Unemployment rises across religions, social groups, shows NSSO survey

The unemployment rate was falling for all the major religious groups in the urban areas in 2011-12, compared to 2004-05

There was a jump in the unemployment rate across major religions and social groups in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)’s latest household survey on jobs.

The unemployment rate rose the sharpest among Sikhs (ranging from 2-5 times in urban and rural areas), followed by Hindus whose joblessness rate doubled in cities and tripled in the villages, in 2017-18, compared to 2011-12. The unemployment rate among Muslims more than doubled, even as that among Christians also rose across the country during this period.

The unemployment rate was falling for all the major religious groups in the urban