PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin October, 2025
PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin October, 2025
Snapshot:
The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by NSO, MoSPI is the primary source of data on activity participation and employment unemployment condition of the population. The PLFS survey methodology has been modified from January 2025 to provide monthly and quarterly estimates of labour force indicators for the country.
Monthly results of PLFS are released in the form of Monthly Bulletins. It presents estimates of key labour market indicators viz. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) at the all-India level following the Current Weekly Status[1] (CWS) approach.
The Monthly Bulletins for the months April 2025 to September 2025 have already been released. The present Monthly Bulletin for the month of October 2025 is the seventh in the series.
Key findings for persons of age 15 years and above following CWS:
The overall LFPR among persons of age 15 years and above continued to increase for the four successive months to 55.4% in October, 2025 from 54.2% in June, 2025. The LFPR in rural areas has also increased steadily from 56.1% observed in June, 2025 to 57.8% in October, 2025.
Overall LFPR reached a six-month high of 55.4% in October, 2025
Overall female LFPR showed an increasing trend from 32.0% in June, 2025 to 34.2% in October, 2025
The female workforce in rural areas has increased consistently for four months, reaching 36.9% in October, 2025 from 33.6% in June, 2025.
UR among female of age 15 years and above declined to 5.4% in October, 2025 from 5.5% observed during September, 2025. The drop in UR among rural female, from 4.3% in September, 2025 to 4.0% in October, 2025, mainly contributed towards decline in overall female UR.
Male UR has remained stable at 5.1% in October, 2025 as compared to previous month. A minor decrease in rural male UR, from 4.7% in September, 2025 to 4.6% in October, 2025, was offset by a slight rise in urban male UR from 6.0% to 6.1% during the same period, which contributed to overall stability.
At the all-India level, the monthly estimates are based on information collected from a total number of persons surveyed 3,74,164
persons surveyed in rural areas
2,14,254
persons surveyed in urban areas
1,59,910
The Monthly Bulletin for the month October, 2025 is available on the website of the Ministry (https://www.mospi.gov.in).
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