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JNU professor CP Chandrasekhar withdraws from Standing Committee on Statistics citing situation in university

The committee was constituted last month to improve the quality of data amid criticism of the government over political interferences and is scheduled to meet on 7 January, 2020

Ravi Shankar Prasad retracts statement on success of movies indicating 'no economic slowdown', says 'factually incorrect'

Day after Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that three Bollywood movies generating business of Rs 120 crore on the 2 October holiday suggested a 'sound economy', he retracted the statement saying it was 'factually incorrect'

Ravi Shankar Prasad dismisses IMF remarks on economic slowdown, says three movies earning Rs 120 cr in day points to 'sound' economy

Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed wrong the National Sample Survey Organisation's report which claimed that unemployment was at a 45-year high

Indian economy struggles to expand with rising unemployment rates, stagnant wages, poor female participation in labour force

The unemployment rate of both male and female in urban areas in unambiguously higher than those in the countryside.

Missing female labour force: India could lose out on economic dividends with inadequate job creation

Question Hour in Rajya Sabha: Govt admits to data leak of unemployment figures ahead of May announcement, terms issue 'serious'

The government on Thursday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that there has been a data leak of unemployment figures and said efforts were being made to ascertain who was behind it.

TMC terms govt's aim to make India $5 trillion economy 'misleading', slams Budget for not mentioning rise in unemployment

Trinamool Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Central government over its aim of making India a five trillion dollar economy and accused it of shifting of goal posts like a "totalitarian" government.

GDP overestimation claim: Govt must address data pessimism by enlisting independent experts to end confusion

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman may do well to call a bunch of former economic advisors and academicians in a special pre-budget session of extended consultations to put an end to the row

Unemployment rate among urban youth highest in December quarter; Bihar, Kerala among states with maximum number of jobless youngsters

Another side of the rising unemployment rate is that the job seekers between the age group of 20 and 29 opted for higher studies or decided to wait for their desired job according to their educational qualifications.

India's unemployment rate at multi-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18, confirms govt data

India’s unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in the 2017/18 fiscal year, the statistics ministry said on Friday, matching data earlier leaked to a newspaper that said it was the highest level in at least 45 years