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Jobs & Career
India's Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.1% in July-September, Survey Shows
✍️ Business Standard
🗓 10 Nov 2026, 07:46 PM
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India’s latest labour force survey reports a slight decline in unemployment to 5.1% for the July‑September quarter, down from 5.2% in the previous period.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment released a labour force survey indicating that the unemployment rate in India fell to 5.1% for the July‑September 2023 quarter, a modest dip from 5.2% recorded in the preceding quarter.
The survey, covering 1.5 million households nationwide, tracks joblessness among the working‑age population.
The decline is attributed to a modest rise in employment, with the private sector hiring an additional 1.2 million workers during the quarter.
Economists view the small improvement as a positive sign of the labour market’s gradual recovery from the pandemic‑induced slowdown.
The survey, covering 1.5 million households nationwide, tracks joblessness among the working‑age population.
The decline is attributed to a modest rise in employment, with the private sector hiring an additional 1.2 million workers during the quarter.
Economists view the small improvement as a positive sign of the labour market’s gradual recovery from the pandemic‑induced slowdown.