New Delhi: On the 71st birthday of PM Modi many took to Twitter to wish him, even Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted his wishes. His curt tweet ‘Happy Birthday Modi ji’ struck as odd to many as the Indian Youth Congress marked today i.e September 17 as National Unemployment Day’.
Indian Youth Congress on National Unemployment day
The Indian Youth Congress claims that the unemployment rate in the country has increased from 2.4 percent to 10.3 percent in just one year.
“The youth of the country is roaming unemployed on the streets today,” said Srinivas BV, the national president of the Indian Youth Congress. “The Modi government came to power by making big promises of giving 2 crore jobs per year, but today the central government is completely silent on the issue of employment.”
He said the government is “busy in its branding by spreading its false propaganda.”
In Mumbai, youth Congress chief Zeeshan Siddique said party workers will wear graduation gowns and sell pakoras at the selfie point outside the headquarters of the civic body.
Unemployment numbers
According to the unemployment rate data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate in India has increased from July to August from 6.96% to 8.32%. The highest unemployment rate was recorded in May this year i.e 11.84%.
Lockdown and Unemployment
Lockdown saw a steep increase in unemployment rate according to the CMIE. On a monthly basis, the unemployment rate for April 2020 was at a four-month high of 7.97 per cent, and given the weekly data since then expectations are that it will shoot up further in May 2020.
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data, the unemployment rate was recorded at 6.9 per cent in February 2021 which is slightly better than 7.8 per cent in the same month last year and 8.8 per cent in March 2020, during which lockdown was imposed.
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data, the unemployment rate was recorded at 6.9 per cent in February 2021 which is slightly better than 7.8 per cent in the same month last year and 8.8 per cent in March 2020, during which lockdown was imposed.
Experts said that the CMIE data indicated improvement in the unemployment scenario from July onwards, but there is need for consistency.
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