Question
In India, the official measurement of unemployment through the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLF
- S uses which key concept for its annual estimates?
Solution
The Usual Status approach in PLFS counts a person as employed if they worked for a significant part of the preceding 365 days. It combines principal and subsidiary activities to capture chronic unemployment trends, forming the basis for annual labor-market estimates used by the Ministry of Labour.
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