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Unemployment rate rises to 5.3% in Sept

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October 16, 2025

India’s headline unemployment rate increased to 5.3% in September, the highest since June, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday.

- HT Correspondent

The rate was 5.6% in June.

The September unemployment rate is 20 basis points—one basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point — higher than August, when it was at its lowest value in the monthly series, which started in April this year.

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