The economy in India seems to be slowly getting back on track. According to the CMI report, the unemployment rate in India has come down. On the other hand, Haryana, which has implemented reservation for local people in the private sector, has come number one in unemployment.
According to CMIE data, the unemployment rate in the country is declining and the economy is slowly returning to normal. The monthly time series data from the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy showed that the overall unemployment rate in India, which stood at 8.10 per cent in February 2022, fell to 7.6 per cent in March. According to the data released on April 2, this ratio has come down to 7.5 percent. In this, the urban unemployment rate has been 8.5 percent and rural unemployment is 7.1 percent.
According to the data, Haryana has the highest unemployment rate in March. The unemployment rate here has been 26.7 percent. This is followed by Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir at 25-25 per cent, Bihar at 14.4 per cent, Tripura at 14.1 per cent and West Bengal at 5.6 per cent.
At the same time, Karnataka and Gujarat have the lowest unemployment rate in March at 1.8. percentage has been. Let us inform that in April 2021, the overall unemployment rate was 7.97% and increased to 11.84% in May last year. This year, even though the unemployment rate has started to come down, but this rate is still bad for India. However, it is expected that the situation will improve further.
At the same time, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar had refused to accept CMIE’s unemployment figures. In January, Khattar had denied the figures, claiming that “official” figures from his government showed the unemployment rate was 6.1%.
Then addressing reporters in Chandigarh, Khattar claimed that if unemployment was 34.1%, the situation would have been completely different. He further said that the state government can take action against CMIE.