{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "plfs",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "base": "PLFS revamped design (from January 2025)",
  "source": "MoSPI, National Statistical Office",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-08",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "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).",
  "coverage": "All India, 15 years and above, person, rural + urban, CWS"
 },
 "dates": [
  "2025-04-01",
  "2025-05-01",
  "2025-06-01",
  "2025-07-01",
  "2025-08-01",
  "2025-09-01",
  "2025-10-01",
  "2025-11-01",
  "2025-12-01",
  "2026-01-01",
  "2026-02-01",
  "2026-03-01",
  "2026-04-01",
  "2026-05-01",
  "2026-06-01",
  "2026-07-01",
  "2026-08-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "ur": {
   "name": "unemployment_rate_pct",
   "label": "Unemployment",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
    5.1,
    5.6,
    5.6,
    5.2,
    5.1,
    5.2,
    5.2,
    4.7,
    4.8,
    5,
    4.9,
    5.1,
    5.2,
    5.5,
    5.5,
    5.1,
    5
   ]
  },
  "lfpr": {
   "name": "lfpr_pct",
   "label": "Participation",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    55.6,
    54.8,
    54.2,
    54.9,
    55,
    55.3,
    55.4,
    55.8,
    56.1,
    55.9,
    55.9,
    55.4,
    55,
    54.4,
    54.4,
    55.4,
    55.6
   ]
  },
  "wpr": {
   "name": "wpr_pct",
   "label": "Workers",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    52.8,
    51.7,
    51.2,
    52,
    52.2,
    52.4,
    52.5,
    53.2,
    53.4,
    53.1,
    53.2,
    52.6,
    52.2,
    51.4,
    51.4,
    52.5,
    52.8
   ]
  }
 }
}