Urban Unemployment Rate at 9.62%, Rural At 7.15%: BSE Index

New Delhi: The unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 9.62 per cent, much higher than the 7.15 per cent in rural pockets, says a BSE index. The overall figure for the country is 7.97 per cent, the index prepared by the top stock exchange BSE in collaboration with business information firm CMIE showed. The index is based on responses from over 1.30 lakh individuals in about 39,600 households spread across 315 cities and 3,000 vil...