According to the findings of unemployment survey conducted by the
Labour Bureau of the Government of India, the country recorded 3.8
percent unemployment rate in the year 2010-11. The earlier figure
(2009-10) was 9.4 percent. The survey was conducted in all 28 states and
7 Union Territories. The findings of the survey were released on 9 July
2012.
As per the survey report the official unemployment rate of the
country was 3.8 percent, with urban unemployment and rural unemployment
stood at at 5.1 percent and 3.5 percent respectively. Women unemployment
at 6.7 percent stood significantly ahead of men unemployment rate which
stood at 2.8 percent. The report stated that of those with a
livelihood, the majority were self-employed or casual labour. While 48.6
per cent were self employed, 31 per cent were casual labour.
On the basis of social stratum the rates of employment for the SC,
ST, and OBC groups stood at 55.9 per cent, 59.7 per cent, and 53.3 per
cent respectively, as compared to 48.5 per cent for the general
category.
The unemployment rate was found maximum in states such as Goa (16
percent), Kerala (9 percent) and West Bengal (7 percent), while Gujarat
(1 Percent) had the lowest number of unemployment rate. Less developed
states such as Bihar, Odisha and UP also recorded a moderate
unemployment rate.
The data was collected from a sample of 128298 households, while the
size of the sample of previous survey was fourth of this size.
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