India, April 4 -- The actions of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, have resulted in 216,670 job cuts to federal workers and contractors in March.

DOGE actions also accounted for the majority of job cuts announced by US-based employers in March, Business Insider reported, citing data from a new report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, is a global outplacement firm.

This also makes it the third-highest monthly total cuts ever recorded since the company began tracking such data in 1989.

The top two months for job losses previously were in April and May 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report also found that the government led all the sectors in the US when it comes to job cuts last month...