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Economic Survey 2025-26 flags labour market progress, poverty reduction an
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The survey notes that recent labour market indicators indicate improving employment conditions, driven by ongoing structural reforms. Monthly data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) show a largely stable labour market with seasonal variations, while quarterly averages indicate a
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Thermal power's share in India's electricity generation to fall below 70%
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Crisil Ratings estimated that thermal power's share will decline to about 72% in the current fiscal from nearly 75% in FY25, before slipping further below the 70% mark next year. As a result, plant load factors (PLFs) of thermal power plants are projected to moderate to 64-66% in the current
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India's unemployment rate falls for second month to 5.1% in August, female
Updated : 8 months ago IST
India's overall unemployment rate fell to 5.1 per cent in August 2025, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday.
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Ministry of Statistics to hold conference to foster knowledge exchange bet
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The conference will address several important topics, including the sampling methodologies used in surveys, the latest findings from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2023-24, and recent updates in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
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Parliament: Congress' Vijay Vasanth moves adjournment motion to discuss 'u
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Vijay Vasanth on Tuesday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss 'India's deepening unemployment crisis, citing CMIE and PLFS data, which show the unemployment rate at 7.8% in September 2024.
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India doubts credibility of Citigroup report on state of employment
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The central government on Monday strongly refuted the recent Citigroup report put out on the state of employment in India and the outlook around it.
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India saw significant growth in jobs and decline in unemployment rate, gov
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Employment is a major issue this election, especially after the ILO report which claimed that India's youth account for 83 per cent of the unemployed workforce.
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Women's participation in workforce doubles in UP, reveals labour force sur
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) revealed a significant surge in the participation rate of women in the work force in Uttar Pradesh.
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India's labour market undergoing structural transformation, latest survey
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
India's labour market is undergoing a deep structural transformation with self-entrepreneurship across all echelons and higher education emerging as key enablers, according to SBI Research. In a report, it argued Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) survey data for the five-year period ended
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India's GDP growth boosts quality, quantity of employment, says IMF Execut
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Subramanian emphasized that the reliable data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) clearly indicates significant improvements in both the quantity and quality of employment in India.
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Women's participation in Uttar Pradesh labour force up by 17.9 pc
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to the latest findings from the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS), the state's women labour force participation rate soared from a mere 14.2 per cent in 2017-18 to an impressive 32.10 per cent in 2022-23.
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Unemployment rate drops to 2.6 per cent in UP under Yogi government
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh was 6.4 per cent in 2017-18 which has decreased to 2.6 per cent in 2022-23.
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