-BusinessToday.in On month-on-month basis, employment declined by 0.9 per cent or 3.5 million in November, as against 0.1 per cent or 0.6 million fall registered in October Employment in India contracted for the SECond conSECutive month in November, raising questions on the recent optimism around recovery in job markets in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic. In November, the count of the employed fell by 0.9 per cent or 3.5 million, as against...

-Newsclick.in The government must analyse its existing data collection exercises, rationalise them and improve the inefficient statistical administration. It is good news that the Labour Bureau will revive its establishments-based Quarterly Employment Surveys or QES, using a larger sample. Since the Periodic Labour Force Surveys or PLFS collects data from households, the proposed quarterly survey of jobs will collect data from establishments. But it is advisable to review the multiple existing employment...

-The Hindu The government’s economic recovery hype is off track and this is not a time for fiscal conservatism Preliminary evidence that India’s economy contracted by 7.5% in the SECond quarter of financial year 2020-21 was, as news, both good and bad. Good because that figure is far lower than the 23.9% contraction registered in the first quarter of this financial year. Bad because a 7.5% SECond quarter contraction is high both...

-The Telegraph The Indian economy is in a quagmire Data released by the National Statistical Office, which show the gross domestic product for the SECond quarter (July-September) of 2020-21 declining by “only” 7.5 per cent compared to the SECond quarter of the previous year, have been hailed in official circles as “good news”; on the contrary, they show the economy being stuck in a quagmire. The first point to note is that while...

-The Indian Express Officials said that all the scientists and public health experts are zeroing in on the possibility of water contamination by heavy metals. Hyderabad: At least six persons, who suffered seizures due to a mystery illness in Eluru town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, have reported a SECond attack and were readmitted to the Eluru Government Hospital on Tuesday. In-charge Resident Medical Officer Dr P R Srinivas told The...