BEIJING: China needs to do more to boost employment and stabilise its property market, top officials acknowledged on Saturday, as policymakers struggle to revive the country’s battered economy.Beijing is grappling with a prolonged property sector crisis, record youth unemployment and a global slowdown hammering demand for Chinese goods.Youth unemployment hit an unprecedented 21.3 percent in…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra raised concerns about the BJP‘s decade-long rule, specifically focusing on issues of youth unemployment, farmer protests, and inflation in the country on Sunday. While addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka said. “BJP has been in power for 10 years. Many big events…
The Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana, a pet scheme of the Narendra Modi government, which had an allocation of ₹2,272 crore in the last Budget has got just ₹150 crore in the Interim Budget. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu At a time when the Centre is drawing flak over unemployment among educated youth,…
HONG KONG: China published youth unemployment data Wednesday for the first time since the jobless rate hit a record high in June last year, using a new method that showed an apparent improvement. China announced a 14.9% jobless rate for people between 16 and 24 in December, using the new method, which excludes students. The…
