'Educated youth prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed'

'When manufacturing or even services cannot generate the kind of employment they are looking for, they prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

Brain Drain 2.0 Is Taking Place In India

The migration of domestically developed intellectual property to foreign corporations within India reflects an anomaly in the demand pattern of the country's job market, points out Kanika Datta.......

Don't WASTE India's Demographic Dividend

India has entered a 'demographic sweet spot' with half of its population being under the age of 29.This 'demographic dividend' is likely to last for 2-3 decades and provides the government a unique......

Youth unemployment rising globally: ILO

Employment among youth globally is on the decline and the fall has been sharper during the worldwide downturn between 2007 and 2009, a report has said. According to a new report by the......

Share of youth employment at 5-year high in 2022, shows EPFO data

In the jobs created in 2022, the share of those in the age group 18-25 increased to at least a five-year high of 56 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A Business Standard analysis......

The world has 212 million jobless people!

The number of jobless people reached nearly 212 million in 2009 worldwide, following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, due to the global crisis. The number of unemployed......

Needed: Urban employment guarantee scheme

'Under-employment continues to be a very big problem.''What we see today is many youth who would have accepted any kind of job are not willing to accept any job.''They are ready to wait for a......