The recently published Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2017-18 reports the unemployment rate for all states and union territories. As the overall unemployment rate
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The recently released Annual Periodic labour force Survey (PLFS) report 2017-18, shows that the usual status unemployment rate is 5.8 per cent among males and
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