 | ‘Higher allocation to rural schemes to offset MNREGS job demand’The government has reduced the allocation to MNREGS to Rs 60,000 crore for FY24 compared to Rs 73,000 crore budgeted for FY23. |
 | 22 per cent cut in MGNREGA allocation, may hit jobsIn the past five years, 21% of the budget for the scheme is used for paying the pending dues of the previous years. “There is already a pending liability of Rs 16,000 crore. |
 | Manufacturing, services log 8.27 per cent attrition in third quarter, says reportIn the services sector, apart from IT, educational services witnessed 18.02% attrition, followed by ecommerce & allied start-ups (15.13%). |
 | Budget 2023: Focus on job creationAs start-ups and the IT sector could generate more jobs, experts say the upcoming budget should encourage the development of the tech ecosystem. |
 | Need to pivot fiscal policy towards job creationThe crisis perpetuates itself as sub-contractualisation of work even within the organised sector promotes insecurity among existing workers about their future. |
 | More jobless, but accurate data must for corrective policiesEven if you overlook the divergence in official and private estimates, the need for faster job creation is undeniable. |
| Every one in four Indians surveyed concerned about threat of job layoff: SurveyGlobal economic slowdown and a potential resurgence of COVID-19 are key areas of worry for Indians. |
 | Google's parent Alphabet to fire 12,000 employees; Pichai says 'sorry'The year 2023 has begun on a bad note for tech workers globally as 91 companies have laid off more than 24,000 tech employees in the first 15 days this month, signalling worse days ahead. |
 | Self-employment scheme for youth on cards: BommaiSports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said the role of youths was important for the nation. |
 | White-collar hiring activities in India rose 4 per cent in December 2022: ReportIT and BPO sectors linked to global markets declined by 19 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively, in December from the first half of the year, with startup hiring impacted the most. |
 | Mixed message from economy on New Year’s dayThe unemployment rate in rural areas slipped to 7.44% in December from 7.55% in November. |
 | Changing the narrative: Transgender women beat the odds to land govt jobs in Tamil NaduDistrict collector J Meghanath Reddy recalls he was discussing with officials to hire educated people when he came across names of Saranya and Ramya Sri. |
 | Nuggets on governance from ParliamentHere are a few factoids on governance from Parliament. |
 | Blind students group joins Bharat Jodo Yatra; to raise voice against unemployment, inflation, hateA 12-year-old blind student, said he participated in the Yatra aiming to eliminate hatred between communities and raise his voice against inflation. |
 | Govt ran away from debate on China, inflation, unemployment: CongressThe entire Opposition kept demanding a discussion on national security, inflation, unemployment but the government "kept running away", giving one fabricated excuse after the other. |
 | UP govt to give jobs to poor wedded under CM's mass marriage schemeDayashankar Singh on Wednesday addressed a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Social Welfare department under Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme at Bansdih PG College in the district. |
 | Cops rescue four minor girls kept as domestic help in DelhiSharma stated that two of the four rescued girls were from Uttar Pradesh and the other two were from Jharkhand. |
| Urban unemployment rises to 8 per cent in November, shows CMIE dataExperts attribute the rise in the unemployment rate to multiple factors including macro-economic environment. |
| Unemployment rate rises to three-month high at 8 per cent in November: CMIEThe unemployment rate in urban India was higher at 8.96 per cent, while in rural areas, it was at 7.55 per cent, the CMIE data showed on Thursday. |
 | Amid support for Modi, steady grumble about unemployment in GujaratUnemployment remains a major issue in Gujarat even as the BJP-ruled state's governance model has been at the core of the Narendra Modi-led dispensation at the Centre. |
