INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
According to CMIE, the overall unemployment rate as of April 25 is 7.5 per cent across India.Unemployment in India averaged at 8.1 per cent
in the first three weeks of April, think-tank CMIE or the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy has said
It also noted that the unemployment rate in the country has hit the highest level in the last two and half years."Each of these is higher
overall unemployment rate as of April 25 is 7.5 per cent across India
rural regions.In the month of March, the weekly estimates of the unemployment rate stood at 6.9 per cent in the first week and 7 per cent in
It further fell in the last two weeks of the month to 6.2 per cent and 6.4 per cent respectively.The labour force participation rate has, on
the other hand, touched a recent peak of 44.3 per cent in the week of April 14, the highest since February 25, 2018.An increase in the
force participation rate in the first three weeks of April 2019 was 43.5 per cent, compared to 42.3 per cent in the first three weeks of
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