Payroll Data

Opinion

Opinion | EPFO's bid to publish payroll data is a gift to policymaking

Most organizations could not create new UANs as Aadhaar numbers failed to pass demographic test

2 min read30 Oct 2018
Politics

In last one year, 9.1 mn quit jobs, 1.85 mn  returned: EPFO data

The data indicates that for every nine people who left formal jobs, nearly two came back to the formal job sector.

2 min read26 Oct 2018
Politics

Govt's flip-flop on jobs data continues, impacts credibility

The ministry of statistics claims that the payroll data for the most recent months are provisional and again, data for every month is being revised

2 min read27 Jul 2018
Opinion

The politics of ‘half-baked' payroll data

The hurry to release the payroll data appears aimed at fending off any criticism on job creation by the centre in the run-up to the Karnataka polls

3 min read8 May 2018
Opinion

The difficulty of making sense of Indian jobs data

The new payroll numbers are welcome. The next step should be a greater use of Big Data analytics to understand job creation in India

3 min read1 May 2018
Politics

India shows jobs growth as 3.11 million join EPF in six months

The EPF's provisional data for 6 months shows that 3.11 million workers joined the fund during the September 2017 to February 2018 period, partly due to a pick up in the economy, federal support

1 min read25 Apr 2018
Market

US dollar, oil ease ahead of payrolls data release

Stronger payroll data would make a strong case for a rate hike by Federal Reserve

1 min read2 Dec 2016
Market

Rupee closes stronger against dollar ahead of US non-payroll data release

Rupee closes at 68.23 a dollar, up 0.18% from its previous close of 68.35

1 min read3 Dec 2016
Market

US dollar slips before jobs data release as oil trades near $50

The US dollar declines against most of its 16 major peers before payrolls report that is scheduled to be released on Friday

1 min read1 Dec 2016
Market

Opening Bell 3 July | Markets upbeat ahead of buoyant US payroll data

Investors are waiting for the US government jobs report to be released later in the day

2 min read3 Jul 2014