For 12 Indian states, the loss in state GDP in the current fiscal is mainly due to the rural areas, says the research report by State Bank of India. REMYA NAIR 3 September, 2020 7:37 pm New Delhi: India’s rural economy may be losing steam after leading the economic recovery in the first few months of the …

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https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/india-s-unemployment-rate-doubled-in-two-years-soe-in-figures-64953 While unemployment remains high in both urban and rural India, job hunting is a bigger challenge for the young and the educated, notes CSE’s State of the Environment in Figures By Kiran Pandey Last Updated: Thursday 06 June 2019  Representational Picture. Photo: Getty Images India’s rate of unemployment doubled in the past two years, according …

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Joblessness cuts across various demographic groups, says official report https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/it-is-official-unemployment-rate-in-rural-urban-india-highest-in-47-years-64902 By Jitendra Last Updated: Tuesday 04 June 2019  Photo: Getty Images The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) states that the unemployment rate (UR) in both rural and urban India is at its highest since 1972. The unemployment rates among men and women in both …

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Unemployment among rural youth at highest level since 93-94 In rural areas, Kerala had the worst record with 21.7% of its youth unemployed followed by Assam with about 15% Kirthi.V.Rao  http://www.livemint.com/Politics/rmxquBMhnmzwwXtxWm9m1H/Unemployment-among-rural-youth-at-highest-level-since-9394.html Rural unemployment was about 4.7% for both rural males and females in 2009-10. In 1993-94, 3.5% of rural young men in the labour force …

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