New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The unemployment rate in India declined marginally in August to 5.1%, according to the statistics ministry's data. The rate fell for the second month in a row from 5.2% in July and 5.6% in June.

The participation of women in the workforce rose for the second month in a row to 32% in August from 30.2% in June, according to the statistics ministry's monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

The ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) statement said the government modified the PLFS survey methodology in January this year to provide monthly and quarterly data on the country's labour force, with the first such monthly bulletin coming in April.

Male unemployment rate eased to a five-month low of ...