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Jobs decline for first time in six years due to agri, manufacturing: Study

Total employment in the economy stood at 474.2 million during 2011-12, which declined to 465.1 million during 2017-18

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Indivjal Dhasmana New Delhi
Amid a debate on jobless growth, a new study has found that employment actually fell by around nine million between 2011-12 and 2017-18 for the first time in the country. 

This was so because agriculture and manufacturing saw decline in jobs, while construction and services could not offset this fall, according to a paper penned by Santosh Mehrotra and Jajati K Parida and brought out by the Centre of Sustainable Employment at the Azim Premji University.

The total employment in the economy stood at 474.2 million during 2011-12, which declined to 465.1 million during 2017-18, according to a paper on

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