The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Shri Srikant Kumar Jena has said that a Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) is being undertaken on Pilot basis in the urban areas of three States. The State- wise sample sizes for the survey for each quarter are indicated below:
State | Number of urban blocks | Number of households |
Himachal Pradesh | 24 | 288 |
Odisha | 72 | 864 |
Gujarat | 192 | 2304 |
All | 288 | 3456 |
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Shri Jena said, the field work of the Pilot Survey is being carried out in these States following a rotational panel survey method. The objective of PLFS is to provide quarterly estimates of lead indicators of Labour Market such as Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Unemployment Rate (UR), Monthly Labour Remuneration for broad categories of workers, etc.
The pilot survey is undertaken to test and standardise the conceptual and procedural aspects relating to the survey methodology being followed. Therefore, at present the details of the indicators based on the data collected through the Pilot survey are not to be utilised/ used for any policy and decision making.
