{
  "id": "job-ruralur-047",
  "question": "What is the unemployment rate in rural India?",
  "topic": "Jobs",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 and above in rural areas, in current weekly status (CWS), from the Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin. Monthly estimates began with the new survey design in April 2025; they are not comparable with older quarterly or annual PLFS figures.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Monthly Bulletin",
    "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/publications_reports/publications_reports1792060119690_a8b6f36c-31cc-43c2-92e9-a8f959974e30_Monthly_Bulletin_Sept_2026.pdf",
    "table": "PLFS Monthly Bulletin, Statement 3, UR, persons 15 years and above, rural, All India (CWS)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-10-15",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-11-16",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation",
    "survey": "Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Monthly Bulletin",
    "frequency": "Monthly, around the 15th of the following month",
    "measures": "Unemployment rate of persons aged 15 and above in rural areas, in current weekly status",
    "notes": [
      "Unemployment rate (UR): unemployed persons as a share of the labour force (employed plus unemployed).",
      "The PLFS sample design was revamped from January 2025; monthly bulletins start with April 2025 and are not comparable with PLFS results up to December 2024.",
      "Current Weekly Status (CWS) classifies a person by activity in the 7 days before the survey; usual status (ps+ss) uses the last 365 days and is published annually.",
      "Rotational panel: each household is visited in four consecutive months; households surveyed per first-stage unit rose from 8 to 12.",
      "September 2026 sample: 7,502 first-stage units, 89,323 households and 3,70,513 persons (Statement 4)."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Apr 2025",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2025-04",
      "value": 4.5
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2025",
      "start": "2025-05",
      "end": "2025-05",
      "value": 5.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2025",
      "start": "2025-06",
      "end": "2025-06",
      "value": 4.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2025",
      "start": "2025-07",
      "end": "2025-07",
      "value": 4.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2025",
      "start": "2025-08",
      "end": "2025-08",
      "value": 4.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2025",
      "start": "2025-09",
      "end": "2025-09",
      "value": 4.6
    },
    {
      "period": "Oct 2025",
      "start": "2025-10",
      "end": "2025-10",
      "value": 4.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Nov 2025",
      "start": "2025-11",
      "end": "2025-11",
      "value": 3.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Dec 2025",
      "start": "2025-12",
      "end": "2025-12",
      "value": 3.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Jan 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-01",
      "value": 4.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Feb 2026",
      "start": "2026-02",
      "end": "2026-02",
      "value": 4.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 4.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-04",
      "value": 4.6
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2026",
      "start": "2026-05",
      "end": "2026-05",
      "value": 5.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-06",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 5
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2026",
      "start": "2026-07",
      "end": "2026-07",
      "value": 4.5
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2026",
      "start": "2026-08",
      "end": "2026-08",
      "value": 4.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2026",
      "start": "2026-09",
      "end": "2026-09",
      "value": 4.2
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/job-ruralur-047/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/job-ruralur-047/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/job-ruralur-047/versions.csv"
}