India's female workforce participation lags behind peer nations. Boosting this rate could significantly increase GDP. Experts ...

India's labour market shows improving employment trends and challenges, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions for sustainable growth.

India's overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for persons aged 15+ edged down to 55.0% in April 2026. Female LFPR ...

India’s unemployment rate rose to a six-month high of 5.2% in April 2026, according to the latest PLFS data, as worsening ...

On November 21, 2025, India implemented a historic reform of its labor law architecture. Two significant labor codes – Industrial Relations Code (2020) and Occupational Safety, Health and Working ...

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has released the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) today. Monthly results of PLFS are released in the form of Monthly Bulletins. It presents ...

Every year, nearly 700,000 Indians pack their bags and head abroad for work. In 2024 alone, at least 18.5 million Indians were working overseas – more than half in the Gulf, building cities and ...

Inter-state migrant workers are a group whose hardships have largely remained unaddressed in India. Recent events have starkly exposed their suffering, fragmentation, exclusion, and heightened ...

The unemployment rate in urban areas rose to 6.8% in March from 6.6% the previous month, while the rural unemployment rate ...

India’s labour market is expanding, but concerns over job quality continue to persist as agriculture and informal employment ...