
India’s unemployment rate eased to 5% in August 2026 as rural joblessness declined and labour force participation improved.

India’s unemployment rate eased to 5% in August 2026 as rural joblessness declined and labour force participation improved.

For decades, millions of Indian families relied on a simple, dependable formula for financial security: get a job in a Gulf nation and send money back home, or find steady work in one of India’s bustling export factories making clothes, shoes, or glassware. Today, both of those pillars are under...
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