A total of 18.9 million (1.89 crore) salaried people have lost their jobs in India since April, a little after the Covid-19 lockdown began.
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In July alone, five million salaried people have been rendered jobless, according to data released by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
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"It is an unhealthy recovery and the situation has worsened for salaried jobs," the CMIE said.
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According to the data, salaried jobs stood at 86.3 million in 2016-17, which declined to 86.1 million in 2019-20.
The CMIE report also showed job losses in the manufacturing sector were the worst. Within manufacturing, textile was the most severely hit.