The unemployment price for individuals of 15 years and above in city areas slipped to eight.7 per cent in October-December 2021 from 10.3 per cent within the year-ago quarter, confirmed a periodic labour drive survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Joblessness or unemployment price (UR) is outlined as the proportion of unemployed individuals within the labour drive.
Joblessness was excessive in October-December in 2020 primarily because of the staggering affect of the lockdown restrictions within the nation, which have been imposed to curb the unfold of the lethal coronavirus.
The unemployment price for individuals of age 15 years and above in July-September 2021 was 9.8 per cent in city areas, the thirteenth Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) confirmed.
It additionally confirmed that the unemployment price amongst females (aged 15 years and above) in city areas additionally declined to 10.5 per cent in October-December 2021 from 13.1 per cent a yr in the past. It was 11.6 per cent in July-September 2021.
Among males, the unemployment price in city areas additionally dipped to eight.3 per cent in October-December 2021 in comparison with 9.5 per cent a yr in the past. It was 9.3 per cent in July-September 2021.
Labour drive participation price in CWS (present weekly standing) in city areas for individuals 15 years of age and above remained unchanged at 47.3 per cent within the October-December quarter of 2021, in comparison with the identical interval a yr in the past. It was 46.9 per cent in July-September 2021.
Labour drive refers back to the a part of the inhabitants which provides or presents to provide labour for pursuing financial actions for the manufacturing of products and providers and due to this fact, contains each employed and unemployed individuals.
NSO launched PLFS in April 2017. On the premise of PLFS, a quarterly bulletin is introduced out giving estimates of labour drive indicators particularly unemployment price, Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), distribution of staff by broad standing in employment and trade of labor in Current Weekly Status (CWS).
The estimates of unemployed individuals in CWS give a mean image of unemployment in a brief interval of seven days throughout the survey interval.
In the CWS method, an individual is taken into account unemployed if he/she didn’t work even for one hour on any day throughout the week however sought or was accessible for work not less than for one hour on any day throughout the interval.
Labour drive in keeping with CWS is the variety of individuals both employed or unemployed on a mean in every week previous the date of the survey. LFPR is outlined as the proportion of the inhabitants within the labour drive.
WPR (in per cent) in CWS in city areas for individuals of age 15 years and above stood at 43.2 per cent in October-December 2021, up from 42.4 per cent in the identical interval a yr in the past. It was 42.3 per cent in July-September 2021.
Twelve quarterly bulletins equivalent to the quarter ending December 2018 to the quarter ending September 2021 have already been launched. The current quarterly bulletin is the thirteenth within the sequence for the October-December 2021 quarter.
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