22.7 million people lost their jobs in April-May: CMIE Chief

In a recent interaction with ANI, Mahesh Vyas, Chief of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said, ”We lost 22.7 million jobs in April & May during second Covid wave. Total number of jobs in the country is of the order of 400 million, Out of these 400 million people who were employed, 22.7 million lost their jobs in past 2 months.”