CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Unemployment rate in India, across urban and rural areas, stood at 6.1 percent between July 2017 and June 2018, according to the first Periodic Labour Force Survey of the National Sample Survey Office.

Detailed explanation-2: -The unemployment rate in 2017-18 was 6%, while it rose to 17.2% in 2019-20 from 16.9% in 2018-19 among graduates. Speaking during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, he said that there has been an increase in the rate of employment as the government has taken “satisfactory and proper” steps for it.

Detailed explanation-3: -From a 6% unemployment rate in 2017, India’s unemployment rate would climb to 8.3% by 2022. According to the estimate, over the next four years, 10 million more people will join the ranks of the unemployed, bringing the total to 220 million by 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unemployment in India stood at 6.1 percent in 2017-18, the highest in 45 years, in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) done by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Standard reported. The report, which is yet to be made public, states that this level of unemployment was last seen in 1972-73.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the year 2016, the unemployment rate in the state was more than 17 per cent, but today it has come down to only four to five per cent, the CM added. Adityanath said this year, on the occasion of Deepotsav, the target is to light 7.5 lakh diyas in Ayodhya and these lamps are being manufactured in Ayodhya itself.