India's Unemployment rate all time high at 7.8% in March, highest in 3 months: CMIE data
New Delhi: According to data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on Saturday, India's labor markets have been deteriorating, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.8% in March - the highest in three months. This follows a surge to 8.3% in December 2022, which declined to 7.14% in January this year, but edged up slightly to 7.45% a month later. The unemployment rate was higher in cities at 8.4% compared to 7.5% in rural areas.
Mahesh Vyas, the managing director of CMIE, explained that this problem is exacerbated by a fall in the labor force participation rate, which dropped from 39.9% to 39.8%. This led to a decrease in employment from 409.9 million to 407.6 million. According to experts, the end of the festive season that began in October last year until January this year, had a negative impact on employment in retail, supply chain, logistics, financial services and e-commerce. This resulted in a slowdown in fresh hiring, with the technology and start-up sectors also tightening their belts.
The data showed that the lowest unemployment rates were in Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh at 0.8% each, followed by Puducherry at 1.5%, Gujarat at 1.8%, Karnataka at 2.3%, and Meghalaya and Odisha at 2.6% each.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
