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Now, an Epidemic of Unemployment

The unemployment rate has reached 24%, probably the highest in independent India's history. 31% of pre-lockdown jobs have disappeared.
Newsclick Team
17 Apr 2020

The unemployment rate has reached 24%, probably the highest in independent India's history. 31% of pre-lockdown jobs have disappeared. The most dangerous trend is that nearly seven crore people, which is 17% of the labour force, have stopped looking for jobs. Journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty talks about these trends.

 

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