NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - India's unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above fell to 5.1% in July, matching its lowest level in four months, government data showed on Monday.
A Reuters poll had projected the July unemployment rate at 5.4%, compared with 5.5% in June. In March, the rate stood at 5.1%.
Here are some details:
-The rural unemployment rate fell to 4.5% in July from 5.0% in June, while the urban rate edged up to 6.7% from 6.6%, National Statistics Office data showed.
-Among people aged 15 and above, the unemployment rate for men fell to 5.0% in July from 5.3% in June, while the rate for women declined to 5.4% from 5.9%.
- The labour force participation rate, which measures the share of people aged 15 and above who are working or seeking work, rose to 55.4% in July from 54.4% a month earlier, the National Statistics Office said in its monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey bulletin.
- The worker population ratio, a measure of the proportion of people employed, increased to 52.5% from 51.4%.
-Female labour-force participation rose to 34.4% from 32.7% in June, driven by an increase in rural female participation to 38.8% from 36.6%.
- The figures are based on the Current Weekly Status measure under India's PLFS report, covering 371,021 people nationwide, including 211,411 in rural areas and 159,610 in urban areas.
Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
Source: Reuters