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, ...

The data suggests that India’s economic narrative may be outpacing its ground realities, with critical sectors ...

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 ...

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 ...

A holistic strategy, involving substantial investment in skill development aligned with industry needs, educational reform ...

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 ...

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.

This is really India’s central economic challenge, ... India has only 430 million jobs, according to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy, an independent research institution in Mumbai.

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 ...