The much-awaited report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18 has highlighted the difficult job situation with 6.1% of India’s labour force, and 17.8% of young people in the labour force reporting to be unemployed. In 2017-18, around 45% of regular workers earned less than ₹10,000 per month, and about 12% earned less than ₹5,000 per month. In rural areas, …