India’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.2 percent in October, even as urban joblessness edged up to a three-month high.

According to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme. Implementation, urban unemployment rose to 7 percent from 6.8 percent in September, reflecting softer labour-market conditions in cities.

Rural unemployment, meanwhile, eased to 4.4 percent, compared with 4.6 percent a month earlier, helping keep the overall rate unchanged.

The labour market showed some underlying resilience. Labour force participation climbed to a six-month high of 55.4 percent, while the worker population ratio rose to 52.5 percent, marking four consecutive months of improvement. Much of this momentum was driven by rural women, whose e

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