States
Jobs and growth are not the same in every state.
The national 5.1% jobless rate hides Kerala and Gujarat on the same afternoon. Sort by joblessness to see where the growth is not hiring.
Compilation
The federal tape
- 14Bihar₹8.6 lakh cr9.2%7.1% jobless
Base-effect growth. The jobs print is the scar.
- 09Telangana₹14.1 lakh cr9.1%4.2% jobless
Fastest large-state growth. Pharma + IT + data centres.
- 05Gujarat₹22.8 lakh cr8.6%2.4% jobless
Petroleum, ports, and a famously tight jobs print.
- 02Tamil Nadu₹27.4 lakh cr8.1%4.1% jobless
Electronics and autos. Tight labour market.
- 12Delhi₹11 lakh cr8.1%4.0% jobless
Services city-state. GST punch above weight.
- 10Madhya Pradesh₹13.8 lakh cr8.0%3.9% jobless
Agri plus industrial corridors.
- 03Karnataka₹25 lakh cr7.8%3.2% jobless
IT cyclically softer; still the software capital.
- 15Odisha₹8.5 lakh cr7.8%4.5% jobless
Metals and a serious capex state.
- 13Haryana₹10.4 lakh cr7.6%4.3% jobless
Auto and NCR industry. Gurugram is the tell.
- 04Uttar Pradesh₹24.4 lakh cr7.5%5.8% jobless
Scale story. Infra and food processing.
- 17Assam₹5.1 lakh cr7.5%5.2% jobless
Energy, tea, and a Northeast gateway bet.
- 08Andhra Pradesh₹14.4 lakh cr7.4%4.8% jobless
Electronics corridor; state finances still rebuilding.
- 01Maharashtra₹40.2 lakh cr7.3%3.8% jobless
Services + industry mix; GST engine of the Union.
- 07Rajasthan₹15.2 lakh cr7.2%5.1% jobless
Renewables and mining. Fiscal is the constraint.
- 18Jharkhand₹4.6 lakh cr6.9%4.8% jobless
Ore and power. Cycle-tied to metals.
- 06West Bengal₹17 lakh cr6.8%4.6% jobless
Logistics and MSME. Growth still below the leaders.
- 11Kerala₹11.2 lakh cr6.5%7.4% jobless
High human capital, high joblessness, remittance buffer.
- 16Punjab₹8.1 lakh cr5.8%6.1% jobless
Agrarian, fiscal-stressed, slowest of the large states.
GSDP in lakh crore, nominal. Growth is latest available annual real estimate on the desk. GST rank is the usual collection order of the large states, not a live monthly print.