Unemployment rate in UP higher than national average: Centre
Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said the unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh is higher than the national average. The national rate of unemployment in rural areas stood at 3.4% and urban areas at 4.4%, he said. In comparison, unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh's rural and urban areas was 5.8% and 6.5% respectively, which is quite high, Dattatreya added.