India's unemployment rate drops to 5.1% in July-September: PLFS Data

New Delhi, Nov 10 (UNI) India's unemployment rate among people aged 15 years and above declined to 5.1% in the July-September quarter of 2026, compared with 5.4% in the preceding April-June quarter, indicating a marginal improvement in labour market conditions. The rate was 5.2% in the corresponding period last year, according to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday. The improvement was largely driven by lower unemployment in rural areas, where the joblessness rate dropped to 4.3% during the September quarter from 4.8% in the previous three months. In urban areas,…