The Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2023 says the unemployment rate came down to 3.1 per cent in 2023 from 3.6 per cent in 2022 and 4.2 per cent in 2
The survey also showed that the Labour Force Participation Rate in usual status for persons of age 15 years and above increased to 57.9 per cent from
Both rural and urban inflation have fallen to lower than 5%. In fact, inflation has fallen by more than 1% in April as compared the preceding month
The government is planning to overhaul the Consumer Price Index for agricultural (CPI-AL) and rural workers (CPI-RL).