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Latest Periodic Labour Force Survey Figures

India’s urban unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2023 reached a historic low of 6.8%, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation....

May 30, 2023

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)- Annual Report

Annual report of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was recently released by the government, for the period of July 2020 to June 2021. Key Findings of the report...

June 16, 2022

Periodic Labour Force Survey- Update

In the period of October-December 2021, the unemployment rate for all those aged 15 years and above in the country’s urban areas slipped from 10.3 per cent that...

May 9, 2022

NSO Periodic Labour Force Survey – December 2021

The National Statistical Office recently released its findings of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). This is a Quarterly bulletin and is tenth is the series. This is...

December 1, 2021

State of the Education Report for India-2021

On the occasion of World Teacher’s Day, “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)” released its “State of the Education Report (SOER)-2021 for India: No Teachers, No...

October 6, 2021

NSO survey: Unemployment rate rose to 13.3% in July-Sept 2020

National Statistical Office (NSO) has published the eighth periodic labour force survey recently. According to the survey, unemployment rate in India has increased to 13.3 per cent in...

August 3, 2021

NSO report: Women and Men in India, 2020

The National Statistical Office operating under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) recently released the Women and Men in India report. The report consolidates the crucial socio-economic...

April 4, 2021

Periodic Labour Force Survey: Decline in Self-Employed households

The National Statistical Office recently released the Periodic Labour force Survey. According to the survey, the percentage of self-employed households in rural India declined from 52.2% to 51.7%...

June 9, 2020

Unemployment rate at 6.1% in 2017-18

Minister of State for Labour Santosh Gangwar recently announced that the government is conducting a new Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). The survey conducted this year comprises of...

February 6, 2020

Jobless Growth in Indian Economy

The Periodic Labour Force Survey (2017-18) makes the following  two important observation about Indian economy: Shrinking share of the labour force. Rising unemployment. Unemployment Rates The labour force...

July 12, 2019

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