{"id":161673,"date":"2025-04-10T19:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=161673"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:08:17","slug":"periodic-labour-force-survey-2024","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/periodic-labour-force-survey-2024","title":{"rendered":"Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 6,982 villages and 5,767 urban blocks were surveyed from<\/span><b> January 2024 to December 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>PLFS 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Indicators of Current Weekly Status (CWS)\u00a0 (2024)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Overall LFPR remained constant at 56.2%, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite minor variations across categories.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban LFPR rose slightly for both men and women and Urban WPR also improved marginally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.7397%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%; text-align: center;\"><b>Indicator<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%; text-align: center;\"><b>Rural (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%; text-align: center;\"><b>Urban (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.264%; text-align: center;\"><b>Total (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">58.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51.0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.264%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Worker Population Ratio (WPR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">47.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.264%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">53.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Unemployment Rate (UR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.264%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Urban female unemployment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dropped notably from 8.9% to\u00a0 8.2% , keeping overall <\/span><b>urban unemployment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stable at <\/span><b>6.7%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Overall national unemployment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saw a minor decline from 5.0% to 4.9%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.7393%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%; text-align: center;\"><b>Indicator<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%; text-align: center;\"><b>Rural (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%; text-align: center;\"><b>Urban (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.2434%; text-align: center;\"><b>Total (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">62.9<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.2434%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">59.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Worker Population Ratio (WPR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">61.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">49.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.2434%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.022%;\"><b>Unemployment Rate (UR)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.9725%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0714%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.2434%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Indicators for Usual Status (Principal Status + Subsidiary Status) 2024<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Slight decline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in overall <\/span><b>LFPR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>WPR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The unemployment rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increased <\/span><b>marginally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the national level from<\/span><b> 3.1% to\u00a0 3.2%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Rural female LFPR decreased slightly from 19.9% to\u00a0 18.1% <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partly due to a drop in unpaid helpers in household enterprises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Urban employment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situations showed some positive signs (higher participation, lower female unemployment).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rural employment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> faced minor setbacks, mainly among women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Overall employment levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remained relatively <\/span><b>stable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with only minor variations compared to 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Terminologies\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The percentage of working-age people who are either employed or actively seeking employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Worker Population Ratio (WPR):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The percentage of working-age people who are currently employed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unemployment Rate (UR):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The percentage of unemployed individuals among those who are part of the labour force.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Usual Status (Principal Status + Subsidiary Status):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The classification of an individual\u2019s activity status based on their principal and subsidiary activities during the past 365 days preceding the date of survey.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Principal activity status (ps): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> activity status on which a person spent relatively a long time (major time criterion) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during 365 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Subsidiary economic activity status (ss): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The activity status in which a person in addition to his\/her usual principal status, performs<\/span><b> some economic activity for 30 days or more<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the reference period of 365 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Current Weekly Status (CWS):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The classification of an individual\u2019s activity status based on their activities during the past 7 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was <\/span><b>launched<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the<\/span><b> National Statistics Office (NSO) in April 2017 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to provide labour force data at more frequent time intervals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Objectives of PLFS<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>To estimate key employment and unemployment indicators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Unemployment Rate (UR)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in urban areas every three months using the <\/span><b>Current Weekly Status (CWS) approach.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><b>o estimate employment and unemployment indicators annually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for both rural and urban areas based on <\/span><b>Usual Status (Principal Status + Subsidiary Status) and Current Weekly Status (CWS).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Annual Reporting of PLFS: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the PLFS, Annual Reports are prepared covering<\/span><b> both rural and urban areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing estimates of important<\/span><b> employment and unemployment parameters under both Usual Status (ps+ss) and Current Weekly Status (CWS).<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Till now, <\/span><b>seven Annual PLFS Reports have been released, with the latest report based on PLFS conducted from July 2023 to June 2024.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Survey Period and Estimation Method: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In each Annual Report of PLFS, the estimates of labour market indicators are based on data collected during the period<\/span><b> from July of one year to June of the next year.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, in the <\/span><b>PLFS Annual Report 2023-24, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the estimates are presented based on the data collected from<\/span><b> July 2023 to June 2024.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sampling Methodology:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>First Stage Units (FSUs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> canvassed during July of one year to June of the next year are<\/span><b> independently drawn for each quarter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before starting the survey.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Basis of Calendar Year Estimates: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The calendar year estimates are prepared based on information collected during the<\/span><b> first visit of the PLFS survey.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.6375%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 111.19%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Also Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.797%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/editorial-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UPSC Daily Editorials<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.393%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/daily-current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UPSC Daily Current Affairs<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 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