Signalling a shift in employment strategy, the Budget, instead of announcing how many jobs will be created, focuses on ...

Self-employment has emerged as the fastest-growing segment in India’s labour market, rising from 23.9 crore in FY18 to 35.8 crore in FY24. It now accounts for over half of India’s total employment, ...

India’s new rural employment law offers greater fiscal predictability at the cost of higher household exposure to labour-market risk ...

Tech giants like TCS stop mass hirings, but global capability centres are creating the next wave of high-skill jobs ...

India has a labour problem: youth unemployment rates of about 10 percent, farm jobs still employing at least 40 percent of the workforce, and a need to create at least 8-10 million non-farm jobs ...

India’s unincorporated sector saw modest growth in Q2 of fiscal 2025-26, with establishments rising to 7.97 crore and employment reaching 128.6 million, driven largely by urban job gains. The ...

India's Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has announced new initiatives to bolster the 'Orange Economy', particularly the animation, visual effects, gaming and comics sector.

The recent report highlights that Amazon’s latest wave of layoffs will also affect India. The job cuts are likely to be concentrated in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its retail operations.

India is pumping up its infrastructure spending, a move the government says will create much-needed jobs. However, economists who spoke to CNBC aren't so optimistic about the number of jobs that can ...

The move is the latest in Amazon’s global effort to streamline operations and shift resources toward long-term priorities, ...