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According to Reserve Bank of India data, the country's employment rate grew by 6 percent in the financial year ending March 31, 2024, up from 3.2 percent in 2022-23.Employment in the country improved by 4.67 crore to 64.33 crore (provisional) in the fiscal year 2023-24, from 59.67 crore in 2022-23, the RBI’s Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level-The India KLEMS [Capital, Labour, Energy, Material and Services] database showed.RBI data shows that employment in the country stood at 57.75 crore in the year ending 2022-23, while it was 56.56 crore in 2021-22.The database covers 27 industries covering the entire Indian economy. The database also provides these estimates at broad sectoral levels (agriculture, manufacturing and services) and at the all India level.It includes measures of g...

Share price of Domes Industries surged over 5% on Monday to hit a record high of ₹2,367.50 on the BSE after brokerage firm Axis Securities initiated coverage with a bullish outlook on the stock. This is the seventh consecutive day of rise in shares of DOMS Industries and the stock is up more than 10% in a week. Axis Securities has 'buy' rating on shares of DOMS Industries with a price target of ₹2,670 per share, which is 18% higher than Friday's closing price. "Our self-confidence in the promising future of DOMS is based on the company's strong and dependable performance over the past several quarters," Axis Securities said that in a report. It expects this trend to continue in the coming years, supported by factors such as a) continued distribution expansion in lower penetration...

CRISIL MI&A Research said prices of representative home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis increased by 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively, on a month-on-month basis in June 2024. It said the cost of a vegetarian thali has increased month-on-month mainly due to increase in prices of vegetables, with prices of potatoes, onions and tomatoes increasing by 9 percent, 15 percent and 29 percent respectively due to inferior arrivals. The price of non-veg thali also increased due to higher prices of vegetables, but an estimated one per cent monthly increase in the cost of broilers, which is 50 percent of the cost of non-veg thali, prevented further increase. Crisil MI&A Research said that on a year-on-year basis, the price of home-cooked vegetarian thali increased by 10 ...

The NSE Nifty 50 was up 0.27% at 24,354.1 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.29% at 80,214.56, hitting a record high by 9:26 am IST. Indian shares opened higher on Thursday in line with Asian peers,led by IT stocks after soft US data boosted hopes of a rate cut in September. The NSE Nifty 50 was up 0.27% at 24,354.1 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.29% at 80,214.56, hitting a record high by 9:26 am IST. Asian shares rose on new estimates that the Federal Reserve could start cutting rates in September after stoft labor data in the world's largest economy. Nine out of 13 major sectors in India recorded gains. US rate-sensitive IT stocks rose 1%. Non-bank lender L&T Finance rose nearly 3% after strong loan growth and disbursement numbers in the June qua...