Worldwide unemployment crisis will increase due to pandemic, UN warns

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The United Nations has mentioned the problem of unemployment at the global level due to the epidemic Kovid-19. In fact, the International Labor Organization presented a report on Wednesday in which the impact of the epidemic on employment has been detailed in detail.

The United Nations has referred to the global ‘problem of unemployment due to the pandemic COVID-19. In fact, the International Labor Organization presented a report on Wednesday in which the effect of the epidemic on employment has been detailed in detail. The United Nations agency said that all countries have lagged behind in terms of employment and national income.

The labour market crisis created by the #COVID19 pandemic is far from over.
Employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023.
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— International Labour Organization (@ilo) June 2, 2021

The report says that its impact will remain in the next year as well and 200 million people are expected to be unemployed. At present, 10.8 crore workers have come under the category of ‘poor or extremely poor. In the 164-page ‘World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021 report’, the United Nations labor agency, the International Labor Organization (ILO), has said in a report that the pandemic has affected the job market. . According to report, the pandemic has caused unprecedented havoc due to lack of concerted policy efforts. Its effect will last for many years. It further said that the total working time in 2020 also saw a loss which is 8.8 percent. This time is equivalent to working for one year of 255 crore full-time workers.

According to the report, the problem of unemployment arising worldwide due to the global crisis of the epidemic will reach 75 million in 2021 and it will be 23 million in 2022. The reduction in employment and working hours will further deepen the unemployment crisis. It has also been said that if the crisis of the epidemic did not come, then 300 million new jobs in the world would have been created in 2020.