In a separate response, Singh said unemployment rate or UR (on usual status of age 15 years and above) was 4.2 per cent during 2020-21. The Worker Population Ration (WPR) was 52.6 per cent for the same period. The UR was 4.8 per cent, 5.8 per cent and 6 per cent during 2019-20, 2019-19 and 2017-18 respectively, he said. “Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government,” the minister said.
1.47 lakh inducted through ‘Rozgar Melas’: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
