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Unemployment among educated people increased sharply in 2017-18: NSSO survey

The national rate of unemployment stood at 6.1 percent, according to the survey.

February 18, 2019 / 13:54 IST
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Unemployment was much higher among educated people than those with lower level of education in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO) first periodic labour force survey.

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Business Standard reported that the number of skilled people in 2017-18 was double that in 2011-12 even though the people who got vocational training during the period was low.

The survey indicated that literacy levels were up in 2017-18, especially in rural areas where young women got more formal education than men.