Quarterly Bulletin of Periodic Labour Force Survey

According to the recent quarterly bulletin of Periodic Labour Force Survey, unemployment rate in urban areas has come down.

PLFS – It is published by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) since 2017.
Objective – To estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators (Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate).

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
	Quarterly Bulletin	Annual Report
Launch Year	2018	2017
Latest Report	For July- Sep, 2023	For 2022-2023
Total Reports	20	6
Measurement	Only current weekly status (CWS)	Both current weekly status (cws) and usual status (us)
Coverage	Urban areas	Rural and Urban areas

Current Weekly Status (CWS) is the activity status determined on the basis of a reference period of last 7 days preceding the date of survey is known as the current weekly status (CWS) of the person.

Fieldwork – Data collection through 1st visit and revisit and since 2020 revisit data collection was also done through telephone mode.
Sample Design – It uses a rotational panel scheme for each selected household in urban areas.
- First visit schedule – 4 times
- Revisit schedule – 3 times periodically

Findings of 20^th quarterly PLFS bulletins (July- Sep, 2023)

The unemployment rate in urban areas of the country decreased from 7.2% to 6.6% in 1 year time period.
- For persons of age 15 years and above, the unemployment rate was 6.6% while it was 6% for male category.

The labour force participation rate in urban areas increased from 47.9% to 49.3% for persons of age 15 years and above in 1 year period.

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