On 11th August, 2022, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released the Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022 report. Some of the India specific findings are:
Declining Youth Employment Participation Rate: It declined by 0.9 percentage points over the first nine months of 2021 relative to its value in 2020, while it increased by 2 per cent points for adults over the same time period.
Unequal Access to Online Education: School closures lasted 18 months and among the 24 crore school-going children, only 8% of such children in rural areas and 23% in urban areas had adequate access to online education.
