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In charts: What the data shows about India’s alarming unemployment situation

Last week, the country witnessed its ‘first large-scale’ riots over jobs in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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By Ankur Bhardwaj, @CedaAshoka

#UnemploymentCrisis

Data shows that over the last few years employment opportunities for India’s youth have especially worsened.

In 2019, it was reported that India’s unemployment rate in 2017-’18 was the worst in over four decades, according to NSSO surveys.

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In May 2021, CEDA-CMIE Bulletin examined the long-term sector-wise employment in India

Using the CMIE’s time-series data of sector-wise employment, we showed that employment in India’s manufacturing sector had nearly halved between 2016-’17 & 2020-’21

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The CEDA-CMIE Bulletin published in September 2021 looked at changes in employment by gender, sector, & age-group.

It showed that younger workers suffered more job losses in percentage terms in 2020-’21 (over 2019-’20) compared to other age-groups.

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This CEDA-CMIE Bulletin also showed that while the young lost more jobs, the same age-groups did not see a commensurate rise in the number of unemployed but willing to work and actively looking for jobs.

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