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Page 2 - Consumer Sentiment Indicator

India's unemployment rate of 6.4% in September is the lowest in four years

It was rural India that made the bigger con­tri­bution to the turnaround in labour conditions

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Updated On : 04 Oct 2022 | 10:57 AM IST

Haryana's superior quality of employment

Haryana is a rich state with a relatively high per capita income. People here are therefore apparently less willing to take up informal employment in the unorganised sector

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Updated On : 26 Sep 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Haryana's stormy labour markets

According to its Economic Survey, in 2021-22, Haryana's per capita net state domestic product at Rs 2,74,635 was nearly twice the national average of Rs 1,50,326

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Updated On : 19 Sep 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Employment fell in August 2022

This rise in the unemployment rate reflects the inability of the economy to provide adequate jobs at a time when the demand for jobs from people increased

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Households hesitant to spend

Rural India's steep fall in willingness to spend on consumer durables and urban India's scepticism regarding their future well-being is worrisome

Households hesitant to spend
Updated On : 05 Sep 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

India's low youth employment rate

The 15-24 years age group has a relatively low labour participation rate (LPR). Between 2016-17 and 2021-22, while the average was 42.6%, the LPR for the youth was much lower at 22.7%

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Updated On : 29 Aug 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Rural stress

Most of the souring of sentiments emanated from rural India. It is likely that the principal reason for this is the behaviour of the southwest monsoon

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Updated On : 23 Aug 2022 | 12:02 AM IST

A partial recovery in July

Labour statistics for July show that a recovery did indeed take place in rural India. But, this has turned out to be grossly inadequate

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Updated On : 01 Aug 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Consumer sentiments recovering in July

After having scaled up by 5% in February, the index of consumer sentiment's growth rate fell in March, April and May 2022. In May and June 2022, it was a meagre 1%

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Updated On : 25 Jul 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Retreat of female labour participation

About 34 per cent of people in the age group 20-24 years sought employment during the January-April 2022 period

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Updated On : 18 Jul 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Future imperfect

The gradual loss of momentum of growth in sentiments can be traced to the deterioration in consumer expectations from the future

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2022 | 11:11 AM IST

Vulnerable jobs

While about 13 million lost jobs during the month, the count of the unemployed increased by only 3 million

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2022 | 8:41 AM IST

Disparate and slow recovery of sentiments

Consumer sentiments have been recovering, but at a very slow pace. Worse still, this recovery has been decelerating in recent months. Further, this recovery is skewed in favour of the rich

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Updated On : 28 Jun 2022 | 12:01 AM IST

Consumer sentiments uncertain

Consumer expectations in rural India were down by 1.7 per cent in May while expectations in urban India improved by 6.4 per cent

Consumer sentiments uncertain
Updated On : 14 Jun 2022 | 7:29 AM IST

Sentiments sour

It is quite possible that the controls on export of wheat and sugar could have caused the sentiments in general and expectations in particular to sour in recent times

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Updated On : 30 May 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

From households to enterprises to markets, expectations drive decisions

Expectations play an important role in decision-making. Enterprises and the financial markets, for example, allocate funds that reflect their expectations

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Updated On : 17 May 2022 | 12:46 PM IST

Bustling labour markets in April

The labour force increased by 8.8 million - from 428.4 million in March 2022 to 437.2 million in April 2022

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Updated On : 09 May 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

Millions of Indians exiting labour force no longer looking for jobs: CMIE

Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age -- roughly the population of the US and Russia combined -- don't want a job, according to the CMIE

Millions of Indians exiting labour force no longer looking for jobs: CMIE
Updated On : 26 Apr 2022 | 2:04 AM IST

Farmers are doing well

In 2022, India will record the fifth consecutive year of bumper wheat crop

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Updated On : 19 Apr 2022 | 6:01 AM IST

Unemployment rate falls, from grace

The decline in the LPR reflects the inadequacy of the growth in employment opportunities

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Updated On : 12 Apr 2022 | 5:52 AM IST