April Unemployment Rate at 5.1%: Survey

INDIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE stood at 5.1 per cent for persons aged 15 years and above, with the rate for males at 5.2% and for females at 5.0%, the first monthly bulletin of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released on Thursday by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed.

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In urban areas, the unemployment rate stood at 6.5% (5.8% for males and 8.7% for females), while in rural areas, the unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above was recorded to be 4.5% (4.9% for males and 3.9% for females).

Experts said the rural-urban divide is indicative of the job creation pressures in the urban areas. The monthly estimates are based on current weekly status (CWS) approach, which measures activity status of persons surveyed based on reference period of last seven days preceding the date of survey.