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Bibek Debroy pointed out that India does not have any robust statistical data on job creation after the year 2011-12.Debroy said the real issue is not the number of jobs created but the quality of jobs and wage rates

Official job data is not the only metrics for realizing that India is sitting on a job crisis

India's policy focus needs to shift from mere growth to job-enabling growth. To start with, we need the right data

The prime minister is partly right in the sense that the most authoritative data on employment-unemployment from the periodic NSSO were not available after 2011-12

Several initiatives are progressively putting the database of the economy on a much firmer footing than in the past. The results should begin to show by the end of this year

Corporate job growth has recovered over the past couple of years but the pace of job creation remains lacklustre

Niti Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya is likely to submit the final report on employment data before he leaves the govt think tank on 31 August

Straightening out data inconsistencies should be a government priority

Driverless cars will not be allowed in India because govt is not going to promote any technology that comes at the cost of jobs, says Nitin Gadkari

India needs to move fast on job creation as a failure to do so can have adverse economic and social consequences in the medium to long run