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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Highlights of the Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10 conducted by Labour Bureau

Highlights of the Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10 conducted by Labour Bureau

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published Published on Nov 12, 2010   modified Modified on Nov 12, 2010

Labour Bureau has been conducting quick quarterly employment surveys in the selected sectors of the economy at the enterprise level to assess the impact of economic slowdown on employment in India. With a view to study the overall employment-unemployment situation in the country, Labour Bureau has now conducted its first national level household survey in 28 States/UT Except five North Eastern States and the Islands of Lakshadweep and the Andaman & Nicobar. These States/UTs represent 99 per cent of the country’s total population based on 2001 census results.

A brief on the coverage of survey and its results are as follows:

Coverage

Ø Survey has been conducted in 300 districts across 28 States/UTs of the country.

Ø A total of 45,859 household schedules have been canvassed during the survey, out of which 24,653 are in rural areas and 21,206 are in urban areas.

Ø The survey has been conducted during the period 01-04-2010 to 15-08-2010.

Ø The survey results are based on the data collected for the fixed reference period 2009-10 (April, 2009 to March, 2010).

Employment and Unemployment Situation

Ø The labour force participation rate is estimated to be 359 persons per 1000 in the population.

Ø The worker population ratio (WPR) is estimated at 325 persons per 1000 persons.

Ø As per the usual principal status, the unemployment rate in the labour force is estimated to be 9.4 per cent.

Ø The survey results reveal that out of 1000 employed persons, 455 persons are employed in agriculture, forestry and fisheries group.

Ø Within the employed population, self employment is the dominant category. Out of 1000 persons employed, 439 persons are self employed.

Ø Among the self employed, 572 persons out of 1000 persons are employed in agriculture, forestry & fisheries group.

Derivatives:

Some of the characteristics of the population have also been derived on the basis the statistical information collected under the survey as stated below:

Ø In the 28 States/UTs surveyed, there are 238 million households, of which 172 million are rural and 66 million are urban.

Ø Based on the survey, the total population in the 28 States/UTs is estimated at 1182 million in 2009-10. The Rural and Urban break up of estimated population on the basis of survey conducted by Labour Bureau is estimated to be 872 million (73.8%) and 310 million (26.2%) respectively.

Ø The household size is estimated at 5.0, while it is 5.1 in the rural sector and 4.7 in the urban sector.

Ø The sex ratio (no. of females per 1000 males) is estimated at 917 for the rural and urban sectors combined, with 915 in the rural areas and 924 in the urban areas.

Ø The literacy rate for the population of age group 7 years & above is estimated to be 77.7 per cent at the overall level, with 74.6 per cent in rural areas and 86.0 per cent in urban areas.


Press Information Bureau, 10 November, 2010, http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=66937


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