Tag: Unemployment

Unemployment Rate Declines To 6.7 Percent In India’s Urban Areas: Survey

May 15, 2024 admin

Unemployment rate is defined as percentage of unemployed people in labour force. (Representational) New Delhi: The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 6.7 per cent in the January-March period from 6.8 per cent a year ago, according to the National Sample Survey (NSSO). Joblessness, or unemployment rate,…

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CSDS-Lokniti pre-poll survey | In search of a dignified economic life

April 11, 2024 admin

People find it hard to get economically sustainable occupations in big cities, small towns, and even in rural areas. Image for representation. File | Photo Credit: AFP Price rise and unemployment have emerged as serious concerns for a significant majority of Indians. There is a consensus that employment opportunities at all levels have gone down…

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Unemployed Afghans under Taliban risk death and debt in hunt for gold

March 12, 2024 admin

Afghan miners dig inside a tunnel of a gold mine in the mountains of Yaftal Sufla district in Badakhshan province. | Photo Credit: AFP Tearing off a piece of mouldy flatbread, Homayon gulped tea in a brief reprieve from the din of the machines he and a dozen other men were using to dig for…

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Salaries Likely To Shrink In 2024 As Companies Trim Their Budget

October 3, 2023 admin

Workers in technology have been particularly hard hit. Companies are trimming their budgets for merit raises next year, a sign of belt-tightening that could surprise some employees who had enjoyed two straight years of increases. US employers surveyed by Aon Plc, which compiles compensation data on more than 5,500 employers, said merit raises will…

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Food delivery partners’ double whammy: Decreasing income levels, rising petrol costs | Data

September 17, 2023 admin

Making deliveries on time. Illustration of a food delivery worker riding a vehicle to drop a delivery | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A survey report on food delivery partners by the National Council of Applied Economic Research validates several common beliefs, such as workers being young graduates who work extended hours for better pay and…

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This Millionaire CEO Wants Unemployment To Increase By 50% Because…

September 16, 2023 admin

Tim Gurner is the CEO of Australian real estate company Gurner Group A multi-millionaire property developer from Australia has sparked outrage after saying that he wants unemployment to rise in his country because workers have become ”too arrogant”. Tim Gurner, CEO of Australian real estate company Gurner Group said that the Covid pandemic had changed…

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