India unemployment rate at 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18: Govt

India's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18 fiscal year, the Statistics Ministry said on Friday, matching data earlier leaked to a newspaper. The data showed that 7.8% of all employable youth in urban areas were jobless, while the figure was 5.3% in rural areas. Joblessness among men stood at 6.2%, compared to 5.7% for women.