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%.