Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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India's unemployment rate holds at 5% as rural gains offset urban weakness

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Publishes the monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey through its National Statistics Office

India's unemployment rate held at 5.0% in September, matching August and coming in below the 5.2% that a Reuters poll had forecast. The reading is the lowest of 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.

Updated Oct 15