India’s unemployment rate in urban areas for all ages was 9.3% in the January-March quarter of 2019 compared to 9.9% in the trailing three month period, the National Statistical Office(NSO) said in the Quarterly Bulletin on estimates of labour force indicators for urban areas on Saturday.
However, unemployment among those aged between 15-29 years was 22.5% in the quarter ending March 2019, from 23.7% in the preceding quarter.
The NSO launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) on April 2017. The first Annual Report (July 2017-June 2018) covering both rural and urban areas giving estimates of all important parameters of employment and unemployment was released in May 2019.
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To measure the dynamics in labour force participation and employment status in the short time interval of three months, for the urban areas only, a Quarterly Bulletin is brought out giving estimates of labour force indicators.
Source: Economic Times
