The rate of unemployment in the country, measured in monthly term for the first time, stood at 5.1% in April this year, showed the government data released on Thursday.
The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation released the first monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) as part of efforts to monitor the proportion of unemployed people among those eligible for jobs in real time. Until now, the labour force survey was released on a quarterly as well as annual basis.
The latest data showed that the unemployment rate for persons of all ages during April 2025 worked out to be 5.1% in April 2025. The pace of joblessness among men stayed slightly higher at 5.2% compared to that of women at 5%. Among others, the rate of unemployment in urban areas stood at 17.2%, while it was 12.3% in rural areas.
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Source – https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/first-ever-monthly-jobs-data/81891303.html