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Unemployment Rate Declines To 6.7 Percent In India's Urban Areas: Survey
The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 6.7 per cent in the January-March period from 6.8 per cent a year ago, according to the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO).
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Urban Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest In 4 Quarters: Government Data
Amid criticism over high unemployment rate, a survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Saturday showed that urban unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in four quarters at 9.3 per cent during January-March 2019.
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"Finance Minister Must Find Solution To Economic Crisis": Shiv Sena
BJP's ally Shiv Sena today asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to find a solution to the "economic crisis", citing the latest official data on slumping growth and rising unemployment.
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Unemployment Rate At 6.1%; Calling It 45-Year High Unfair, Says Centre
The country's unemployment rate was at 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, the statistics ministry said on Friday, confirming the figure leaked to Business Standard newspaper in January, which said it was the highest since 1972-73.
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50 Lakh Lost Jobs Over 2 Years, Trend Began Just After Notes Ban: Report
Fifty lakh men lost their jobs in the past two years beginning November 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overnight ban on high value currency, according to a new report. The timing of the start of the decline in jobs coincides with demonetisation but no "causal link" can be established based on the available data, says the repor...
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Holding Back NSSO Jobs Data Huge Mistake: PM Modi's Former Advisor
Calling it a knee-jerk reaction, Surjit S Bhalla, the former member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council, in his book 'Citizen Raj' has said that withholding the NSSO unemployment data by the government is a "huge mistake".
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Provident Fund Enrolment, Tax Data Can't Measure Jobs: Think Tank Chief
Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country's unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs.
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Report Saying "Unemployment At 45-Year High" Not Verified: NITI Aayog
A yet-to-be-released report that says the country's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year-high in 2017-18 is "not verified" and the "veracity of the data is not known", NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. The clarification came as the government faced opposition attacks over the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)'s periodic labou...
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"NoMo Jobs", Tweets Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Report. BJP Hits Back
Rahul Gandhi today used the term "Fuhrer" to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a report that says that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high in 2017-18. The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper, says unemployment was at 6.1 per...
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"How's The Jobs" Asks Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Data: Highlights
The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), accessed by the Business Standard, shows that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent.
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Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Stung By Exits, Statistics Ministry Clarifies On Jobs Report: 10 Points
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of a jobs survey and concerns about it being buried in election season. Acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi quit with a year left in their term, over the delay in th...
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Unemployment Rate Declines To 6.7 Percent In India's Urban Areas: Survey
The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 6.7 per cent in the January-March period from 6.8 per cent a year ago, according to the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO).
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Urban Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest In 4 Quarters: Government Data
Amid criticism over high unemployment rate, a survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Saturday showed that urban unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in four quarters at 9.3 per cent during January-March 2019.
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"Finance Minister Must Find Solution To Economic Crisis": Shiv Sena
BJP's ally Shiv Sena today asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to find a solution to the "economic crisis", citing the latest official data on slumping growth and rising unemployment.
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Unemployment Rate At 6.1%; Calling It 45-Year High Unfair, Says Centre
The country's unemployment rate was at 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, the statistics ministry said on Friday, confirming the figure leaked to Business Standard newspaper in January, which said it was the highest since 1972-73.
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50 Lakh Lost Jobs Over 2 Years, Trend Began Just After Notes Ban: Report
Fifty lakh men lost their jobs in the past two years beginning November 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overnight ban on high value currency, according to a new report. The timing of the start of the decline in jobs coincides with demonetisation but no "causal link" can be established based on the available data, says the repor...
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Holding Back NSSO Jobs Data Huge Mistake: PM Modi's Former Advisor
Calling it a knee-jerk reaction, Surjit S Bhalla, the former member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council, in his book 'Citizen Raj' has said that withholding the NSSO unemployment data by the government is a "huge mistake".
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Provident Fund Enrolment, Tax Data Can't Measure Jobs: Think Tank Chief
Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country's unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs.
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Report Saying "Unemployment At 45-Year High" Not Verified: NITI Aayog
A yet-to-be-released report that says the country's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year-high in 2017-18 is "not verified" and the "veracity of the data is not known", NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. The clarification came as the government faced opposition attacks over the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)'s periodic labou...
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"NoMo Jobs", Tweets Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Report. BJP Hits Back
Rahul Gandhi today used the term "Fuhrer" to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a report that says that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high in 2017-18. The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper, says unemployment was at 6.1 per...
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"How's The Jobs" Asks Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Data: Highlights
The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), accessed by the Business Standard, shows that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent.
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Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Stung By Exits, Statistics Ministry Clarifies On Jobs Report: 10 Points
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of a jobs survey and concerns about it being buried in election season. Acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi quit with a year left in their term, over the delay in th...
