Oct-Dec 2019: Urban joblessness eases, labour activity rises

As per the quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey, urban joblessness in the 15-29 age group was 19.2% in October-December, below 20.6% in July-September 2019.

By: ENS Economic Bureau | New Delhi |
October 30, 2020 3:04:50 am

This dataset differs from the Annual Report of Periodic Labour Force Survey, released by MoSPI, which covers both rural and urban areas.

Unemployment rate in urban areas continued to ease to 7.9 per cent in October-December 2019 from 8.4 per cent in July-September 2019, 8.9 per cent in April-June 2019 and 9.9 per cent in October-December 2018, the quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed.

Urban unemployment in the age group 15-29 years was 19.2 per cent in October-December 2019, below 20.6 per cent in July-September and 23.7 per cent in the same period the previous year.

Female unemployment rate marginally inched up to 9.8 per cent in October-December 2019 from 9.7 per cent in July-September the same year, but lower than 11.3 per cent in April-June 2019 and 12.3 per cent in October-December 2018. Unemployment rate for males moderated to 7.3 per cent in October-December last year from 8.0 per cent in July-September, as against 8.3 per cent in the previous quarter and 9.2 per cent in October-December 2018.

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Labour force participation rate rose to 37.2 per cent in October-December 2019 from 36.8 per cent in the previous quarter and 36.3 per cent in the same period the previous year, the data showed. State-wise breakup showed that urban unemployment rate was higher than the national average in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.