Measurement of Unemployement

Unemployement is measured by several govt agencies on the basis of survey

NSSO provides estimation of unemployment rate

Unemployment is measured in economic survey, census ,by employment exchange etc

Ministry of labour also provide data regarding unemployment

THERE ARE MAINLY TWO CATEGORY OF MEASUREMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT

CLAIMANT COUNT: This method, basically takes account of the

number of heads unemployed and receiving unemployment benefits

This method has some limitations that many people do not register in exchanges so it do not give real status of unemployed

Contd…

Labor Force Survey:The Labor Force Survey is done by taking

household samples. The greatest advantage of this computational

method is that they meet international standards and it can be used reliably

All individuals in the workable age are asked about their employment status and the relevant data is taken

Well equipped statistical infrastructure is used for a more accurate collection of data and its estimation

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN INDIA

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20128.8 9.5 9.2 8.9 7.8 7.2 6.8 10.7 10.8 9.8 3.8

IMPORTANT DATA SOURCES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

1)POPULATION CENSUS

2)NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY ORGANISATION

3)EMPLOYMENT MARKET INFORMATION PROGRAMME

4)EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE STATISTIC

5)ECONOMICS CENSUS

COMPARISON FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT SECTORS:

Unemployment among the educated is much higher than the overall unemployment.

Agricultural sector has greater Unemployment than in Industrial and other major sector.

Unemployment rates for woman are higher than those for men.

Percentage of Unemployment in urban areas is much higher than in rural areas.

WORKER POPULATION RATIO

Worker Population Ratio

50.8%

URBAN AREA44.9

MALE75.1%

FEMALE23.6%

RURAL AREA52.9%

LABOUR FORCE

RURAL SECTOR54.8% URBAN SECTOR47.2%

FEMALE25.4% MALE

77.4%

LABOUR FORCE52.9%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Unemployment Rate3.8%

Female6.9%

Urban5%

Male2.9%

Rural3.4%

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

(SGSY)Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment

(TRYSEM)

CONTROL OVER UNEMPLOYMENT

Vocational education should be given more importance. More labour intensive industries should be set up to

create more jobs. Measures should be taken to reduce seasonal

unemployment. Activities allied to agriculture should be developed which

would provide additional employment to the agricultural labour force through out the year.