Employment elasticity is a measure of how employment varies with economic output. An employment elasticity of 1 implies that with every 1 percentage point growth in GDP, employment...
The sectoral distribution of workforce in India can be analyzed by dividing it on the basis of different economic sectors i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sector. The latest...
The latest available data / trends on unemployment in India is available in Fifth Annual Employment – Unemployment Survey (2015-16) conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour &...
In the previous question, we have discussed that there are too many surveys and data collection agencies but none of them is able to collect frequent, regular and...
Currently, unemployment data is collected and disseminated by several departments, agencies, ministries in India. The primary agencies for survey and data collection are Central Statistical Office (CSO) and...
Labour Force or Labour supply refers to the number of people able to work and willing to work. Since entire population cannot be engaged in economically productive activities,...
There are two types of unemployment in India viz. Rural Unemployment and Urban Unemployment Rural Unemployment Around 70 per cent of India’s population lives in villages. Agriculture is...
There are several types of unemployment as discussed below: Open or Visible Unemployment The worker is willing to work and he has the necessary ability to work yet...
Unemployment refers to a situation wherein shortage of jobs exists for the people who are able to work and willing to work. A person will be called as...
India and Pakistan have exchanged list of their nuclear installations and facilities with each other under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations. This is the...
