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Periodic Labour Force 2023
June 3 , 2023
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- The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the data of Periodic Labour Force Survey.
- The unemployment rate for both males and females aged 15 years and above declined to 6.8% in Q4FY23.
- This is below 8.2% during a similar period last year.
- Unemployment rate had peaked at 20.8% in Q1 FY20.
- The decline in male unemployment was much higher than female unemployment.
- Even as female labour force participation improved to 22.7% in Q4 from 22.3% in the previous quarter.
- The unemployment rate remained higher than 9%.
- Among the major states Chhattisgarh had the highest female labour force participation rate at 31.5%.
- It is followed by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at 30.5% and 27.4%, respectively.
- Uttar Pradesh was her worst performer with a FLFPR of 13.3%.
- Overall, unemployment rate was the highest in Chhattisgarh at 12.5% rising from 10.6% in the previous quarter.
- It is followed by Rajasthan at 11.9%.
- It was lowest for Delhi at 3.1%, followed by West Bengal at 4.2% and Karnataka at 5.1%.
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