NSSO report citing high unemployment rate not verified: Niti Aayog

India's unemployment rate hit a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017, according to a report based on an official survey, which the government said was yet to be approved. The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), according to the Business Standard newspaper, states that unemployment was last this high in 1972-73. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, at a press conference Thursday said the report cited by the newspaper "is not finalised. It is a draft report".