Unemployment rate dips to 4.2% in 2020-21: Govt survey
Millennium Post Delhi|June 16, 2022
The unemployment rate or the proportion of persons in the labour force who could not find jobs has dipped to 4.2 per cent in July 2020-June 2021 from 4.8 per cent a year ago amid the pandemic that caused economic disruption, showed a government survey.
Unemployment rate dips to 4.2% in 2020-21: Govt survey

NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in 2018-19 and 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, as per a statement on the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) issued by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Tuesday.

According to the PLFS annual report (July 2020 to June 2021), the joblessness or unemployment rate (UR) for persons of all ages came down to 4.2 per cent from 4.8 per cent a year ago (2019-20).

The data showed that joblessness has come down gradually during the four years till 2020-21 (July to June).

Similarly, the UR among males has also come down to 4.5 per cent in 202021 from 5.1 in 2019-20, six per cent in 2018-19 and 6.2 per cent in 2017-18.

The same trend of decline in the UR was found among females as it dipped to 3.5 per cent 2020-21 from 4.2 per cent in 2019-20, 5.2 per cent in 2018-19 and 5.7 per cent in 2017-18.

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