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......
Extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after a surge in the two preceding years, but remained above the 2018 level, the latest World Bank data shows. Photograph:......
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......
Users of employment / unemployment statistics can enjoy the benefits of -- initially the speed of private enterprise and then, the stamp of official statistics with a hopefully small time lag, says......