Thirty-four lakh salaried Indians lost their jobs in April as | India Covid-19 News

Thirty-four lakh salaried Indians lost their jobs in April as small and medium enterprises struggled to survive, unable to withstand the Covid second wave at a time they had not fully recovered from the pandemic’s first wave.

According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a private research group, a total of 73.5 lakh jobs were lost in April, the unemployment rate rising to 7.97 per cent from 6.5 per cent in March.

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