Labor-intensive industries like manufacturing, goods and transport services, construction, and real estate are struggling with significant challenges related to the lack of formal job structures
In urban areas, unemployment rate was 8.5% in March 2023, up from 7.9% in Feb 2023, while in rural areas, it stood at 7.4%, up from 7.2% in previous month
Distress signals: In FY23, average income and consumption may not breach FY20 level, fiscal spending is lower than FY21 and FY22 and trade deficit zooms to 6% of GDP by December 2022