The unemployment impacts of COVID-19
Before I begin, I'm aware of the hardships and pain that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought in many people life. Now before start saying about impacts of Covid-19 on unemployment I'll say few points about unemployment. While Indian leaders are talking about the utopia of $5 trillion economy by 2024, India is facing its worst employment rates in the last 45 years. What is so much in these unemployment numbers that leaders promise to eliminate this and opposition parties howl and cry over it? With India's major chunk now in the age of demograpic dividend, the piece would talk about the technical aspects of unemployment. What is unemployment? The term unemployment is much abused in India. There might be many people who are not willing to work are called unemployed. Unemployment is measured in various ways, many government-authorised agencies come up with figures in their way. Could this global pandemic (Covid-19) be the perfect opportunity for the unemployed? The ongoing pand...