'PM Modi wants BJP leaders with no spine'

‘He only promotes those leaders who will never show any resistance to him in future.’ IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a model of the Dwarka Expressway before its......

'What is predominant in India is disguised unemployment'

'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was euphoria in social media about India becoming a $4 trillion......

Employment In Urban India: Good News!

Urban employment rate increased to 34.96 per cent in February.This is the highest employment rate recorded in urban India since September 2020. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......

WORRYING! Unemployment Rises in December

The unemployment rate shot up to a record 10.9 per cent in the week that ended on December 18, points out Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: Labourers wait for work at a market on a cold morning in Delhi. Kindly......

Women's unemployment rate at 16-month low; labour participation declines

The unemployment rate for women was last this low around Diwali in 2022. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The unemployment rate has dropped for women from 14.9 per cent in December 2023 to......

Railways clocks 2nd-highest freight earnings since 2019

The Indian Railways carried more goods in December 2023 than the same time last year, making more money than any month bar one since the pandemic. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The railways made......

Indians Back To Spending At Pre-Covid Levels, But...

Lower income groups earning less than Rs 100,000 a year are yet to recover as are those earning between Rs 100,000 and Rs 200,000. IMAGE: Women shop for jewellery at the Sarojini Nagar market in......

Govt Project Launches Hit All-Time Low

IMAGE: Labourers work at the construction site of a metro rail project in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters   Government announcements for the building of new roads, railways,......