Employment in India News
In 2021-22, the average monthly increase in the country's labour force was 0.2 million.
The 8.8 million increase in April comes after a 12 million fall during the preceding three months.
The increase in employment in April was in industry and in services.
The Union Minister was speaking at Utkarsh Mahotsav, which is a three-day event organized by Central Sanskrit University, reported PTI.
The employability rose by 14 percentage points in the last five years, from 33 per cent in 2014, according to India Skills Report.
It is a cultural thing with Indians, and it takes a while for culture to change.
The findings also reflect a broader trend identified by Booking.com for Business which reveals that employees are increasingly smudging the line between business and leisure.
The textile industry continues to be the second largest employment generating sector in India and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu has emerged as the leader in creating the maximum number of jobs, as per a fresh release of Census 2011 data.
PM Modi said his government's effort has been to ensure that the youth do not have to wander in search of job but have some own venture and hire some others too.
"Jobs in manufacturing such as textile, gems and jewellery and leather that were vacated by China, we could not take advantage of that.
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