India 9.4 2010[3

Year Unemployment rate (%)

2002 8.8
2003 8.8
2004 9.5
2005 9.2
2006 8.9
2007 7.8
2008 7.2
2009 6.8

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Unemployment rate: 10.8% (2010 est.) 

10.7% (2009 est.)

Yea
Unemployment rate Rank Percent Change Date of Information
r
2003 8.80 % 110   2002
2004 9.50 % 105 7.95 % 2003
2005 9.20 % 83 -3.16 % 2004 est.
2006 8.90 % 91 -3.26 % 2005 est.
2007 7.80 % 92 -12.36 % 2006 est.
2008 7.20 % 89 -7.69 % 2007 est.
2009 6.80 % 85 -5.56 % 2008 est.
2010 10.70 % 122 57.35 % 2009 est.
2011 10.80 % 117 0.93 % 2010 est.
 Q2.  India's food inflation rate declines to 9.18 per cent on April 7, 2011  
  New Delhi, April 7, 2011 : India's food inflation fell to a single digit at 9.18 per cent for the week ended
March 26 on account of a decline in prices of potatoes, pulses and wheat. Food inflation stood at 9.50 per
cent in the previous week. The rate of price rise of food items has fallen to a single-digit figure for the
second time  For the week under review, prices of vegetables were up 11.41% from a year ago, potatos
by 5.30%, Onion by 8.48%, fruits by 25.49%, milk by 3.87%, wheat  by 0.29 per cent  

  India food inflation rose at 15.57 percent on January 27, 2011  

  NEW DELHI January 27, 2011 (Reuters): India's food price index rose 15.57 percent and the fuel price
index climbed 10.87 percent in the year to Jan. 15, government data on Thursday showed. In the prior
week, annual food and fuel inflation stood at 15.52 percent and 11.53 percent. The primary articles price
index was up 17.26 percent in the latest
week, compared with an annual rise of 17.03 percent a week earlier. The wholesale price index
INWPI=ECI, the most widely watched gauge of prices in India, rose 8.43 percent in December from a
year earlier, compared with 7.48 percent in November. 

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R AND D 

Expenditures on R&D Source

Rank Country  % of GDP PPP Year
(billions of US$, PPP)

[1
8  India 36.1 0.9% 2011