Generally, economists refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a CERTain geographical area. However, there are other indicators too, which can help in understanding the job situation, livelihoods security and vulnerability of workers in a better way such as 'percentage distribution...

-The Telegraph However, experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs A government survey has portrayed an improved unemployment situation between July 2019 and June 2020 on CERTain parameters, but experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs. Besides, while one standard of measurement in the survey appears to show an improvement, another...

The recently released quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data broadly confirms the dip in employment and jobs during the countrywide lockdown period, followed by a CERTain degree of recovery in the post-lockdown months last year as have been indicated by various survey-based studies and research papers. The quarterly bulletin on PLFS provides data on key employment and unemployment indicators i.e. Unemployment Rate (UR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Labour...

-Press release by Centre for Science and Environment dated 9th August, 2021 The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. We bring you an appraisal of the report’s findings by CSE director general Sunita Narain * The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the first part of its sixth...

-The Hindu Send a WhatsApp message to a number and receive the CERTificate at once, says Health Minister The Health Ministry on Sunday said the general public can obtain their CERTificate for COVID vaccination via WhatsApp by following three easy steps. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in his tweet said anyone who wants to download their vaccination CERTificate can send a WhatsApp message to a number and will receive the CERTificate at once. “Revolutionising common...