Urban Joblessness Falls to One-Year Low, Rural Unemployment Climbs
Unemployment rate in India's rural regions inched upwards to 4.3 percent in the January-March 2026 quarter, after three consecutive quarters of decline, even as urban joblessness continued its gradual easing, according to the latest quarterly periodic labour force survey data. Urban unemployment dropped to 6.6 percent in January-March 2026 from 6.7 percent in the previous quarter. Urban unemployment, meanwhile, continued…
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