Infy employees get lower bonus payouts for Q4

AMID global macroeconomic uncertainty, cautious client spending and tariff issues, IT services firm Infosys has paid the lowest bonus to its employees for the March 2025 quarter.

- ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ Bengaluru

THE country's unemployment rate in April stood at 5.1% for individuals aged 15 years and above. This is the first time, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released its monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which shows that joblessness among men stood at 5.2%, slightly higher than that of women at 5%. Until now, the survey was released on a quarterly basis, and this monthly PLFS from now on will help in timely policy interventions. Unemployment among those in the age group of 15-29 stood at 13.8%, and the rate of unemployment in rural areas was at 12.3% and in urban areas it was at 17.2%.