Explained: India’s urban unemployment rate in numbers - The Indian Express

The unemployment rate had shot up sharply during the nationwide lockdown in 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic.

India’s urban unemployment rate jumped to 12.6 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2021, compared to 9.3 per cent in the January-March quarter. It, however, eased from the 20.8 per cent level seen … [+2188 chars]

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