Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy showed that the Goa unemployment rate has surged from 10.9 % in September to 13.6% in November 2022.
The unemployment rate in the country surged to a three-month high at 8% in November against 7.77% last month.
“The unemployment rate for September 2022 was 10.9 %, the data for unemployment in Goa was not available for Goa for the month of October, and now in November, the rate is 13.6%,’ CMIE data states.
Goa Forward Party (GFP) President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said that Goa’s unemployment rate stands at 13% even after holding Mega Job Fair, while India’s rate stands at 8.1% for Nov 2022.
“Mega PR events are no substitute for committed policy making, which this BJP Goa, the government does not want to do. CM Dr Pramod Sawant Government is exposed,” said Sardesai.
Amongst the states, Haryana reported the highest unemployment rate at 30.6%. Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, and Tripura are amongst the states where unemployment rates remained in double-digit percentages at 24.5%, 23.9%, 14.0%, 17.3%, 12.7%, 13.6%, 14.3%, and 14.5%, respectively.
Chattisgarh reported the lowest unemployment rate at 0.1%.
As of November 30, 2022, the unemployment rate in the country stood at 8.09%. Notably, this is the second month this year that the country has reported the highest unemployment rate. Previously, the country reported the highest unemployment rate at 8.28% in August.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in India for April, May, June, July, and October stood at 7.83%, 7.14%, 7.83%, 6.83%, and 6.43%, respectively.
The labour force participation rate (LFPR) for persons aged 15 years and above stood at 47.9% in the July to September period, whereas the worker population ratio (WPR) in CWS for persons aged 15 years and above witnessed a surge at 44.5% from July to September this year.
