Unemployment rate climbs in urban and rural India: CMIE | Business – Times of India Videos

The unemployment rate in rural and urban India climbed up in the week ended 25 July, reversing the proceeds made in a week ago period, fresh data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed on Monday. The national joblessness rate climbed to 7.14% in the week ended 25 July as against 5.98% in the previous week ended 18 July. However, rural unemployment took a sharp upward turn to 6.75% from 5.1% the week-ago period. Since the beginning of July, the unemployment rate in urban India stayed below 9% while at the national level, it remained under 8%.