New Delhi,1/5:The Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened what was already a joblessness crisis in early 2020. The third annual labour force survey (2019-20) by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), covering the period till June 30, 2020, told a grim story. Earlier, the NSSO had in 2017-18 reported that open unemployment had reached a 45-year high and youth unemployment had tripled between 2011-12 and 2017-18 to over 18 per cent. Thereafter, poor economic management had resulted in economic growth slowing for each quarter for nine quarters up to March 2020 – a situation only compounded by the pandemic and its economic aftermath.