In June 2019, the urban unemployment rate was at 8.9 per cent, which peaked at 20.9 per cent during the COVID period, and has fallen since then to 7.2 per cent in September 2022, data revealed.
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): India's urban unemployment rate fell to 7.6 per cent in April-June 2022 quarter, the lowest in four years, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Youth jobless rate in China has hit a record high of 19.9 percent, media reports said citing the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI/Heylin Spark): The sheer scale of joblessness that prevails in our country is the most defining impact of the pandemic induced lockdown.