1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN INDIA
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
8.8 9.5 9.2 8.9 7.8 7.2 6.8 10.7 10.8 9.8 3.8

5. 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

6. 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.

7. WORKER POPULATION RATIO
Worker Population
Ratio
50.8%
URBAN AREA
44.9
MALE
75.1%
FEMALE
23.6%
RURAL AREA
52.9%

8. LABOUR FORCE
RURAL SECTOR
54.8%
URBAN SECTOR
47.2%
FEMALE
25.4%
MALE
77.4%
LABOUR
FORCE
52.9%

9. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Unemploym
ent Rate
3.8%
Female
6.9%
Urban
5%
Male
2.9%
Rural
3.4%

10. 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)

11. 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.