New India's labour market

Govt must extend outreach to labour beyond traditional unions

It has been reported that Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has written to industry organisations and trade unions, asking them to join a consultation process on policy changes that would address India’s burgeoning job problem as well as increase India’s women labour force participation rate. This is a welcome admission that job creation in India needs attention. In spite of some recent figures from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, suggesting September alone saw an increase in jobs by about 7 million, the National Sample Survey data indicated that India had not experienced such high unemployment since