New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- India's headline unemployment rate came in at 5% in September, lower than the 5.3% unemployment rate recorded in September last year, according to the monthly bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Thursday. However, youth unemployment increased from 15% in September 2025 to 15.2% in September 2026. This makes September the fifth consecutive month when the headline unemployment rate has decreased year-on-year and at least the sixth consecutive month when youth unemployment rate has increased year-on-year. Year-on-year changes in monthly employment statistics can only be tracked since April because monthly PLFS bulletins are only available from April 2025...