Unemployment fee stagnant, finds govt survey

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The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the length between July 2023 and June 2024, discharged by way of the Labour Bureau on Monday (September 23, 2024), reported incorrect primary trade within the unemployment fee, and there may be minor build up within the distribution of staff in agriculture and the producing sector displays incorrect expansion in giving jobs in comparison to occasion years. The participation of ladies body of workers has additionally progressed. The Centre had confronted complaint for rising unemployment fee and shorten within the choice of girls in jobs.

A loose by way of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation mentioned that during rural disciplines, the Labour Pressure Participation Price (LFPR) greater from 50.7% in 2017-18 to 63.7% in 2023-24 age for city disciplines it greater from 47.6% to 52.0%. “LFPR for male in India increased from 75.8% in 2017-18 to 78.8% in 2023-24 and corresponding increase in LFPR for female was from 23.3% to 41.7%,” the loose mentioned. The LFPR for Muslim girls greater from 15% in 2021-22 to 21.4% in 2023-24. In relation to Hindu girls, the participation in body of workers greater from 26.1% in 2021-22 to 33.3% on this past. In a similar way, amongst Sikh and Christian girls, the LFPR greater from 19.8% to 26.7% and 34.2% to 38.3% respectively for a similar length.

In rural disciplines, the unemployment fee (UR) diminished from 5.3% in 2017-18 to two.5% in 2023-24 age for city disciplines it diminished from 7.7% to five.1%. “UR for male in India decreased from 6.1% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24 and corresponding decrease for female was from 5.6% to 3.2%,” the Centre mentioned. The total unemployment fee is 3.2%, homogeneous to utmost past.

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Professionals mentioned the once a year survey gave a grim image of the occupation situation. “Grim situation has become grimmer. The annual report is revealing it,” mentioned labour economist Santosh Mehrotra. “There is no improvement in the unemployment scenario, neither in youth unemployment nor in overall unemployment,” mentioned Prof. Mehrotra. He mentioned the Centre continues to say that the LFPR and Associate Family Ratio have been expanding. “It is because of the increase in workers in agriculture. This also means that unpaid family labour has also increased and the PLFS counts this unpaid family labour as employment. The participation of workers in agriculture share has gone up for the fourth year in a row. This is shocking,” he mentioned.

Prof. Mehrotra mentioned the rise in body of workers in agriculture intended that the method of folk on the lookout for non-farm jobs reversed and it had now not forbidden. “The number of people who have gone back to agriculture in search of jobs may have increased from 20 crore in 2012 to nearly 27 crore in 2024,” he mentioned.

As the employees’ participation in production continues to be 11.4%, Prof. Mehrotra mentioned, the percentage of producing in offering occupation isn’t expanding. “In 2012, it was 12.8%, and it ever recovered in the last 10 years. “The contribution of construction work has gone back to 12%. The sector, which revived, is not showing any buoyancy,” he mentioned.