There are different kinds of inequalities in India that are multidimensional and intersectional in nature. While multidimensional poverty has been an area of study in the field of developmental economics since the early 2000s, multidimensional inequality is a fairly new perspective. Such an approach focuses on the interrelationship between different variables like income, labour, education, … Read more
Over 25 crore informal sector workers involved in 400 different occupations have registered on the e-Shram portal, Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday. The government had estimated that informal sector workers are involved in 160 occupations. Replying to an oral supplementary on informal sector workers, Yadav said, “We have begun registration of unorganised sector … Read more
New Delhi: Unemployment in urban areas rose to 9.1% in January-March 2020 from 7.9% in October-December 2019 from 8.4% in the previous quarter, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the quarterly bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed on Thursday. Urban unemployment was 9.3% in the March quarter … Read more