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Livelihoods at stake for millions as employment crisis gets the coronavirus

India's economy, even when it is growing, doesn't create enough quality jobs, and a nationwide lockdown to contain Covid-19 has created an employment calamity, writes Mahesh Vyas

Covid-19 impact: Exide cuts pay by 15-30% across cadres, lower staff spared

Situation will be reviewed end of Q1FY21; With no payment coming in from customers, firms has resorted to bank loans to pay salaries

Covid-19: World Bank sees FY21 India growth at 1.5-2.8%, slowest since 1991

It estimated India will grow 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal that ended on March 31

Over 15 million jobs at stake unless package announced immediately: FIEO

Need interest free loans, limited opening of manufacturing units soon, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations said

Industry shutdown must end

Industry must be allowed to resume operations in areas other than the identified hotspots with proper safety guidelines in place as soon as possible

Employment beyond the data

Since independence, the Indian economy has been growing at rates moderately high, to slow, to high, and back to moderate in recent times

Coronavirus is third shock to Indian economy in a little over 3 years

The impact of the shutdowns on the economy would show up later; but the shutdowns would help contain the spread of the virus

Engineering, MBA freshers increasingly applying for gig jobs: TeamLease

According to the data from TeamLease, the number of gig jobs that get posted on a daily basis is 920 on Freshersworld.com and 540 on TeamLease.

Coronavirus crisis adds to risks as India battles slowdown, unemployment

New risk in the form of the Covid-19 virus only adds to the economic cholesterol that India has accumulated over the past few years

Sebi on recruitment drive, invites application for 147 officer posts

Candidates can apply for the posts through online mode only and the application window is opened from March 7-23, the regulator said in a notice.

House panel concerned over key govt vacancies, Rs 9 trn under tax disputes

The committee recommended grouping of ministries into clusters like 'rural cluster, 'social cluster' and 'financial cluster'

PMI: India's services sector growth hits 7-year high of 57.5 in February

Exports zoom but job growth at 3-month low

Best of BS Opinion: Deal activity in 2020, job slowdown, and more

Ways of selecting people for constitutional positions should be diversified

Why should women who are enthusiastic to join workforce exit labour mkts?

Labour force participation rate among young women in the age bracket 20-24 years was 14.3 per cent in the September-December 2019 period

The Misery Index: What if both unemployment and inflation rates are rising?

The Misery Index is the arithmetical sum of the unemployment rate and the inflation rate

RSMSSB recruitment 2020 notification: Apply for 1,054 junior engineer posts

RSMSSB JE recruitment: The application process will begin from March 4 and will conclude on April 2, 2020

IIM-Calcutta average salary offer for top 10% students hits all-time high

Taking Average salary offer for top 10% students at IIM-Calcutta hits all time high

Over 683,000 vacant posts in central govt departments: Personnel Ministry

A highest of 1,16,391 recommendations were made by the RRB, 13,995 by SSC and 4,399 by UPSC

The protectionism path

Budget continues the backward slide on trade

RBI Assistant admit card 2020 to be released today; steps to download

RBI Assistant admit card: The RBI Assistant Prelims will be conducted on February 14 and 15, 2020