The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has been conducting Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) since 2017. As on 31.03.2023, five Annual Reports and 17 Quarterly Bulletins of PLFS have been published by NSSO. The latest Annual report of PLFS 2021-22 and the latest Quarterly Bulletin of PLFS for the Quarter October – December, 2022 was released on 24.02.2023. In recent years, the Ministry has made technological intervention in Survey process due to which the latest PLFS Quarterly Bulletins were released within two months from the end of the quarter.

From the PLFS, estimates of various Employment and Unemployment indicators (viz. Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate) are generated with different levels of disaggregation like, sector (rural/urban), age, education, gender, etc. Besides, from the survey, the indicators of the structural aspects of the workforce such as status in employment, industrial distribution and occupational distribution of the workers are also derived.

This information was given by the Minister of State (I/C) for the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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