Umemployment

Women dominated the household unpaid category while it was own-account for men within self-employment

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Centre over the issue of unemployment, saying the youth has understood that the BJP cannot provide employment and her party has a concrete plan for providing jobs to them. Citing the India Employment Report 2024 released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Institute of Human Development (IHD), Gandhi pointed out that out of the total unemployed people in India, 83 per cent are youth. "The share of educated youth in the total unemployed was 35.2% in 2000. In 2022, it has almost doubled to 65.7%," she said. "On the other hand, the Prime Minister's Chief Economic Advisor is saying that 'the government cannot solve the problem of unemployment'," the Congress general secretary said. This is the truth of the BJP government, she added. "Today every youth of the country has understood that BJP cannot provide employment. Congress Party has a concrete plan to provide employment to the youth," she said. Gandh

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The Survey does not address the problem of jobs comprehensively. Volume I does not use any data on jobs at all

This is indeed a comprehensive package which shows that the finance ministry has been keeping its ears close to the ground

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It is unsettling that the higher unemployment rate comes at a lower LPR. Our challenge on the employment front is just getting tougher