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Unemployment rate slips to 5.2% in September quarter

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November 11, 2025

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINED SEQUENTIALLY DESPITE A 10 BASIS POINTS GROWTH IN LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION

- Abhishek Jha

India’s headline unemployment rate was 5.2% in the quarter ended September, according to the latest data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.

However, it is difficult to say whether this represents an improvement or not because there is no data for the same quarter last year. Job numbers are usually compared for the same period across years because of the seasonality of some jobs, such as those in agriculture.

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