As per the PLFS bulletin for September 2026, what was the overall unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above?
- A.3.2 per cent
- B.5 per cent
- C.6.4 per cent
- D.7.8 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is 5 per cent. The overall unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above stayed at this level in September 2026, the same as in the previous month, and it was 0.2 percentage points lower than in September 2025. Within that total, the rural rate was 4.2 per cent and the urban rate 6.9 per cent, while rural female unemployment fell to 3.9 per cent, the lowest recorded during 2026. Options A, C and D do not match the headline rate reported in this bulletin and are therefore wrong. Candidates should keep the overall, rural and urban rates apart in memory, since a question often gives one of them and asks for another, and the urban figure is always the highest of the three.
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Practice Questions
Urban labour force participation rate in September 2026 rose to which level?
- A.47.2 per cent
- B.50.7 per cent
- C.55.5 per cent
- D.58 per cent
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Urban LFPR gained 0.3 percentage points over the month, rising from 50.4 per cent in August 2026, and this improvement was the main point of the bulletin.
Read the full explanation →Urban female LFPR in September 2026 reached its highest level since October 2025 at what rate?
- A.23.5 per cent
- B.25.9 per cent
- C.34.6 per cent
- D.38.9 per cent
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Urban female labour force participation improved by 0.5 percentage points over the month, from 25.4 per cent, and reached its highest level since October 2025.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation conducts the Periodic Labour Force Survey?
- A.Reserve Bank of India
- B.National Statistical Office
- C.NITI Aayog
- D.Labour Bureau
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The survey is the main source of data on participation in the labour force and on employment and unemployment conditions, and its design was changed from January 2025 so that monthly and quarterly estimates could be produced.
Read the full explanation →How many existing labour laws were consolidated into the four Labour Codes in November 2025?
- A.19
- B.24
- C.29
- D.44
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The government brought 29 existing labour laws together into four codes, namely the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.
Read the full explanation →What is the enhanced guarantee coverage available to women-led micro and small enterprises under the Credit Guarantee Scheme?
- A.75 per cent
- B.80 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.90 per cent
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The scheme was framed to strengthen credit delivery to micro and small enterprises and to reach entrepreneurs who are unserved or underserved, and within it women-led units receive guarantee cover at that higher level together with a concession of 10 per cent on the guarantee fee.
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