Unemployment rate in India has fallen by 1.7 percent in 5 years despite global slowdown. It was 8.3 per cent in 2004-05 but came down to 6.6 in 2009-10. Disclosing this in New Delhi on Thursday ,Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge attributed the achievement to the employment measures including MNREGA Scheme initiated by the government to stimulate job creation. He was addressing a conference on 'Innovation in Public Employment Programmes' in New Delhi. Later Kharge told news persons that public employment programmes and skill development initiatives are some of the areas where India, Brazil, South Africa and other developing countries can share their expertise. Kharge said that delegates were highly appreciative of the merits of successful implementation of employment progammmes of the government like MGNREGA.