India's Dec jobless rate rises to 7.9%: CMIE
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[NEW DELHI] India's December unemployment rate rose to 7.9 per cent from the June figure of 7.0 per cent, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed on Monday.
Economic activities and consumer sentiments have been hit in the South Asian nation after a rise in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and restrictions in many states.
REUTERS
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