Female LFPR maintains upward momentum Unemployment Rate declines Overall WPR rises Self-employment grew modestly

• PLFS Quarterly Bulletin for Oct–Dec 2025 (Q3 of FY 2025–26) released by MoSPI on 10 Feb 2026 showing improvement across all three headline labour indicators — LFPR, WPR, UR.
• Third bulletin under the revamped PLFS (effective Jan 2025) which now produces quarterly rural + urban estimates (earlier only urban).
• Examinable for UPSC as a current data anchor on jobless growth, female labour participation, formalisation, and methodology debates (CWS vs UPS).