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17.08.202611:06:12UTC+00India Unemployment Rate Falls

India’s unemployment rate declined to 5.1% in July 2026 from 5.5% in June, marking its lowest level in four months. This improvement signals renewed strength in the labor market following a gradual rise in joblessness earlier in the year, a trend that had mirrored broader macroeconomic pressures from surging energy prices and a weakening rupee.

The overall decline was driven by a pronounced drop in rural unemployment, which fell to 4.5% from 5.0% in June, more than offsetting a slight increase in urban unemployment to 6.7% from 6.6%. At the same time, the labor force participation rate climbed sharply to 55.4% from 54.4%, indicating that the reduction in unemployment was underpinned by an actual expansion in employment rather than a withdrawal from the labor force. Reflecting this, the employment rate rose strongly to 52.5% from 51.4%.

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