News-Pandemic has led to dramatic increase in employees working remotely particularly in white collar jobs. What are the other changes to the work models? With the normalisation of work from home model, companies have also started providing work contracts and complementarity flexibilities. It means they are offering different combinations of flexi-work and financial security and medical benefits s per the combination. For instance, HUL has launched ‘U-Work’… Continue reading “Future of jobs: Modernised labour market require social security”
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Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin (January-March 2021)
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Periodic Labour Force Survey(PLFS)?3 What are the key findings of the survey?3.1 Unemployment Rate3.2 Labour force participation rate(LFPR)3.3 Working Population Ratio(WPR) What is the News? The National Statistical Office (NSO) has released the quarterly bulletin of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for January-March 2021. What is the… Continue reading Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin (January-March 2021)
India’s new employment policy ought to focus on young adults
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the findings of the research?3 Why is this research important?4 What are the suggestions provided by the research? What is the News? Research has been conducted to study the employment data in India, for which it used the findings of India’s Periodic labor Force Data survey, National Sample… Continue reading India’s new employment policy ought to focus on young adults
Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Scheme launched
What is the News? The Union Minister of Rural Development has launched the Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool. What is the CRISP-M tool? CRISP-M is a web and mobile phone-based Geographic Information System(GIS) aided tool that has been designed to help communities make climate-smart decisions. The tool will help integrate climate information… Continue reading Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Scheme launched
The many questions arising from QES data
Synopsis: The first quarter data of QES talks about different employment statistics Introduction Recently, the Labour Bureau has released the results of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (QES) for the first quarter of 2021 (April to June). The Sixth Economic Census serves as the basis of the QES survey. The survey covers establishments employing 10… Continue reading The many questions arising from QES data
India’s informal economy: Challenges and solutions – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 What is an informal economy?3 Informal economy scenario 4 What are the challenges associated with informal economy in India?5 What steps have been taken by the government?6 What is the way forward? Introduction The majority of the urban population across the world makes its living from the informal economy. According to… Continue reading India’s informal economy: Challenges and solutions – Explained, pointwise
The recent QES estimates are unreliable
Synopsis: New Quarterly Employment Survey, its key findings, various challenges associated with the survey and the way forward Contents1 Introduction 2 What are the key findings of the survey? 3 What are the various issues/concerns associated with the survey? 4 What is the way forward? Introduction Recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment released the results of a new Quarterly… Continue reading The recent QES estimates are unreliable
The motherhood penalty employers must eliminate
Synopsis: Government intervention is needed to bring women equal to men. Contents1 Introduction2 What is the status of women in India?3 What is the motherhood penalty?4 What does the government do?5 What should India do? Introduction Women in India often faced a lot of discrimination owing to the patriarchy. It does not only impact her social… Continue reading The motherhood penalty employers must eliminate
Employment increases in rural India
Synopsis: In all the major labour market metrics, it is rural India that shows big improvements. Labour conditions improved in urban India also but not as much as they did in rural India. Introduction Labour participation in Rural India increased 0.20 percentage points in last month as compared to a much smaller 0.02 percentage points… Continue reading Employment increases in rural India
What the continued distress in informal labour market says
Synopsis: Status of informal sector in India, distress faced by them mainly during the Covid-19 pandemic and various impacts of the sustained divergence between the formal and the informal labour force. Introduction Recently released economic data suggests that the Indian economy has emerged from the second wave of the pandemic better than expected. Two broad… Continue reading What the continued distress in informal labour market says
