Tag Archives: Unemployment

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces universal base income for all farmers in India

Prime Minister Modi has announced the implementation of a variety of expensive changes to the Indian government. Critics have suggested that such decisions, like extending federal aid to all farmers, is a ploy to gain political support for the upcoming general election. New changes include assisting over 620 million Indian citizens with a basic income of 6,000 rupees, or just… Read more »

Indian unemployment levels at 45-year high, leaked figures reveal

Unemployment in India has reached a 45-year high, according to leaked official jobs figures that the government had delayed publishing with just a few months to go until a general election. With jobs creation one of the key pledges that delivered prime minister Narendra Modi to power in 2014, the report that the unemployment rate stands at 6.1 per cent… Read more »