Unemployment rate in India sees a dip after a month

Oct 21, 2021

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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According to a report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE),...

...September saw an additional 8.5 million people becoming employed in the country.

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The unemployment rate in the month of September also fell down to 6.9 percent...

...as compared to 8.3 percent in the month of August this year.

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However,the unemployment rate during the first three weeks of October has remained elevated by 7.6 percent,...

...but an employment expansion in this month is likely, as per CMIE.

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The report further revealed that nearly two million jobs in the urban region were added in September,...

...which is slightly less than the number of jobs added in rural areas.

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Employment in construction and food industries was much more sustainable in September...

...as compared to August this year, according to the report.

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India provided 406.2 million jobs to people till September this year,...

...slightly lesser than the pre-COVID level, which was 408.9 million in 2019 till September. This indicates that there is still some catch up to do to match the employment rate.

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Labour participation in the market is one of the major aspects to...

...consider when it comes to calculating the employment rate.

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Number of labour participating or engaged in the labour...

...market was highest in the month of September with 40.7 percent.

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However, this number fell down by 1.5 percent during the starting of October but...

...quickly bounced back to the previous month’s percentage in the third week of this month.

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