{"id":21934,"date":"2024-05-17T17:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=21934"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:39:54","slug":"indias-urban-unemployment-rate-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/indias-urban-unemployment-rate-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;India&#8217;s Urban Unemployment Rate Declines, Labor Force Participation Increases in Q1 2024&#8221; | GS | Sociology Optional for UPSC Civil Services Examination | Triumph IAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21264\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whats-in-News-150x56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whats-in-News-150x56.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whats-in-News-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whats-in-News-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whats-in-News.png 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/indias-urban-unemployment-rate-declines\/#Indias_Urban_Unemployment_Rate_Declines_Labor_Force_Participation_Increases_in_Q1_2024\" title=\"India&#8217;s Urban Unemployment Rate Declines, Labor Force Participation Increases in Q1 2024\">India&#8217;s Urban Unemployment Rate Declines, Labor Force Participation Increases in Q1 2024<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/indias-urban-unemployment-rate-declines\/#Sociology_Optional_Program_for_UPSC_CSE_2025_2026\" title=\"Sociology Optional Program\u00a0for \nUPSC CSE 2025 &amp; 2026\">Sociology Optional Program\u00a0for \nUPSC CSE 2025 &amp; 2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indias_Urban_Unemployment_Rate_Declines_Labor_Force_Participation_Increases_in_Q1_2024\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">India&#8217;s Urban Unemployment Rate Declines, Labor Force Participation Increases in Q1 2024<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 92.9628%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2d0bb; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; height: 108px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 108px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left; height: 108px;\"><strong>For Prelims :<\/strong> <span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">National Sample Survey (NSSO)<\/span>, Unemployment, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><strong>For Mains : <\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Insights from the India Unemployment Report 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Why in News<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Recently National Sample Survey (NSSO),<\/strong> have released data about the unemployment rate in urban areas for people aged 15 and above slightly dropped to 6.7% in the January-March period from 6.8% the previous year. The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed that unemployment rates for both men and women fluctuated throughout the quarters.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in April 2017 to provide more frequent data on the labor force.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The key objectives of the PLFS are :<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">To estimate employment and unemployment indicators like Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, and Unemployment Rate on a quarterly basis for urban areas using the Current Weekly Status (CWS) approach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">To estimate employment and unemployment indicators annually for both rural and urban areas using both the Usual Status (ps+ss) and CWS approaches.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The PLFS has already released 21 quarterly bulletins covering the period from the quarter ending December 2018 to the quarter ending December 2023. These bulletins present estimates of labour force indicators like Labour Force Participation Rate, Worker Population Ratio, Unemployment Rate, and the distribution of workers by employment status and industry of work in the CWS for urban areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">This bulletin is the 22nd in the series, covering the quarter from January to March 2024.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Here is a rephrased version of the text:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Fieldwork for the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) during the January to March 2024 quarter:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The fieldwork for data collection was completed on time for both the first visit and revisit samples, except for a few cases:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">10 first visit FSU (First Stage Units) could not be completed &#8211; 3 each from the states of Manipur and Madhya Pradesh, and 1 each from Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">38 revisit FSUs could not be completed &#8211; 28 from Manipur, 2 each from Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu, and 1 each from Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">These uncompleted FSUs have been treated as casualties in the survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sample Design of PLFS:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) uses a rotational panel sampling design in urban areas. Each selected household is visited four times &#8211; first with an initial &#8216;First Visit Schedule&#8217; and then three more times with &#8216;Revisit Schedules&#8217; at periodic intervals. This rotation scheme ensures that 75% of the first-stage sampling units (FSUs) are matched between two consecutive visits.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sample Size:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">For the January-March 2024 quarter, the PLFS surveyed a total of 5,706 urban FSUs (urban sampling units from the Urban Frame Survey) nationwide. The total number of urban households surveyed was 44,598 and the number of persons surveyed was 169,459.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Key Employment and Unemployment Indicators:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The PLFS provides estimates for the following key employment and unemployment indicators under the &#8216;Current Weekly Status&#8217; (CWS) approach:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR):<\/strong> The percentage of persons in the labour force (working or seeking\/available for work) in the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Worker Population Ratio (WPR):<\/strong> The percentage of employed persons in the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Unemployment Rate (UR):<\/strong> The percentage of unemployed persons among the labour force.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The detailed results for the January-March 2024 quarter are available on the Ministry&#8217;s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Key findings from the PLFS Quarterly Bulletin for January to March 2024 reveal a growing trend in the <strong>Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)<\/strong> among individuals aged 15 and above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In urban areas, the LFPR has risen from 48.5% in January to March 2023 to 50.2% in January to March 2024 for individuals aged 15 and above. This increase is reflected in both genders, with the LFPR for males rising from 73.5% to 74.4% and for females rising from 22.7% to 25.6% during the same period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21935\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1-150x59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1-150x59.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The Worker Population Ratio (WPR)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The Worker Population Ratio (WPR)<\/strong> for individuals aged 15 and older has risen in urban areas, increasing from 45.2% in January \u2013 March 2023 to 46.9% in January \u2013 March 2024. The WPR for males increased from 69.1% to 69.8% during this time period, while the WPR for females increased from 20.6% to 23.4%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21936\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1-150x59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1-150x59.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The unemployment rate (UR)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The unemployment rate (UR)<\/strong> for individuals aged 15 and above has seen a slight decrease in urban areas, dropping from 6.8% in January \u2013 March 2023 to 6.7% in January \u2013 March 2024. Specifically for males, the UR increased from 6.0% to 6.1% during the same period, while for females, the UR decreased from 9.2% to 8.5%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21937\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-15-150x59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-15-150x59.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-15-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000;\">Sources: PIB<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #f5d2b5; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"616\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">\u00a0National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>National Sample Survey (NSS)<\/strong> or <strong>National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)<\/strong> is a large-scale household survey program conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) of the Government of India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some key points about NSSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The NSSO was established in 1950 and conducts nationwide surveys on various <strong>socio-economic subjects, agriculture, industry, health, education, consumer expenditure,<\/strong> etc.<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the largest survey organizations in the world, collecting data from a sample of around 100,000 to 300,000 households across India for each survey.<\/li>\n<li>The surveys are conducted in &#8220;rounds&#8221; and the results are published as NSS reports. Each round covers specific topics like employment, consumer expenditure, health, education, etc.<\/li>\n<li>The NSSO data is widely used by the government, policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders to understand the socio-economic conditions and trends in India.<\/li>\n<li>The NSSO surveys use scientific sampling techniques to ensure the data is representative of the overall population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sociology_Optional_Program_for_UPSC_CSE_2025_2026\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/sociology-new.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sociology Optional Program<\/a>\u00a0for<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">UPSC CSE 2025 &amp; 2026<\/span><span 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