ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT, OVER 25,000 INDIANS DIED IN 2018-2020 AS A RESULT OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND DEBTS

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While the subject of unemployment is being debated in Parliament during the Union Budget debate, the Union administration informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that more than 25,000 Indians committed suicide between 2018 and 2020 as a result of unemployment or indebtedness. During that time, 9,140 people committed suicide as a result of unemployment, while 16,091 people died as a result of bankruptcy or indebtedness, according to the government's report to the upper chamber.

Minister of State (Home) Nityanand Rai provided the information in a written response to a Rajya Sabha question on the subject. The official estimates, according to Rai, are based on data provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Suicides among the unemployed have been on the rise, reaching a peak of 3,548, according to the data, in the pandemic year of 2020. In 2018, 2,741 people died as a result of unemployment; in 2019, 2,851 people died as a result of unemployment.

The death rate from indebtedness, on the other hand, did not follow the same pattern. While 4,970 people died by suicide as a result of bankruptcy in 2018, the number has risen to 5,908. It fell by nearly 600 deaths in 2020, to 5,213.

Various opposition MPs have highlighted the topic of unemployment several times during the ongoing budget discussion, alleging that the budget does little to address the problem facing the country in the aftermath of Covid-19.

Rai said on Wednesday that the government was focused on mental health and establishing job opportunities to solve the problem.

"The Government is executing the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) and supporting the implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) under NMHP in 692 districts across the country to address the burden of mental diseases," Rai added.

"The programme aims to provide suicide prevention services, workplace stress management, life skills training, and counselling in schools and colleges; mental health services, including prevention, promotion, and long-term continuing care at various levels of the district healthcare delivery system; and community awareness and participation in the delivery of mental healthcare services," he added.

Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, recently slammed the administration on the issue, claiming that unemployment in the country is at its worst level in 50 years. He claimed that while the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) administration lifted 27 crore people out of poverty in ten years, Narendra Modi's NDA government had driven 23 crore people back into poverty.

Rai said on Wednesday that the government had launched several employment and income-generation programmes, including the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), the National Career Service (NCS) project for job seekers and employers for job-matching, the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

"Flagship government programmes such as Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, Housing for All, Infrastructure development, and Industrial corridors," he said.

He noted that the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in important industries, which aims to improve India's manufacturing capacity and exports, would also create jobs.

On February 7, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor opened debate on Budget 2022-23 in the Lok Sabha, saying that the budget had violated the people's hopes and ambitions.

"It was expected that the administration would acknowledge the extraordinary levels of unemployment that have left countless individuals, particularly the young, with little hope for a better future. Admit that one-fifth of India's population has seen their income drop by 53% in the previous five years," Tharoor had remarked.

According to Tharoor, while the wealth of the richest 100 Indians has risen to Rs 57 lakh crore, 4.7 crore Indians have fallen into abject poverty.

"As of January, the unemployment rate was 6.75 percent. This is an improvement over the previous month's figure of 7.9%. It is still greater than the country's lowest jobless rate in 45 years. The unemployment rate in India has increased faster than in Bangladesh and Vietnam. "Even as per capita income has declined, 84 percent of households have lost income in the last two years," Tharoor had stated.

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