Unemployment rate declines to 7.6% from 12.6% in April-June 2022: NSO survey

The data also highlighted that the unemployment rate among females in the same age group (15 years and above) in urban areas has declined to 95. per cent in April-June, 2022 from 14.3 per cent a year ago. In January-March 2022, it was 10.1 per cent. The unemployment level was high in April-June 2021 particularly due to Covid-led restrictions that were imposed in the country in a bid to curb the infection.