India's debt has trebled in 9 years…so has tax collection
Centre's debt moved up from 49.9% of GDP in FY14 to 55.2% by Sept 2022. Core debt of govt sector in G-20 nations grew from 76.1% to 89.2% while from 39.2% to 61.8% in EMEs
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India's jobless rate rises to 7.8% in Oct vs 6.4% in Sept: CMIE
The unemployment rate surged primarily due to a significant rise in the rural unemployment rate, essentially in non-agricultural rural India.
Unemployment rate falls to 7.6% in Q1: Govt data
Labour force participation rate improves slightly to 47.5% during Q1 2022. Worker participation rate also shows consistent rise, with April-June WPR at 43.9%
Young Indians give workforce a miss
A substantial portion of India's younger working-age population is opting to stay students as the existing workforce progressively grows older.
Women missing from India’s workforce: CMIE
While labour force participation rises rapidly with age, the age distribution of its rate is very different for men and women, notes CMIE.
Unemployment rate falls to 8.2% in Jan-March 2022: NSO survey
While the unemployment rate among females in urban areas in ages 15 years and above declined to 10.1%, for males it dipped to 7.7%, shows the NSO survey.
