India's jobless rate rises to 7.8% in Oct vs 6.4% in Sept: CMIE
The unemployment rate surged primarily due to a significant rise in the rural unemployment rate, essentially in non-agricultural rural India.
cmie data on jobs
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Jobs up by 1mn in May; unemployment falls to 7.12%: CMIE
A big shift seen in jobs from agriculture to industry and services in the last two months. In April, agricultural jobs declined by 5.2 mn but industry added 5.5mn and services added 6.7mn jobs.
Record 8.8 mn people joined workforce in April
Jobs increased across industry and services sectors. In manufacturing, metals, chemicals and cement added jobs, while in services, retail, hotels and restaurants were the segments that added jobs.
