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Women’s jobs are already precarious, and AI may just make it worse
June 10, 2025 1:07 pm
While AI and innovation will enable the creation of new employment opportunities, they may also leave some people unequipped to take up the new jobs or continue in the existing job. The situation is aggravated for women in the workforce, who have traditionally faced a high degree of exclusion from participation in the economic sphere
Knowledge Nugget: What are key highlights of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and why is it UPSC essential
May 18, 2025 6:18 pm
Recently, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the first-ever monthly PLFS. Back to basics — What is PLFS? In 'Beyond the Nugget', learn the key terms associated with the PLFS.
Rural women are working, informally. But are they doing well?
March 04, 2025 12:06 pm
We await more granular, recent data on women’s time use to better understand how much of the rise in women’s work participation is attributable to methodological changes in the PLFS survey and how much of it is a real, meaningful change in Indian women’s time allocation
How Tamil Nadu has created favourable conditions for women to join the labour force
December 18, 2024 3:05 pm
Thozhi Hostels deliver high-quality housing solutions for working women, overcoming migration challenges in urban areas
UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 3 : Questions on Public Distribution System and rural wages (Week 79)
December 02, 2024 11:34 am
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 3 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box below.
‘More than half of Indian women remain outside labour force due to care duties’: International Labour Organization report
November 03, 2024 9:26 am
India would need further investment in the care economy, particularly in the early childhood care and education (ECCE) to support labour force participation of unpaid carers and gender equality in the workforce, the report said.
MoSPI set to release monthly labour force data for rural & urban areas from January
September 23, 2024 6:58 am
The Ministry will also release a back series, at least for the previous 12 months, with adjustments made in line with the higher standard error of the new monthly series of the PLFS to make the data comparable, a senior government official said.
Labour force participation is up, unemployment is down. What about the quality of work?
October 12, 2023 11:44 pm
Express View: While unemployment rates have declined across board, rise in self-employment reinforces concerns that the economy is unable to generate sufficient employment to absorb the millions entering the labour force each year
How India can leverage its biggest strength
July 06, 2023 9:24 am
It needs to create opportunities for existing labour force and new entrants by improving productivity
Need for more frequent labour data by govt flagged, with focus on rural
August 29, 2022 7:46 am
In recent meetings held at the Cabinet Secretariat attended by statistical department and Union Labour Ministry representatives, discussions converged on the need to improve the frequency of the labour market data, especially in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior government official said.
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