NITI Ayog's figures on unemployment in Goa inaccurate: Pramod Sawant

Panaji/UNI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday claimed that the figures released by NITI Ayog on unemployment in the state are inaccurate as there are several people who have already been gainfully employed.

COVID-19 to cause biggest economic contraction ever in Latin America & Caribbean

New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic will herald the worst economic contraction in the history of Latin American and the Caribbean, with a projected -5.3 per cent drop in activity this year, according to a report by the UN office for the region, ECLAC, published on Tuesday.

Report claiming unemployment highest in 45 years not verified: NITI Aayog

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): In the midst of a political blame-game over an unemployment report on India ahead of a high-octane general election this year, NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the central government, said the said survey report claiming highest unemployment rate in 2017-2018 in 45 years is not verified, media reports said.

Unemployment to remain high, quality jobs harder to find in 2018 – UN labour agency

New York, Jan 23 (JEN): While the global economy has kept up modest growth, the total number of unemployed people will likely remain high in 2018 – at above 192 million – and it will be harder to find a decent job, the United Nations labour agency reported on Monday.