India's unemployment lowest in six months at 6.80% in July: CMIE

Rural unemployment declined 6.14 per cent to 272.1 million last month from 265.2 million or 8.03 per cent in June, it said. On the other hand, urban unemployment jumped to 8.21 per cent in July from 7.80 per cent in June as the number of jobs fell both in industry as well as services. The employment in urban India fell by 0.6 million, from 125.7 million to 125.1 million, according to the CMIE data.