Status of Employment

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment  12-December-2012 17:24 IST Status of Employment                 Reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office.  Last   such survey was conducted during 2009-10.  As per the three most recent quinquennial labour force surveys on employment and unemployment, estimated employment in the country on usual status basis was 397.0 million in 1999-2000, 459.10 million in 2004-05 and 465.48 million in 2009-10.                Second Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey (2011-12) has been conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.  The Report of this Survey was released on 19th July 2012.               The details and outcome of the results of the survey are annexed.                   As per the results of the Survey, estimated unemployment rate among the illiterate persons aged 15 years and above based on Usual Principal Status was 1.2 per cent as compared to 9.4 per cent among the graduates during 2010-2011.               Government have taken several steps to reduce unemployment in the country.  The focus is on creation of productive employment at a faster pace in order to raise incomes of masses to bring about a general improvement in their living conditions. The job opportunities are created on account of growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), investment in infrastructure development, growth in exports etc.  Government of India has also been implementing various employment generation programmes, such as, SwaranaJayantiShahariRozgarYojana (SJSRY); Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP); National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) besides entrepreneurial developmentprogrammes run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.                   The Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri  K. Suresh gave this information in reply to a written    question in the Rajya  Sabha today . Annex Statement showing details and outcome of the Second Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey, 2011-12. Ø  During the survey data has been collected from a sample of 1,28,298  households, out of which 81,430 households are in the rural sector and the remaining 46,868 households in the urban sector. Ø  A Fixed reference period of Agriculture Year 2010-11 i.e. July, 2010 to June 2011 is used to derive the estimates based on usual status approach. Ø  The labour force estimates are derived for the persons of age 15 years and above & the estimates on usual principal status are given below: ·         The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is estimated to be 52.9 per cent at All India level. ·         In the rural sector, the LFPR is estimated to be 54.8 per cent as compared to 47.2 per cent in the urban sector. ·         Female LFPR is significantly lower as compared to male LFPR.  At all India level, female LFPR is estimated to be 25.4 per cent as compared to 77.4 per cent in male category. ·         At All India level, the Worker Population Ratio (WPR) is estimated to be 50.8 per cent.  In rural areas, the WPR is estimated to be 52.9 per cent as compared to 44.9 in the urban areas. ·         The female WPR is estimated to be 23.6 per cent at All India level as compared to the male WPR of 75.1 per cent. ·         The unemployment rate is estimated to be 3.8 per cent at All India level. ·         In rural areas, unemployment rate is 3.4 per cent whereas in urban areas, the same is 5.0 per cent. ·         Despite relatively low LFPR, the unemployment rate is significantly higher among females as compared to males.  At all India level, the female unemployment rate is estimated to be 6.9 per cent whereas for males, the unemployment rate is 2.9 per cent. ·         The female unemployment rate is estimated to be 12.5 per cent in urban areas and 5.6 percent in rural areas at All India level.  Similar rates of unemployment for males work out to be 3.4 per cent in urban areas and 2.7 per cent in rural areas.

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