India's worker-population-ratio rises to 52.9% in 2021-22

New Delhi: The unemployment rate in the country is witnessing a declining trend. The unemployment rate was 4.8 per cent in 2019-20, which was subsequently, reduced to 4.1 per cent in 2021-22.

This was stated by Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. He said, the



worker-population ratio is witnessing an increasing trend as per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey. 

The worker population ratio has increased from 50.9 per cent in 2019-20 to 52.9 per cent in 2021-22, reflecting higher engagement of people in productive activities, he added.