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Hit by Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown, India saw a 62 per cent decline in job hiring in the month of April, led by hotel/restaurant/travel/airlines industries that saw a massive -90 per cent less hiring activity that the same month last year, a new report said on Wednesday.
The aviation and hospitality industries were followed by auto/ancillary (-82 per cent), retail (-77 per cent) and accounting/finance (-70 per cent), according to Naukri JobSpeak Index.
The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring.
The decline was led by metros, wherein Delhi declined by 70 per cent followed by Chennai (-62 per
