As the graph depicting daily COVID cases in India dips, the after-effects of the second wave are visible in the battered economy, alarmingly reflecting in India’s unemployment rate.
According to an estimate by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), around 22.7 million Indians have lost their jobs in the month of April and May, over 15 million of those were lost during May alone, while the urban joblessness rate hit 18 percent in the last week of the month.
Meanwhile, the central government on Monday, 31 May announced the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the financial year 2020-21 to be at -7.3 percent as compared to 4.0 percent in 2019-20.
Following this, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at PM Narendra Modi, saying in a tweet, "PM's hall of shame – Minimum GDP, Maximum Unemployment," he tweeted along with a graph of rising unemployment among the youth.