New Delhi, May 14 -- Key indicators from the periodic labour force survey (PLFS), previously released quarterly, will now be published monthly starting with the April 2025 bulletin due in May, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) announced on Wednesday.

The update will enable monthly estimation of key labour market indicators-the labour force participation rate (LFPR), worker population ratio (WPR), and unemployement rate(UR)-at the all-India level using the current weekly status (CWS) approach, thus providing timely data to support policy interventions, it said.

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