Meenu, recently, visited her grandmother's place in Himachal Pradesh during her summer vacations. She visited her land, where she saw that in the adjoining farm 7 people were working where only 5 of them were required. She asked her grandmother, " Ammaji, why there are 7 people working in the field instead of 5?". Her grandmother replied,"Meenu, due to covid, Raju and his brother Sonu were fired from the job and also, their mother have been diagnosed with depression. Thus, in order to fulfill the basic needs of the family all are working in the field."

What was the impact of covid19 on unemployment?

It has increased.

The covid19 has impacted unemployment drastically. The unemployment rate has shown an upward trend i.e. it has increased.