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The unemployment charge (UR) for folks aged 15 and over fell to 4.7% in November, the bottom stage since 5.1% in April, based on the November Periodic Labor Drive Survey (PLFS) report launched on Monday (15 December 2025).
In accordance with the PLFS carried out by the Nationwide Statistics Workplace (NSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Planning Implementation (MoSPI), the general labor drive participation charge (LFPR) rose to 55.8% in November, the very best stage since April.
In accordance with a MoSPI assertion primarily based on the PLFS report, the rise in LFPR was primarily pushed by rural areas, rising from 58.0% in April to 58.6% in November. Month-on-month, the agricultural LFPR elevated from 57.8% in October, whereas the city LFPR decreased barely from 50.5% to 50.4%.
General, the LFPR for ladies confirmed a gradual improve from June 2025 to November 2025, MoSPI stated. “Throughout this era, the LFPR of city ladies remained comparatively steady, rising from 32.0% to 35.1% primarily as a result of rise in labor drive participation in rural areas. The LFPR of rural ladies recorded a constant upward development, rising from 35.2% in June 2025 to 39.7% in November 2025,” it added.
The agricultural worker-population ratio (WPR) aged 15 and over elevated from 55.4% in April 2025 to 56.3% in November 2025, and the general WPR elevated from 52.8% to 53.2%. “The WPR in city areas remained principally steady. Particularly, the WPR for ladies in rural areas improved from 36.8% in April 2025 to 38.4% in November 2025, and the general WPR for ladies elevated from 32.5% to 33.4% throughout this era,” the middle stated.
“In November 2025, rural UR fell to a brand new low of three.9%, whereas city UR fell to six.5%, matching the earlier lowest stage recorded in April 2025,” the discharge stated, including that UR for girls and boys aged 15 and above confirmed a notable decline in November 2025. In October 2025, it was 5.4%. “This decline was on account of a decline in feminine UR in rural and concrete areas, which decreased from 4.0% to three.4% and from 9.7% to 9.3%, respectively,” the ministry famous. General male UR decreased from 5.1% in October to 4.6%. “Damaged by sector, male UR in rural and concrete areas was 4.1% and 5.6% in November 2025, in comparison with 4.6% and 6.1% within the earlier month,” the examine discovered.
NSO carried out a survey amongst 3,73,229 folks for PLFS. Of those, 2,13,337 are from rural areas and 1,59,892 from city areas.
