Lack of jobs, rising prices are India's top concerns ahead of polls: Survey

The unemployment rate is currently estimated to be at a 45-year high, reaching 7.8% in urban areas and 5.3% in rural ones, according to a leaked National Sample Survey Office report for 2017-18

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Current Affairs: Over 70% of Indians overviewed amid May-July 2018- - the start of the most recent year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's legislature - said the absence of work openings and rising costs are India's most squeezing difficulties, according to another Pew Research Center study discharged today.
The joblessness rate is as of now assessed to be at a 45-year high, achieving 7.8% in urban territories and 5.3% in country ones, as indicated by a released National Sample Survey Office report for 2017-18.
This may go some approach to clarify why the extent of individuals "content with the manner in which things are going" in the nation has additionally fallen by 15 rate focuses since the earlier year (from 70% in 2017 to 55% in 2018).Read More
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