Bhubaneswar

‘State has low unemployment rate’

PNS

Unemployment rate in Odisha is lower than many other States as per the data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) recently.

Odisha with 2.1% of unemployment rate stands third from the bottom after Assam and Chhattisgarh having 2% of unemploment.

Data showed Karnataka has 2.4% unemployment, Gujarat 3.4%, Telangana 3.3%, Uttar Pradesh 4.2% and Maharashtra 4.5%.

The unemployment rate in Delhi is 12.5% and in Bihar 11.9%. The report said the unemployment rate at national level during the lockdown in April was 23.5%t and it declined to 21.7 % in June. In September, it further declined to 7.4%.

The data showed that Uttarakhand topped the chart with 22.3% of unemployment, followed by Haryana 19.7%, Tripura 17.4%, Jammu and Kashmir 16.2% and Rajasthan 15.3%.