West Bengal’s unemployment rate at 6.5 per cent in June ‘far better’ than that of India: Mamata Banerjee | India News

KOLKATA: Referring to a report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee stated on Saturday that the state’s unemployment rate stood at 6.5 per cent in June this yr, which was “far better” than that of the nation at 11 per cent. She stated that is as a result of economic strategy adopted by her government to sort out the Covid-19 disaster and the devastation brought on by cyclone Amphan.
“We’ve implemented a robust economic strategy to tackle #COVID19 and the devastation caused by Amphan. Proof lies in West Bengal’s unemployment rate for the month of June 2020 which stands at 6.5 per cent, far better than that of India at 11 per cent, UP at 9.6 per cent and Haryana at 33.6 per cent, as per CMIE,” Banerjee stated in a tweet.

According to information launched by the CMIE on Wednesday, the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 11 per cent in June from 23.5 per cent in May, as financial actions resumed after the lockdown restrictions had been eased.