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The 2017–18 jump in unemployment was possibly linked to which 2016 step?Read the answer and worked solution →The ILO projected India's unemployment rate for 2018 and 2019 at about what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian labour force grows by roughly how many people each year?Read the answer and worked solution →Urban unemployment (age 15 and above) in October–December 2022 was what?Read the answer and worked solution →Unemployment shot up to what rate in the week ending May 16, 2021?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sector is described as the most labour absorbing in the economy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ministry launched the National Career Service portal?Read the answer and worked solution →On which day does the weekly Employment News come out?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Rural Employment Programme gives jobs especially in times of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Employment growth between 2004–05 and 2011–12 averaged what per annum?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991 foreign exchange reserves could cover imports for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1990–91 event raised oil prices and cut Gulf remittances to India?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was India's finance minister during the 1991 reforms?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1991 New Industrial Policy kept licensing for how many industries?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1991 policy pre-approved foreign equity participation up to what level?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1991 policy scrapped the concept of which kind of company?Read the answer and worked solution →By how much was the rupee devalued against the dollar in the 1991 budget?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narasimham Committee suggested cutting the SLR from 38.5% to what?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened to the rupee in the 1966 liberalisation attempt?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1984 policy eased technology imports and helped software exports?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was NASSCOM established?Read the answer and worked solution →Combined fiscal deficits in the late 1980s rose to what share of GDP?Read the answer and worked solution →India's external debt in 1989–90 stood at about how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two firms left India under the Janata government's partnership rule?Read the answer and worked solution →India's exports of goods and services were what share of GDP in 2000?Read the answer and worked solution →Foreign investment in 1995–96 had risen to about how much?Read the answer and worked solution →GST, approved in 2017, was first proposed in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 2016 law created time-bound insolvency resolution for firms?Read the answer and worked solution →The 2019 cut lowered the base corporate tax rate from 30% to what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Make in India campaign sought to encourage investment in what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The 2017–18 jump in unemployment was possibly linked to which 2016 step?

  1. GST rollout
  2. Bank mergers
  3. 1991 reforms
  4. Demonetisation
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Correct answer: D. Demonetisation

The rise was possibly caused by the 2016 demonetisation of large banknotes.

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The ILO projected India's unemployment rate for 2018 and 2019 at about what?

  1. 3.5%
  2. 2.8%
  3. 8.1%
  4. 6.1%
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Correct answer: A. 3.5%

The ILO outlook saw the rate staying at 3.5 percent in both 2018 and 2019.

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The Indian labour force grows by roughly how many people each year?

  1. 12 million
  2. 8 million
  3. 5 million
  4. 2 million
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Correct answer: B. 8 million

The labour force grows by about 8 million per annum, faster than full-time jobs are created.

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