1 Minute Read by Reuters Staff On August 2, 2019, laborers walk down a street near to a Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. manufacturing factory in Manesar, Haryana, India. FILES/Anushree Fadnavis/REUTERS (Reuters) – NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The unemployment rate in India declined to 9.17 percent in June from 11.90 percent in May, according to figures released on Thursday by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). After a drop in coronavirus infections, which peaked in May, state governments removed pandemic restrictions, allowing most economic activities to resume in the south Asian nation. Manoj Kumar contributed reporting, and Clarence Fernandez edited the piece./n
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