India added 8.8 million jobs in April 2022: CMIE report

Indian labour markets saw substantially increased activity during April 2022 as the labour force increased by 8.8 million from 428.4 million in March to 437.2 million in April, according to a Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report. "This is one of the largest monthly increases in the labour force if we exclude the lockdown impacted months," the report added.