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Unemployment is a major social issue in India. As of September 2018, according to the Indian government, India had 31 million jobless people. [48] The numbers are widely disputed.The uses of digital manufacturing and machinery in factories and garments are leading to unemployment in India. The unemployment rates declined to 6.5% in January 2021.
In India up to 53% of businesses have specified a certain amount of impact of shutdowns caused due to coronavirus on operations, as per a FICCI survey in March. [9] By 24 April the unemployment rate had increased nearly 19% within a month, reaching 26% unemployment across India, according to the 'Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy'. [2]
Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India. In 2020, there were around 476.67 million workers in India, the second largest after China. [ 2 ] Out of which, agriculture industry consist of 41.19%, industry sector consist of 26.18% and service sector consist 32.33% of total labour force. [ 2 ]
The unemployment rate in India rose to 8.1% in April from 7.4% in March, according to the private think-tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, compared with around 6% before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the state, the rate of population growth is India's lowest, and the decadal growth of 4.9% in 2011 is less than one third of the all-India average of 17.6%. [2] Kerala's population more than doubled between 1951 and 1991 by adding 15.6 million people to reach 29.1 million residents in 1991; the population stood at 33.3 million by 2011. [ 2 ]
Demonstration against unemployment in Kerala, South India, India on 27 January 2004. An economy with high unemployment is not using all of the resources, specifically labour, available to it. Since it is operating below its production possibility frontier, it could have higher output if all of the workforce were usefully employed.
The economic liberalisation in India refers to the series of policy changes aimed at opening up the country's economy to the world, with the objective of making it more market-oriented and consumption-driven. The goal was to expand the role of private and foreign investment, which was seen as a means of achieving economic growth and development.
Karnataka is the leader in the information technology sector in India and its capital, Bengaluru, is known as the Silicon Valley of India. In the IT sector, Karnataka generated a total revenue of ₹ 516.5 billion in the financial year 2006–07 which included ₹ 487 billion from software exports and ₹ 29.5 billion from hardware exports. [ 29 ]