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Unemployment The Most Burning Issue In The Country: Kharge

Citing the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of July 2022-June 2023, he said, "The unꦗemployment rate for persons aged 15-?29 years is 10 per cent."  ꦆ

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
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Unemployment is the🍷 most burning issue in the country, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sai▨d on Sunday.

In an apparent attack on the BJP-led Centr൲e, Kharge said in a post on X in Hindi, "The youth of the country are asking where are the two crore jobs per year? Why is the process between recruitment exams and securing a job so complicated?" 

"Unemployment is the most burning issue in ♐the country,"🍸 he said.

Citing the perio☂dic labour force survey (PLFS) of July 2022-June 2023, he said, "The unemployment rate for persons aged 15-?29 years is 10 per cent." 

Quoting the P꧂LFS data, the Congress president said rཧural unemployment in the country in the age group of 15-19 years stood at 8.3 per cent in the July 2022-June 2023 period, while urban unemployment for the same category in this period was higher at 13.8 per cent.     

"Why was the ܫMSME sector destroyed, jobs of crores of you🐼th were snatched away and their future ruined?" his post added.

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