Chief Economic Adviser: Pandemic Has Affected Employment In India

Chief economic adviser has said that unemployment has gone up in India as Corona virus pandemic has had repercussions on jobs.

Chief Economic Adviser K Subramanian on Wednesday said that the economic fortune of the country is linked directly with the ongoing pandemic and it has impacted employment, like it has affected all the countries across the world. Speaking to NDTV, Mr Subramanian said that unemployment has gone up in India as the Corona virus pandemic has had repercussions on employment prospects. At the same time though, India had taken steps to push key activities like construction and manufacturing during the third and fourth quarters of 2020-21 when the first wave had eased, the chief economic adviser said. Fear of the pandemic had reduced last year when the number of positive cases had come down significantly and similarly it should happen this year too as greater vaccination will help open the economy, he observed.