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Official employment data masks India's jobs problem, say economists

By Economic Times - 5 months ago
India's employment growth mainly comes from self-employment, unpaid work, and temporary farm hires, which are not equivalent to formal jobs, economists said. Despite claims of 20 million new jobs annually since 2017/18, much of this increase is in agriculture and self-employment due to insufficient business demand.

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