Manufacturing and tourism sectors have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years. In the tourism sector alone, about 2.15 crore people have lost their jobs due to the three waves of the pandemic that crippled the economy. Considering an average household size of five members, these job losses have adversely […]
While the Indian economy is on the path of overall recovery from the worst hit it took at the start of the pandemic, the situation remains volatile in the face of the rapid surge of the Omicron variant and the informal sector continues to be in the red. What is more worrying is the rising […]
Hyderabad: Even as India’s unemployment rate reached a four-month high of 7.91 per cent in December, Telangana made it to the top five States with lowest unemployment rates and secured fourth spot with just 2.2 per cent. However, the State topped all others in lowest rural unemployment rate at a meagre 0.4 per cent. While […]
The fears over the possible third wave of the pandemic, coupled with growing unemployment, have created a situation where expectations of a quick economic recovery need to be tempered