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Only two of 100 Indians unemployed: Survey
Shillong, Dec 08: Incredible though it may sound,only two out of every 100 person in the country is unemployedas against 10:100 in the United States, according to a recentsurvey by a central government agency.
Shillong, Dec 08: Incredible though it may sound,
only two out of every 100 person in the country is unemployed
as against 10:100 in the United States, according to a recent
survey by a central government agency.
Terming this as a "proportionate" unemployment ratio, a
senior officer of the National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO) today said this implied that "nobody in the country can
afford to stay unemployed, although one may not be earning
enough."
In India, a person can still be called "employed" even if he or she lives below the poverty line since the money earned by him or her may not be sufficient for requirements, B K Giri, Director of NSSO`s Kolkata-based survey design and research department said.
But in the context of the USA, this was not the case. A person cannot be called employed if he or she does not earn the money required for the daily needs, he said.
Giri, who was here in connection with a training programme of field staff for the NSSO`s 60th round of survey work on `employment unemployment`, `household consumer expenditure` and `morbidity and health care` scenario in the country, said the ratio was not changing for the last 3-4 years.
Although the proportionate ratio was put at two per cent but if the unemployment ratio was calculated only among the total work force of the country, it was slightly higher at around three per cent, he said.
Bureau Report
In India, a person can still be called "employed" even if he or she lives below the poverty line since the money earned by him or her may not be sufficient for requirements, B K Giri, Director of NSSO`s Kolkata-based survey design and research department said.
But in the context of the USA, this was not the case. A person cannot be called employed if he or she does not earn the money required for the daily needs, he said.
Giri, who was here in connection with a training programme of field staff for the NSSO`s 60th round of survey work on `employment unemployment`, `household consumer expenditure` and `morbidity and health care` scenario in the country, said the ratio was not changing for the last 3-4 years.
Although the proportionate ratio was put at two per cent but if the unemployment ratio was calculated only among the total work force of the country, it was slightly higher at around three per cent, he said.
Bureau Report