India's unemployment rate climbed to 5.2% in April, a six-month peak. Rural joblessness saw an increase, while urban unemployment eased to ...

India's urban joblessness saw a slight dip to 6.6 percent in the first quarter of 2026. Rural unemployment, however, increased to 4.3 perce...

India's labour market is undergoing a structural transformation driven by the country's broader economic transition, a report by SBI Resear...

Incomes are rising, with women’s wages growing faster than men’s, but wide state-wise gaps remain, and many workers still face long working...

The statistics ministry is set to release detailed city-level reports for major urban centers. These reports will use data from the Periodi...

The Foundation for Economic Development (FED), in its report released on Thursday, said workers should be allowed to freely negotiate their...

Indian workers are working fewer hours weekly compared to pre-pandemic times. This trend highlights a weak labor market recovery. Self-empl...

In March, India's unemployment rate surged to 5.1%, reaching its highest level in five months. Urban areas experienced a notable increase i...

The list of cities to be covered in the survey include Visakhapatnam, Lucknow, Kolkata, Pune, Meerut, Jaipur, Patna, Surat, Gwalior and Che...

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will enhance labour force data dissemination by publishing the Periodic Lab...

The National Statistics Office (NSO) will begin three surveys in January. These include surveys on health, telecom and ICT skills, and educ...

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has restructured to improve survey frequency and reduce reporting delays. New House...

The recently released sixth annual PLFS report from the NSSO gauging unemployment rates across rural and urban areas for pan-India as also ...

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav told Lok Sabha that there has been an increase in the rate of employment as the government has taken "satisf...

As the survey methodologies are different for PLFS and CMIE, it is useful to compare the datasets and undertake some simple smell tests.

The ministry of statistics and programme implementation is examining changes that may need to be carried out to assess the extent of unempl...

MoSPI has come out with a 643-page report in which on page after page it compares the EUS data with PLFS data.