India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Highlights:
India's unemployment rate declined from 6% in 2017 to 3.2% by 2024.
Over 7.5 crore jobs created in the formal sector in the last seven years.
National Career Service (NCS) portal being leveraged to aggregate global job demands and facilitate international labour mobility.
Over 300 million unorganised workers registered on e-Shram portal, paving the way for targeted benefits and social protection coverage.
India's social protection coverage has grown from 24.4% in 2019 to 64.3% in 2025. Over 940 million people in India have social protection coverage.
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