India, Aug. 18 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
A. Introduction
Considering the need to generate high-frequency labour force indicators with wider coverage, the sampling methodology of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was revamped from January 2025. The redesigned PLFS aims to achieve the following objectives:
To generate key employment and unemployment indicators - namely Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) - 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 rur...