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%