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Jobless rate in urban areas fell to 7.9% in Q3 of last year, shows data

Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh etc. had a higher proportion of people in urban areas as unemployed in Q3

People read the Assignment Abroad Times, a gulf recruitment newspaper, in Mumbai on August 29, 2019. (Dhiraj Singh/ Bloomberg Photo)

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1 min read Last Updated : Oct 31 2020 | 1:59 AM IST

The unemployment rate in urban areas fell to 7.9% in Q3 of 2019-20, from 8.4% in the previous quarter, showed the latest periodic labour force survey released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. However, it rose moderately for females to 9.8% from 9.7%.

Males, on the other hand, saw a substantial decline in the rate to 7.3% from 8%. Poll-bound Bihar, where parties are competing against one another to make job promises, did not see any change in the rate at 8.6%.

Here also, women saw a rise in unemployment rate compared to men.

Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Delhi

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