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Hyderabad: Punching a hole in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims over the Rozgar Mela, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday wrote an open letter to Modi, exposing how the mela was another drama from the BJP ahead of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. Accusing the BJP and Modi of cheating […]
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Thrissur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the rise in fuel and cooking gas prices in the country, and said the BJP and RSS were spreading hate and violence to distract the people from such burning issues. Gandhi reiterated that his party will fight all […]
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By Craig Jeffrey, Jane Dyson Young people have been taking to the streets across India, demanding governments act to provide more jobs. In Bihar, large numbers protested recently at delays in filling public sector vacancies. Some of them had passed the required examinations but waited several years for their job to start. In July and […]
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Hyderabad: Terming Narendra Modi as the ‘weakest and inefficient Prime Minister’ India ever had, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar rao asserted that the former was answerable to the people of the country on all issues – from hike in fuel prices to rising unemployment, multiple scams, and hate crimes. He had hit out at the Prime […]
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Hyderabad: Lacklustre! That just about sums up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the public meeting in Parade Grounds here that marked the conclusion of the two-day national executive meeting of the BJP on Sunday. Contrary to expectations, Modi did not even touch upon burning national issues such as inflation, economic downturn, unrest in the […]
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Ottawa: The unemployment rate in Canada edged down 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent in May, marking three consecutive months of decrease while this key labor market indicator has reached a new record low, Statistics Canada said. The tightening labor market in recent months has contributed to year-over-year decline in unemployment rates across the core-aged […]
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New Delhi: Continuing to raise the issue of unemployment, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday said over 60 lakh sanctioned central and state government posts are vacant in various sectors when joblessness is at its highest level in three decades. The MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh Saturday tweeted a chart mentioning government jobs sector-wise. […]
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Jagtial: TRS MLC K Kavitha on Saturday expressed deep concern over the rising unemployment in the country like never before and added that it has reached the ‘danger level’. She also pointed out that the Central government is failing in controlling the fall of rupee against the dollar. While there was a drastic fall in […]
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By B Yerram Raju Several economists, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war and the rise in global inflation index, have been talking of recession. It is important to understand the meaning of recession. It occurs when there is a contraction of demand for goods and services consecutively for two quarters; employment falls precipitously; consumption […]
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New Delhi: Inflation and unemployment are the main concerns of Indians at the moment rather than a non-ending sequence of new variants thrown by the deadly Coronavirus. This was revealed in a comprehensive survey conducted by CVoter for IANS on the occasion of World Health Day on Thursday. The survey, conducted immediately after the reported […]
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Khammam: The Modi government’s seven year rule at the Centre resulted in lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and highest unemployment in the country, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. Telangana’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) witnessed a record growth of Rs. 11,54,860 crore and Telangana has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. This reveals […]
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Hoshiarpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, saying he does not talk about it and black money in his election speeches. Addressing a poll rally here, Gandhi targeted the Narendra Modi-led government over demonetisation and goods and services tax, alleging that only two-three billionaires benefited from them. Stating […]
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Suryapet: All India Agriculture Workers Unions (AIAWU) national council member Mulakapalli Ramulu on Sunday said they would launch an intensified agitation if the Centre tried to dilute the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP). Speaking at a seminar on “NREGP in union Budget” here, he said the Centre has plans to dilute NREGP, which was […]
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New Delhi: Number of suicides due to unemployment during 2018-2020 stand at 9,140 as per records of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), replied Union Home Ministry in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Number of suicides due to bankruptcy or indebtness during the aforementioned time period was 16,091 as per NCRB records, added the Union Home Ministry […]
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Kolkata: The Union Budget provided nothing to the common people who have been “crushed” by unemployment and inflation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, terming it a “Pegasus spin budget”. Banerjee said the Centre was lost in “big words” signifying nothing. BUDGET HAS ZERO FOR COMMON PEOPLE, WHO ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY […]
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While the Indian economy is on the path of overall recovery from the worst hit it took at the start of the pandemic, the situation remains volatile in the face of the rapid surge of the Omicron variant and the informal sector continues to be in the red. What is more worrying is the rising […]
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Hyderabad: A youngster, who was reportedly upset over not being able to find a job, died, allegedly by suicide, in a lake at Shamirpet, police said on Tuesday. The man, K Narasimha (23), a resident of Lalgadi Malakpet in Shamirpet completed his graduation and was earlier working for a private company. However, citing the pandemic, […]
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Hyderabad: Even as India’s unemployment rate reached a four-month high of 7.91 per cent in December, Telangana made it to the top five States with lowest unemployment rates and secured fourth spot with just 2.2 per cent. However, the State topped all others in lowest rural unemployment rate at a meagre 0.4 per cent. While […]
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Hyderabad: Government Whip Balka Suman ridiculed BJP State president and MP Bandi Sanjay’s plans to stage a demonstration (deeksha) against the State government’s failure in curbing unemployment in Telangana. He reminded that Telangana’s unemployment rate was far lesser than the national unemployment rate. He pointed out that there were 8.72 lakh job vacancies in various government […]
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New Delhi: Congress is planning to launch agitation against the Centre in January over rising unemployment and privatisation. The agitation committee of the party held a meeting, earlier on Wednesday, at 15 GRG in the presence of Digvijay Singh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Udit Raj, Neeta D’Souza, BV Srinivas, Ragini Nayak. Congress party is building strategies […]
