The urban unemployment rate was higher than the national average of 8.4 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Project completions rate, which is the value of projects completed expressed as a per cent of value of projects under implementation, dropped to 0.2 per cent in the June quarter, while it recovered marginally to 0.28 per cent in the September quarter

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Employment rate scaled up to its highest level since lockdown to almost 38 per cent from 37.5 per cent in August. \"These are big and welcome gains,\" says CMIE CEO Mahesh Vyas

Project completions showed some improvement during the September quarter - it rose to Rs 31,447 crore from a record low of Rs 24,029 crore in the preceding quarter

As per CMIE, the average labour participation rate in the first three weeks of September was 40.7 per cent, while 30-day moving average was 40.3 per cent as of September 20 against 40.96 per cent in August

The data and information substantiate that rural India doesn't have the capacity to support the huge reverse migrated population and they have no way but to return to their respective workplaces, the urban centres, for whatever menial job opportunities they get

After coronavirus-induced lockdown in India in March, over 121 million salaried jobs were lost in April; recovery in most jobs was seen by August, but condition of some professions deteriorated over time, says CMIE

Amid all gloom and doom around mass lay-offs, top 30 Sensex firms registered 5.2 per cent increase in their combined salary expenses in the June quarter of the current fiscal, on a yearly basis

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Unemployment in August was far higher than in pre-COVID-19 lockdown months of January and February when it stood at 7.76 per cent and 7.22 per cent, respectively

The first three months in this fiscal saw 8,47,649 new jobs compared to 30,02,975 jobs in the same period previous fiscal.

State-wise data on unemployment from various states suggests Haryana, Puducherry and Delhi have the highest jobless rate of 24.5, 21.1 and 20.3 per cent, respectively

At the end of June, the hiring sentiment stands at minus 15 per cent year-on-year as against a record low of below minus 50 per cent year-on-year in April

The region has remained cut off from the outside world for months after India revoked its autonomy but the curbs were lifted gradually. While it is too early to assess the impact of this constitutional change, it seems imperative given the challenges faced by the region

Though India's economy has been hit the hardest due to lockdown, some sectors have held the fort, with agriculture, exports, consumer durables, FMCG recording growth

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Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, is facing a sharp recession because of the coronavirus crisis and depleted oil revenues

The overall employment rate has continued its recovery in July with average employment rate rising to 37.5 per cent during the first three weeks of the month