Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)

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According to the Monthly Bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), India’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in July 2025 from 5.6% in June 2025.

About Periodic Labour Force Survey

• It gives estimates of key employment and unemployment indicators like the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Unemployment Rate (UR), etc.
• The sample design of the Periodic Labour Survey (PLFS) has been revamped from January 2025.
• As part of revamping of the sample design monthly rotational panel scheme has been implemented for both rural and urban areas wherein each selected household is visited four times in four consecutive months
• The redesigned PLFS aims to achieve the following objectives
  • To generate key employment and unemployment indicators every month for both rural and urban areas at the all-India level under the Current Weekly Status (CWS).
  • To extend the Quarterly PLFS results to rural areas, thereby producing quarterly estimates of labour market indicators for both rural and urban India under the CWS framework.
  • To provide annual estimates of key employment and unemployment indicators in both usual status (ps+ss) and Current Weekly Status (CWS) for rural as well as urban areas.

• This survey is conducted by the National Sample Survey (NSO), working under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).

Source: PIB

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