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India's unemployment rate rises to 5% in Jan
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|February 17, 2026
India’s headline unemployment rate was 5% in January, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.
Rural unemployment was 4.2% and urban unemployment 7%. January numbers do not indicate a deterioration or improvement in labour market conditions because job market statistics are usually compared for the same month across years to account for seasonality of some jobs, such as those in agriculture. NSO’s monthly job statistics series started only in April 2025, when the PLFS was revamped to generate m
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