In India, besides daily wage laborers, the people from the middle class and even the upper middle class have been experiencing unemployment. This is because unemployment in Indian cities has ...

Unemployment in rural areas rose to 4.6% in September from 4.3% in August, according to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the statistics ministry on Wednesday. Urban ...

India’s monthly unemployment rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025, up from 5.1% in April, according to government data released on Monday. The rise can be largely attributed to seasonal factors and ...

NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters) - India's unemployment rate among individuals aged 15 years and above stood at 5.1% in April, the country's ministry of statistics said in a statement on Thursday. This is ...

India's urban unemployment rises to 10.1% in Dec - CMIE Hiring slows in IT, retail, manufacturing amid global slowdown High unemployment pose challenge in state, general elections Young workers ...

NEW DELHI — As India gears up for the second phase of its general elections, the issue of unemployment is increasingly taking center stage, with opposition leader Rahul Gandhi charging Prime Minister ...

That India’s demographic dividend is not being mined effectively cannot be denied. At present, youth unemployment in the country stands at an estimated 16.03%. Moreover, many of those entering the job ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that as long as elections are "stolen", unemployment and corruption will continue to rise, and asserted that young people will no longer tolerate "job ...

NEW DELHI: Average GDP growth rate of 12.2% is needed to start addressing India’s underemployment challenge and a bigger push is needed for a pro-growth, pro-jobs policy agenda to tackle the country’s ...

New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate for those aged 15 years and above increased marginally to 5.2% in September from 5.1% in August owing to a rise in joblessness in both rural and urban areas.

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP of making the country "a center of unemployment." Joblessness is particularly high among India's youth — with ...