Unemployment rate dips to 5.2% in July: PLFS survey

The rate of unemployment in the country declined to 5.2% in July from 5.6% in June, a government survey said on Monday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The unemployment rate in May was also 5.6%, said the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI).

The latest data collected in current weekly status (CWS) showed that the unemployment rate for persons of all ages during July worked out at 5.2%.

The pace of joblessness among men stayed slightly higher at 5.3% compared to that of women at 5.1%.

In July, the unemployment rate in urban areas for all age groups inched up to 7.2% from 7.1% in June. While in rural, the unemployment rate for all age group 4.4%, down from 4.9% in June.