which was conducted between January 2013 and April 2014, the average jobs created by an economic establishment in India was just 2.2.

On the surface, India's economy has been strong for the first half of 2019, with the BSE30 (an index that tracks 30 financially sound Indian companies) returning over 7% since January 1.

India's economy is expected to grow by 8.7 percent this year, according to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund, but participation in the labour force has fallen and ...

Job generation remains a big challenge, as does better balanced growth, especially since the recent economic exuberance has been led by high-tech sectors, but gains can be made in mid-tech sectors ...

Job creation is India's top economic challenge, policy experts say 'In India, we have a very peculiar problem - supposedly very high aggregate growth rates and no increase in employment. Modi came to ...

Job creation is India's top economic challenge, policy experts say: Poll Asia's third-largest economy grew more than 8% last fiscal year, driven by government capital expenditure that so far has ...