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Top private employer sees jobs in India rising to pre-Covid levels

India's unemployment rate eased to 6.98% in October from as high as 23.5% in April, according to private research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

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Vrishti Beniwal | Bloomberg
Jobs are returning in India as the economy recovers from lockdown-related losses, according to the head of a top staffing firm.

Quess Corp., which claims to be India’s largest private-sector employer providing staffing services to companies, saw its workforce rise in October for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak. Its numbers had dropped by 55,000 to 325,000 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a vast and sudden lockdown in March.

“We are seeing a rebound definitely in the employment market,” Ajit Isaac, Quess chairman, said in an interview to Bloomberg TV Monday. “We expect to finish this year close to where

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