Agnipath offers jobs to youngsters between 17.5 years and 23 years of age.The unemployment rate in this age group has risen from around 23% in 2017 to over 50% since 2020. Every second person who......
The thing is that unemployment and joblessness are a personally felt shame.It is not easy to mobilise a set of people who identify with others as a group that cannot get work, points out Aakar......
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the government over rising inflation and unemployment and said India looks a 'lot like Sri Lanka' and the Centre should not distract......
Haryana's chief minister enjoys Narendra Modi's support and protection and will be in office unless the state sees a massive administrative botch-up, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Haryana Chief......
Wow -- 2020, huh? From the deadly coronavirus to lockdowns, wildfires to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the Bihar and US elections, it's been a year we won't forget. It's hard to believe it......
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......
'The FY2023 inflation outcome is likely to exceed the RBI's current forecast by a wide margin.' Photograph: Shailesh Andrade The annual inflation rate in India was 7.79% in April of 2022, which is......
'RBI is already late in addressing inflation pressures.' Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters "India still is not in stagflation. It is experiencing high inflation pressures. But growth is still......
'Nobody is talking about the inequality that is going to come.' Photograph: ANI Photo In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate. In fact, the finance minister said she was......
'According to CMIE data, employment in manufacturing saw a reduction from 51 million in the country in 2016 to 27 million in 2021.'That is, it has halved in just 5 years.'At the same time, the......