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Prabhat Patnaik
The Dramatic Increase in the Unemployment Rate
14 Jun 2019
The Periodic Labour Force Survey Report 2017-18 clearly shows that there is a sudden jump in the unemployment rates across-the-board in 2017-18, compared to all preceding rounds of the NSSO.
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CSO Used Shell Companies’ Data in Calculating New GDP Series
09 May 2019
Credibility of the GDP figures now under question; adds suspicion to things being manipulated in favour of the ruling regime, experts comment.
Subodh Varma
Meanwhile, on the Jobs Front…
24 Apr 2019
Latest CMIE data shows that unemployment rate continues to steadily climb up even as PM Modi and his party try to divert attention by talking about air strikes and ‘national security’.
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Fact Check Your Constituency
19 Apr 2019
FACTCHECKER in collaboration with IndiaSpend and NewsClick brings you Constituency Check, a tool that maps various socio-economic indicators of individual parliamentary constituencies on to an…
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50 Lakh People Lost Jobs Post Demonetisation, Says Azim Premji Varsity Report
18 Apr 2019
The latest report on jobs by APU has come at a time when employment is one of the biggest poll planks in the ongoing elections.
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Azim Premji University Proposes a Jobs Guarantee Programme for Urban India
31 Mar 2019
The proposed programme would cover towns with a population of less than 1 million and assure urban residents a legal right to employment.
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108 Economists, Social Scientists Slam Modi Govt For Tweaking Data
15 Mar 2019
Signatories say “Global reputation of India’s statistical bodies at stake”
Subodh Varma
Educated? Skilled? Sorry, No Jobs!
18 Feb 2019
The leaked NSSO report records that joblessness among educated men has nearly tripled, and among women it has doubled. Even among skill trained, it has doubled.
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Daily Round-up Ep38: Budget 2019, NSSO “Draft Report” on Unemployment & More
01 Feb 2019
In this episode we briefly analyse some key points out of the Budget that was presented in the Parliament and it's blatant ignorance to 'real' issue of the people.
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Jobs Data Report ‘Final’, NSSO Reports ‘Never’ Cleared by Cabinet: Experts
01 Feb 2019
On Friday, in a damage control exercise, the NITI Aayog vice-chairman had said that 6.1 per cent unemployment rate report was only a “draft” that was yet to be “approved”.