NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6% in June compared to the previous month, helped by a fall in joblessness in rural areas, the statistics ministry said on Tuesday.
The unemployment rate in June among the 15 years and above age group in rural parts of the country fell to 4.9% from 5.1%, while it rose in urban areas to 7.1% from 6.9% in May, according to the data.
This was the third monthly labour force data release covering both urban and rural areas. Previously, the government published employment data on a quarterly basis for urban regions and annually for both urban and rural areas.
The unemployment rate among urban youth aged 15-to-29 years rose to 18.8% in June from 17.9% in May. In April, it stood at 17.2%.
In rural areas, the youth jobless rate increased to 13.8% from 13.7% in the previous month. It stood at 12.3% in April.
(Reporting by Aftab Ahmed and Manoj Kumar; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)
