ASL- UNEMPLOYMENT

DURING COVID-19

Group-7
Anwita, Jasum, Neeharika, Rohit
INTRODUCTION & STATISTICS:
Unemployment on the rise
One of the biggest impacts of the lockdowns in 2020 was a sharp rise in unemployment, especially in the unorganised
sectors. In April 2020, unemployment in India spiked to 23%.

According to employment data from 2019-20, urban India accounted for 58 % of all salaried jobs in the country. The job
loss in urban India during 2020-21 was, however, only 38 % of the total job loss of 9.8 million, as per the CMIE report.

Migrant Workers

Migrant laborers are suffering. Many started losing jobs as construction sites shut down. With no money, tens of
thousands abandoned cities, trodding to their hometowns and villages -- some hundreds of kilometers away -- in the
absence of public transport, reflecting their level of distress.

This deep slowdown and across the board pain leaves large swathes of India's informal workforce vulnerable, particularly
in the construction, manufacturing and services sectors," Crisil Research said in an April 30 note. "The most affected are
daily-wage earners and those with no job security."
Idled migrant workers sit outside a loom on the outskirts
of Mumbai on April 1 after the facility was shut due to
the nationwide lockdown. © Reuters
CAUSES

● Over 122 million people in India lost their jobs in April, according to
estimates from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. Around 75% of them
were small traders and wage-labourers.
● The age group most affected by unemployment right now is from 23 years
of age to 25.
● Outside of the covid bubble, unemployment has always been an issue that
action should be taken against.
● Our unemployment rate is much higher than our employment rate.
 SCHEMES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

According to labour ministry data, around 16.5 lakh people have benefited from the Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) which was launched in October to encourage hiring in the country amid the
COVID-19 pandemic till March 9, 2021.

-Under the ABRY, Government of India is crediting for a period of two years both the employees' share (12
per cent of wages) and employers' share (12 per cent of wages) .

-Under the ABRY, about 16.5 lakhs beneficiaries registered themselves with the Scheme from October 1,
2020 and out of this, approximately 13.64 lakhs are new joinees..
-The experts say that the government intends to create 50 lakh to 60 lakh jobs through the ABRY in two
years' time, but it required close monitoring and well-planned implementation to achieve the desired
objective.

-Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), Government of India has contributed both 12 per
cent employer's share and 12 per cent employee's share under Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

-Totalling 24 per cent of the wageS for the wage month from March to August 2020. Under the PMGKY
scheme, Rs 2,567.66 crore was credited in EPF accounts of 38.82 lakhs eligible employees.
 CONCLUSION
Many rural areas were hit hard during India’s
devastating recent Covid-19 surge. The scale of this
rural epidemic remains largely hidden in official
figures. But a flood of news reports tell a tale of
infection sweeping rapidly through villages, high
mortality, minimal testing, and health systems unable Neha Sharma, 9 year old, displays a picture of
to keep up. her father, Lalit Kumar Sharma, 38 year old, a
non-teaching staff of a school who died from
We collected a total of 61 case-studies from the first Covid-19 after doing duty during a local election
three weeks of May, each describing at least five in April. She is sitting inside their house in the
suspected Covid-19 deaths in one or more villages. town of Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district
in Uttar Pradesh.
Thank You!