{
  "id": "soc-plfs-003",
  "question": "What share of the urban labour force is unemployed?",
  "topic": "Jobs",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Unemployment rate in urban areas for persons aged 15 and above, 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.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin",
    "url": "https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in/macroindicators?product=plfs",
    "table": "PLFS quarterly, CWS, urban, persons 15+, All India",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-08-10",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-11-10",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation",
    "survey": "Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Quarterly Bulletin",
    "frequency": "Quarterly, around the 10th of the second month after the quarter",
    "measures": "Unemployment rate of persons aged 15 and above in urban areas, in current weekly status",
    "notes": [
      "Unemployment rate (UR): unemployed persons as a share of the labour force (employed plus unemployed).",
      "From 2025 the quarterly bulletin covers rural as well as urban areas in CWS; only quarters on the new design (from April–June 2025) are shown.",
      "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."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jun 2025",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2025-06",
      "value": 6.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul–Sep 2025",
      "start": "2025-07",
      "end": "2025-09",
      "value": 6.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Oct–Dec 2025",
      "start": "2025-10",
      "end": "2025-12",
      "value": 6.7
    },
    {
      "period": "Jan–Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 6.6
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 6.7
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-plfs-003/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-plfs-003/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-plfs-003/versions.csv"
}