<p>Karnataka has the lowest unemployment rate among its youths (aged 15-29 years) after Gujarat, according to the quarterly surveys conducted by National Statistical Organisation (NSO) in the past one year since April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Karnataka, one in eight youths did not have a job. Only Gujarat did a notch better than Karnataka, where one in 10 people in the age-group of 15-29 years remained unemployed, according to the latest survey conducted in the January-March period this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NSO, recently merged with the former National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), conducts its labour force survey once in every three months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to its last periodic survey (PLFS), conducted for October-December (2018) period, Karnataka's unemployment rate was 16.4%, which means roughly one in six youths did not have a job at the time of conducting the last survey.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka's numbers have improved by four percentage points in between January and March to 12.3%, according to the survey.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state also boasts of a reduction in unemployment of its women at a faster rate than men. The jobless rate among Karnataka women were reduced to 10% in the quarter ending March this year from 20% in December quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The jobless rate among men was reduced to 13% in the latest quarter from 15.5% in December.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In case of Tamil Nadu, the unemployment rate among its young population had worsened to nearly 25% in January-March period from about 21% in the previous quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kerala was even worse. The state has been unable to lift its youths from joblessness for a long time. It has one of the the worst unemployment rates of above 37% compared to other federal bodies. Above 60% of Kerala's women were unemployed in the quarter ending March from 57.6% in the previous quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the list of 22 states surveyed, Bihar had the worst unemployment rate of nearly 41% in December quarter but it quickened the process of getting jobs for its youth, correcting its jobless rate to a little above 31% within three months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The all India unemployment rate remained corrected marginally to 22.5% in March quarter from 23.7% in the previous quarter.</p>
<p>Karnataka has the lowest unemployment rate among its youths (aged 15-29 years) after Gujarat, according to the quarterly surveys conducted by National Statistical Organisation (NSO) in the past one year since April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Karnataka, one in eight youths did not have a job. Only Gujarat did a notch better than Karnataka, where one in 10 people in the age-group of 15-29 years remained unemployed, according to the latest survey conducted in the January-March period this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NSO, recently merged with the former National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), conducts its labour force survey once in every three months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to its last periodic survey (PLFS), conducted for October-December (2018) period, Karnataka's unemployment rate was 16.4%, which means roughly one in six youths did not have a job at the time of conducting the last survey.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnataka's numbers have improved by four percentage points in between January and March to 12.3%, according to the survey.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state also boasts of a reduction in unemployment of its women at a faster rate than men. The jobless rate among Karnataka women were reduced to 10% in the quarter ending March this year from 20% in December quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The jobless rate among men was reduced to 13% in the latest quarter from 15.5% in December.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In case of Tamil Nadu, the unemployment rate among its young population had worsened to nearly 25% in January-March period from about 21% in the previous quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kerala was even worse. The state has been unable to lift its youths from joblessness for a long time. It has one of the the worst unemployment rates of above 37% compared to other federal bodies. Above 60% of Kerala's women were unemployed in the quarter ending March from 57.6% in the previous quarter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the list of 22 states surveyed, Bihar had the worst unemployment rate of nearly 41% in December quarter but it quickened the process of getting jobs for its youth, correcting its jobless rate to a little above 31% within three months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The all India unemployment rate remained corrected marginally to 22.5% in March quarter from 23.7% in the previous quarter.</p>
