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General

07 April, 2020

Small businesses struggle to pay wages amid coronavirus lockdown

Hundreds of thousands of cash-starved Indian small businesses have either deferred or cut their workers’ wages this month, say industrialists ......

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Finance

12 June, 2019

Budget 2019: Why reviving job creation, Make in India should top priority list

Just a week after assuming office for a second five-year term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted two key cabinet committees--one ......

Economy

31 May, 2019

Modi faces job creation challenge as unemployment rate rises to 6.1%

India's unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in the 2017/18 fiscal year, the statistics ministry said on Friday, presenting a challenge ......

Economy

02 May, 2019

India's unemployment rate jumps to 7.6% in April

India's unemployment rate in April accelerated to 7.6 percent, the highest since October 2016, and up from 6.71 percent in ......

Economy

05 March, 2019

India's unemployment rate rises to highest level in over two years

The unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2 percent in February 2019, the highest since September 2016, and up from ......

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Economy

08 February, 2019

In numbers: Have mid-sized companies been job creators during the Modi years?

Jobs data has created a flutter in India over the past couple of weeks. The government has been accused of suppressing ......