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India’s unemployment map changes depending on whom you count (opens the original)
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The National Sample Survey (NSS) under the National Statistics Office (NSO) recently released a report compiling district-wise data on the labour market for 2025. In the preface of that report, NSS Director General Geeta Singh Rathore writes that the estimates are expected to be useful to policymakers, state and district administrations, researchers, academics and other stakeholders for policy formulation, planning, monitoring and analytical work.The data on unemployment rates is indeed useful f
In hunt for Olympic medals, India fails to cast a wide net (opens the original)
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India participates in only half of the sporting disciplines in the Olympic Games, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, noting that certain games are not even known to Indians.Although India competes in nearly half of the sports in the Olympics, its representation in the number of different medal events is modest. Out of the 329 medal events in the 2024 Paris Olympics, India participated in 69 — nearly 21 per cent of the total. Although the number has risen since the start of the century,
India Inc’s hiring of specially abled people is slow progress (opens the original)
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D Y Chandrachud, the former Chief Justice of India, last year in April recalled that he had struggled to find a suitable apartment to rent in Delhi for his two adopted daughters who are specially abled. He called for inclusive education policies to expand the frontiers for people with disabilities.Hiring people with disabilities for productive jobs will be another sign of inclusive policies, according to experts.Thanks for reading Number Wise by Business Standard! Sub
High gross, low net: India’s FDI Paradox (opens the original)
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India just had its strongest quarter for foreign investments in 15 years. Gross foreign direct investment (FDI) hit $30.66 billion in April-June, edging past the previous high of $29.53 billion set in July-September 2020. Yet despite this surge in gross inflows, the capital that actually stayed back in the economy — net FDI — failed to keep pace. Two forces explain the gap: Higher repatriation by foreign investors, and rising outbound investment by Indian companies. Understanding this matters at
Viksit Bharat target hits low manufacturing value-addition snag (opens the original)
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In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked “Saptadhara” — seven streams of power — to realise the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047. Manufacturing is the first power of “Saptadhara”. To make India a developed nation, its manufacturing sector must grow to create jobs and integrate the country into global value chains.At the moment, however, the manufacturing sector is faltering. The Gross Value Added (GVA)-to-Gross Value of Output (GVO) ratio — a key measure of efficiency
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