{
  "id": "job-wprq-094",
  "question": "What share of Indians aged 15 and above are employed, quarter by quarter?",
  "topic": "Jobs",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Worker population ratio (WPR): the share of persons aged 15 and above who worked for at least an hour in the reference week, rural and urban India combined, in current weekly status (CWS), from the Periodic Labour Force Survey quarterly bulletin. PLFS changed its survey design in January 2025; only quarters on the new design, from April–June 2025, are shown, and they are not comparable with older usual-status or urban-only figures.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin",
    "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/publications_reports/publications_reports1786356638461_03375143-dcda-4a2e-89bf-036a8c7a87fc_PLFS_QB_April_June_2026.pdf",
    "table": "PLFS Quarterly Bulletin Apr–Jun 2026, Statement 2 (WPR, CWS, rural + urban, person, 15 years and above, all five quarters); state rows in Appendix A Table 3",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-08-10",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-12-05",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Statistics Office (NSO), MoSPI",
    "survey": "Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Quarterly Bulletin",
    "frequency": "Quarterly (rural and urban since April–June 2025); also a monthly bulletin and an annual report",
    "measures": "Employed persons as a share of the population aged 15 and above, rural + urban, current weekly status",
    "notes": [
      "Current weekly status (CWS): a person's activity in the 7 days before the survey",
      "Revamped design from January 2025: a rotational panel in which each household is visited four times in four consecutive months",
      "Quarterly bulletins before 2025 covered urban areas only; April–June 2025 was the first quarter covering rural and urban India",
      "Unemployment rate (UR): unemployed persons as a share of the labour force (employed plus unemployed); LFPR: labour force as a share of the population; WPR: employed persons as a share of the population",
      "Usual status (ps+ss), with a 365-day reference period, comes from the PLFS annual report, not the quarterly bulletin",
      "April–June 2026: 1,33,425 households and 5,59,673 persons surveyed (Statement 6)"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jun 2025",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2025-06",
      "value": 52
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul–Sep 2025",
      "start": "2025-07",
      "end": "2025-09",
      "value": 52.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Oct–Dec 2025",
      "start": "2025-10",
      "end": "2025-12",
      "value": 53.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Jan–Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 52.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 51.7
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/job-wprq-094/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/job-wprq-094/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/job-wprq-094/versions.csv"
}