Jobless Numbers Are Touching 5 Crore
Labour force has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to CMIE.
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Labour force has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to CMIE.
Globally, the richest 10% of people now possess nearly 76% of the world’s wealth. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% own just 2%, according to the 2022 World Inequality Report, which analyses data and the work of more than 100 researchers and inequality experts.
The uncritical tone of the NITI Aayog’s recent report on the gig economy in India and its belief that platformisation will create an inclusive working environment is, at best, credulous, and, at worst, a deliberate attempt to ignore the erosion of workers’ rights, security and welfare.
The Right to Food Campaign stands in solidarity with the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’s national call for action across the country to revive the proper functioning of MGNREGA.
The years of high growth have done little to improve a dismal employment picture, and the conditions of work only deteriorated after those heady growth days came to end. The jobs crisis is real. Also: The jobless rate crossed 8% yet again.
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