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More than 70% of Indians surveyed during May-July 2018--the beginning of the last year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government--said the lack of employment opportunities and rising prices are India’s most pressing challenges, as per a new Pew Research Centre survey released today.
The unemployment rate is currently estimated to be at a 45-year high, reaching 7.8% in urban areas and 5.3% in rural ones, according to a leaked National Sample Survey Office report for 2017-18.
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