Economic data

Native national definition; seasonal adjustment is not stated in retained evidence. Publisher edition dates and SOTW collection times are separate; actual upstream availability is unknown. The publisher service is a pilot; companion documents and original source captures are retained. Explicit publisher nulls remain missing.

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. Own Category A aggregate statistics reused under GSDD 2026 and MoSPI Copyright Policy.

Reuse terms: MoSPI GSDD2026 Category A: commercial and non-commercial reuse with attribution; third-party material excluded. Effective resale permission: permitted under the provider terms.

Series-wide coverage: 2025-04-01 to 2026-09-01. SOTW publication: 2026-11-12T14:12:20.314693+00:00.

Acquisition and dataset-update dates do not establish original publication dates. This view shows current source readings. Use a recorded-state pin to replay SOTW’s archive from its activation boundary.

These definitions cover All India with source-specific baskets, industry scope, fiscal periods or survey methods. Country overlays require a qualified comparable cohort.

{
  "sex": "all persons",
  "unit": "percent",
  "sector": "rural and urban combined",
  "dataset": "NSO redesigned monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "geography": "IND = All India",
  "selection": {
    "age_code": 1,
    "indicator": "UR (Unemployment Rate, in per cent)",
    "state_code": 99,
    "gender_code": 3,
    "sector_code": 3,
    "frequency_code": 3,
    "indicator_code": 3
  },
  "source_id": "mospi",
  "population": "persons 15 years and above",
  "methodology": {
    "age": "15 years and above",
    "sex": "person",
    "sector": "rural + urban",
    "adjustment": null,
    "sample_design": "redesigned from January 2025; monthly publications from April 2025",
    "methodology_url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/PLFS_Changes-in-2025_rev.pdf",
    "adjustment_label": "not stated in retained source evidence",
    "comparability_note": "Sample design changed from January 2025; compare with publications up to December 2024 in that context",
    "labour_status_basis": "Current Weekly Status",
    "individual_reference_window": "last 7 days preceding survey date; monthly pooled estimate"
  },
  "reference_period": "calendar survey month; individual CWS last 7 days",
  "seasonal_adjustment": null,
  "source_release_date": {
    "source_url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/publications_reports/publications_reports1792060119690_a8b6f36c-31cc-43c2-92e9-a8f959974e30_Monthly_Bulletin_Sept_2026.pdf",
    "availability": "not observed; catalogue/bulletin edition date only",
    "publication_date": "2026-10-15",
    "reference_period": "2026-09"
  },
  "source_rights_scope": "Own NSO/MoSPI Category A aggregated statistics only; commercial redistribution with attribution; third-party excluded",
  "source_publication_date": "2026-10-15",
  "source_request_protocol": "MCP JSON-RPC2.0 read-only POST; versioned request-bound captures",
  "publisher_omitted_months": {
    "2026-03": "Absent from the monthly PLFS data and from the PLFS month filter of mcp.mospi.gov.in for all three headline indicators from 2026-11-05 (served on 2026-10-29); every other check of the run passed."
  },
  "source_rights_policy_url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/CopyrightPolicy",
  "actual_source_availability": "unknown",
  "source_schedule_is_publication_proof": false
}