Plfs Survey

Labour participation: Revamped PLFS data should help policymaking

The unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 6.5 per cent as against 4.5 per cent in rural areas

India's unemployment rate was 5.1% in Apr: 1st monthly labour force survey

Youth unemployment stood at 13.8% in April while the overall jobless rate was 5.1%, with higher joblessness in urban areas, according to NSO's first monthly labour survey

Govt to release first monthly labour force data for April 2025 this month

The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will start releasing the monthly employment numbers in the form of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) from this month, starting with the data for April 2025. Besides, PLFS' quarterly numbers will now be brought out separately for rural, urban as well as the combined figures for rural and urban areas, according to a ministry statement. At present, the labour force survey is released on a quarterly as well as annual basis. The first monthly bulletin of PLFS for April 2025 is scheduled to be released in May this year, the statement said. The first quarterly bulletin of PLFS covering both rural and urban areas for the quarter April-June, 2025 is slated to be released in August 2025, it stated. "National Statistics Office (NSO), MOSPI continues its endeavour to enhance the scope, relevance and coverage of the surveys conducted by NSS. Key labour force indicators from PLFS at the all-India leve

Unemployment rate marginally declines to 4.9% in 2024, shows PLFS data

The data based on "current weekly status" showed a marginal decline in rural unemployment (from 4.3 per cent to 4.2 per cent), with slight reductions for both men and women

Urban youth unemployment rate up in 4 states and 2 UTs: PLFS data

On the other hand, the unemployment rate among urban youth declined in five major states. These are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Kerala

Rise in unincorporated establishments driven by OAEs, shows NSO data

The share of OAEs stood at 84.2 per cent in the 73rd round of the National Sample Survey (NSS), conducted between July 2015 and June 2016

NSO may release monthly jobs data for rural, urban areas from March-end

Currently, the NSO releases the PLFS data for urban areas on a quarterly and yearly basis, while for rural areas it is released only annually

More people now employed in agri than before Covid, says PLFS data

PLFS data says share of manufacturing up

Share of self-employed women increased to 67% in 2023-24: PLFS data

Labour force participation rate for women rose to 41.7% from 23.3% in 2017-18

Jobless rate stagnates at 3.2% in July 2023-June 2024, shows PLFS data

PLFS data for the period suggests share of self-employed, wage-jobbers up

Urban unemployment rate declines to 6.6% in Q1 FY25, shows PLFS data

In contrast, the female unemployment rate increased to 9 per cent in Q1 FY25 from 8.5 per cent in Q4 FY24

Women employment

Indian economy poses structural constraints

Share of women in urban salaried jobs at 6-year low in Q4FY24: PLFS

The share of women in wage work was the highest in Q1 of FY21 at 61.2 per cent

Urban jobless rate reaches four quarter high in Q4FY24: PLFS data

Previously, the jobless rate in urban areas has been steadily declining since the high of 12.6 per cent reported during the April-June quarter of FY22 during the peak of the pandemic

India's economy boosts jobs, but for unskilled and semi-skilled workers

It is not really a case of jobless growth, just that job creation is more for the low-skilled

India's unemployment rate in 2023 dropped to 3.1%, shows NSO data

Since the quarterly samples are drawn independently, estimates of labour force indicators for a calendar year have been obtained by combining the data from the four quarters of the calendar year

Religious minorities see sharper loss of regular wage jobs: PLFS data

Overall, the share of workers having wage/salaried employment has declined to 20.9 per cent in 2022-23 from 23.8 per cent in 2018-19

India's urban jobless rate eases to 6.5% in Q3FY24, shows PLFS data

The jobless rate in urban areas has been steadily declining since the high of 12.6 per cent recorded in the COVID-affected April-June quarter of FY22

Concerns over the sampling design of national surveys not tenable: Govt

NSS sampling design are not tenable, since the conclusions drawn have been based on the assessment of sampling design with faulty application inapplicable method/approach

Regular wage employment for general category people worst in 5 years: PLFS

Decline in regular wage employment in general category led to an increase in self-employment and casual work