In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the government has said that it received around 22.5 crore applications for Union government jobs in the last eight years.
In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the government has said that it received around 22.5 crore applications for Union government jobs in the last eight years. At the same time, only 7.22 lakh people were hired for government jobs in this period, which comes to about 0.33%. In this context, we talk to labour economist Santosh Mehrotra about every aspect of unemployment.