Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: unemployment

Kashmir: Govt job aspirants in limbo after new guidelines

Six years ago, Altaf was happy with a job in a private company in Bangalore until his father compelled him to prepare for a...

Corona pandemic to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022

The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.

Bihar: 15 lakh people register RJD’s job portal for unemployed youth

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has claimed that more than five lakh people in Bihar have already registered themselves on a digital portal inviting resumes from the unemployed persons for jobs on the promise that once elected, the party will ensure employment for them.

Dalit, Adivasi groups seek law to guarantee jobs to educated youths

NACDOR (National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisatons) made a public appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said it wants the government to bring a legislation in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament to guarantee jobs to educated youth or an allowance in the lines of minimum wages paid to workers under the MNREGA.

As job losses escalate, half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods: ILO

The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed, warns the International Labour Organization.

Post-demonetisation, unemployment in India rose to 45-year high of 6.1%, says NSSO’s survey of 2017-18

The statistics ministry also said that female labour participation rate in urban areas for the quarter ending December 2018 was 19.5%, compared with 73.6% for males.