Unemployment rate at 6.1% in 2017-18: Govt
Team Udayavani, May 31, 2019, 7:11 PM IST
New Delhi: Confirming unemployment rate projected in a pre-election leaked report, the government on Friday said joblessness in the country was 6.1 per cent of the total labour force during 2017-18, the highest in 45 years.
The data released by the government on a day when Modi 2.0 Cabinet took charge showed 7.8 per cent of all employable urban youth being jobless, while the percentage for the rural was 5.3 per cent.
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