Unemployment Rate in India: Where the States stand

Insight Bureau:  India’s unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57% in January, the lowest since March 2021, as the country gradually recovers with easing of restrictions following a decline in Omicron cases, according to the data from the economic think-tank, the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).

In December 2021, the unemployment rate rose to a four-month high of 7.91%, compared to 6.97% in November.

According to CMIE, of the 35 million unemployed who were actively looking for work in December 2021, 23% or 8 million were women.

The States with lowest unemployment rate:

?Telangana – 0.7%

?Gujarat – 1.2%,

?Meghalaya – 1.5%

?Odisha – 1.8%

?Karnataka – 2.9%

?Uttar Pradesh – 3%

? Chhattisgarh – 3%

?Madhya Pradesh – 3.2%

? Uttarakhand – 3.5%

? Maharashtra – 4.2%

?Kerala – 5.0%

?Tamil Nadu – 5.3%

?Andhra Pradesh – 6.2%

?West Bengal – 6.4%

The States with high unemployment rate:

? Puducherry – 7.8%

?Assam – 8.5%

? Jharkhand – 8.9%

?Punjab – 9.0%

?Goa – 11.6%

?Himachal Pradesh – 13.9%

?Delhi -14.1%

?Jammu & Kashmir – 15%

?Tripura – 17.1%

?Rajasthan – 18.9%

?Haryana – 23.4%