NEW NON-FARM JOBS IN Q2FY23 - Tally higher than Q1 but fell short of Omicron-hit Q4FY22
Business Standard|May 29, 2024
Fresh job creation in the nine major non-farm recovered sectors sequentially in the September quarter of FY23 but remained below new job additions during the Omicron-hit March quarter of FY22, according to latest government data.
SHIVA RAJORA
NEW NON-FARM JOBS IN Q2FY23 - Tally higher than Q1 but fell short of Omicron-hit Q4FY22

However, during the first half (April-September) of FY23, the number of new hirings more than halved to 331,221 compared to H2 of FY22 at 740,415. The Labour Bureau on Tuesday released the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) results for the fifth and sixth rounds, pertaining to Q1 and Q2 of FY23 after a gap of nearly 20 months.

In the Omicron-hit quarter (Q4 FY22), fresh job creation in these nine non-farm sectors had dipped to 350,299 from 390,116 in Q3 of FY22. Job additions further fell to 49,197 in Q1 of FY23 before recovering to 282,024 in Q2 of FY23.

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