TAG: Women
States to play pivotal role in creating robust statistical system: MOSPI Secretary
States will play a pivotal role in creating a robust statistical system, Saurabh Garg, secretary, ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI), said at the 28th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (CoCSSO) on August 12...
2 months ago
Possible to achieve 2030 SDG target of reducing maternal mortality rate: MoSPI report
The government is in line to achieve the sustainable development goal (SDG) target of reducing the maternal mortality rate to 70 per lakh live births by 2030, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation said in its Women and Men in India 2023...
2 months ago
Urban unemployment rate declines to 6.6% in Q1FY25: PLFS data
India's urban unemployment rate declined marginally to 6.6 percent in the first quarter of FY25 from 6.7 percent in the previous quarter, results of a government survey released on August 16 showed.Unemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous ye...
2 months ago
Additional 1.5% of GDP can be raised by simplifying GST rates further, says IMF's Gita Gopinath
Structural reforms need to be a continuous process, Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, highlighting that India needs to further rationalise and simplify the Goods and Services Tax regime to increase revenues...
1 month ago
Quality of jobs improve, but yet to reach pre-pandemic levels, shows labour force survey
The quality of jobs in urban areas improved in the first quarter of FY25 with more people employed in salaried or regular wage work compared with the previous quarter, but a Moneycontrol analysis of periodic labour force survey shows that it is yet to rea...
1 month ago
Women in salaried jobs in India down to a seven-year low: MC Analysis
Even as India grows at around 8 per cent, its workforce ratio remains skewed, according to a Moneycontrol analysis of annual periodic labour force survey data by statistics ministry released on September 23.The number of women looking for work, as represe...
3 weeks ago
Formal job creation picks up in the first four months of FY25
Formal job creation picked up for the first four months of the FY25, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on September 25.New subscriptions to all three social security schemes were higher for the first fou...
3 weeks ago