<span style="color: #222222;">As the government eased some restrictions on economic activity, country's unemployment rate came down to 23.97 per cent  in the week ended May 10 in comparison to 27.11 percent the previous week.<br />'' <br />'' According to data compiled by Center for Monitoring of Indian Economy, CMIE. The data also indicates that some farming activity has resumed during the harvesting season taking the rural unemployment rate down by four percentage points. Urban unemployment declined to 27.83 per cent  from 29.22 per cent in the same period.</span><br />''