{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "plfs",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "PLFS original design (2017-18 to 2024)",
  "source": "MoSPI, National Statistical Office",
  "vintage": "2026-08-07",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "coverage": "All India, person, rural + urban, usual status (PS+SS); unemployment rate by general education level (15+), plus the 15–29 age cut; annual PLFS reports, agriculture years plotted at July",
  "revisionPolicy": "Final on release. Two survey designs, never joined: the original design (agriculture years 2017-18 to 2023-24, calendar years 2022 to 2024, the urban quarterly bulletin to Oct-Dec 2024) and the revamped design from January 2025 (monthly bulletin from Apr 2025, quarterly bulletin with rural areas and states from Apr-Jun 2025, calendar year 2025 on).",
  "latestPeriod": "2023-07"
 },
 "dates": [
  "2017-07-01",
  "2018-07-01",
  "2019-07-01",
  "2020-07-01",
  "2021-07-01",
  "2022-07-01",
  "2023-07-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "not_literate": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_not_literate_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Not literate",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    1.2,
    1.1,
    0.6,
    0.4,
    0.4,
    0.2,
    0.2
   ]
  },
  "up_to_primary": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_up_to_primary_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Up to primary",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    2.7,
    2.4,
    1.4,
    1.4,
    1,
    0.5,
    0.6
   ]
  },
  "middle": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_middle_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Middle",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    5.5,
    4.8,
    3.4,
    2.5,
    2.6,
    1.7,
    1.6
   ]
  },
  "secondary": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_secondary_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Secondary",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    5.7,
    5.5,
    4.1,
    3.8,
    3.4,
    2.2,
    1.9
   ]
  },
  "higher_secondary": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_higher_secondary_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Higher secondary",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    10.3,
    9.2,
    7.9,
    6.6,
    6.3,
    4.6,
    4.4
   ]
  },
  "diploma": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_diploma_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Diploma/certificate",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    19.8,
    17.2,
    14.2,
    14.2,
    13,
    12.2,
    8.6
   ]
  },
  "graduate": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_graduate_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Graduate",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
    17.2,
    16.9,
    17.2,
    15.5,
    14.9,
    13.4,
    13
   ]
  },
  "postgraduate": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_postgraduate_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Postgraduate & above",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    14.6,
    14.4,
    12.9,
    12.5,
    11.4,
    12.1,
    12.4
   ]
  },
  "secondary_above": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_secondary_above_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Secondary & above",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    11.4,
    11,
    10.1,
    9.1,
    8.6,
    7.3,
    7.1
   ]
  },
  "youth_15_29": {
   "name": "plfs_ur_youth_15_29_psss_pct",
   "label": "UR · Age 15–29 · all education",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    17.8,
    17.3,
    15,
    12.9,
    12.4,
    10,
    10.2
   ]
  }
 }
}