India's excess deaths during the Covid pandemic could be between 3.4 to 4.9 million, according to a new report which suggests millions more may have died from the SARS-CoV-2 virus than the official......
The growth is particularly remarkable because it comes at levels higher than during the pre-Covid times, notes Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters CMIE's Consumer Pyramids......
It would be larger than even in the pandemic year of 2020-2021, observes Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters The pandemic of 2020-2021 and its concomitant lockdowns......
An overwhelming proportion of the unemployed declare their nature of occupation as students.In the quarter ended December 2021, 77% of the unemployed who were actively looking for jobs were......
Casual labour, which is the type of employment provided by agriculture, yields much lower wages -- of the order of Rs 291 per day.Labour would not voluntarily shift to this lowest wage-rate sector......
The steady rise through most of July implies a greater demand for jobs.And, most of this demand is being met, says Mahesh Vyas. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's economic......