The main findings of the survey are
as follows:
· Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is estimated to be
31.2, 47.3 and 39.5 per cent respectively among age groups 15-24, 18-29 and
15-29 under UPS approach at All India level.
· Worker
Population Ratio (WPR) is estimated to be 25.5, 41.2 and 34.2 per cent
respectively among age groups 15-24, 18-29 and 15-29 under UPS approach at All
India level.
· Unemployment
Rate (UR) is estimated to be 18.1, 13.0 and 13.3 per cent respectively
among age groups 15-24, 18-29 and 15-29 under UPS
approach at All India level .
· Based
on the survey results, majority of the persons employed under the age group
15-29 years are either self employed or casual worker.
· Based
on usual principal status approach for the age group 15-29 years, 41.3 per cent
employed persons are self employed followed by 34.7 per cent under casual
worker category and remaining 24.0 per cent under wage/salaried employee and
contract category worker classification.
· The
survey results show that with increase in education level, the unemployment
rate is also increasing for all age groups viz. 15-24 years, 18-29 years and
15-29 years.
· Every
1 person out of 3 persons who is holding a degree in graduation and above is
found to be unemployed based on the survey results under the usual principal
status approach for the age group 15-29 years.
· In
rural areas the unemployment rate among graduates and above for the age group
15-29 years is estimated to be 36.6 per cent whereas in urban areas the same is
26.5 per cent.
· The
unemployment rate among the persons who can`t read and write any language or
are considered as "not literate" as per the survey is lowest with 3.7
per cent for the age group 15-29 years at All India level.
· The
different approaches in such a survey are: usual principal status (UPS)
approach, usual principal and subsidiary status (UPSS) approach, current weekly
status (CWS) approach and current daily status (CDS) approach. The estimates of LFPR, WPR and UR under different approaches at all India level is as follows.
|
|
|
in per cent
|
|
|
Approach
|
15-24 Year
|
18-29 Year
|
15-29 Year
|
|
Labour Force Participation Rate
(LFPR)
|
|||
|
UPS
|
31.2
|
47.3
|
39.5
|
|
UPSS
|
33.2
|
49.4
|
41.5
|
|
CDS
|
30.7
|
46.1
|
38.6
|
|
CWS
|
32.0
|
47.7
|
40.1
|
|
Worker Population Ratio (WPR)
|
|||
|
UPS
|
25.5
|
41.2
|
34.2
|
|
UPSS
|
28.1
|
44.0
|
36.9
|
|
CDS
|
25.4
|
40.2
|
33.6
|
|
CWS
|
26.9
|
42.2
|
35.3
|
|
Unemployment Rate (UR)
|
|||
|
UPS
|
18.1
|
13.0
|
13.3
|
|
UPSS
|
15.3
|
11.0
|
11.3
|
|
CDS
|
17.2
|
12.7
|
13.0
|
|
CWS
|
16.0
|
11.7
|
12.0
|
The main features/parameters for the survey are:
· The
survey has been conducted in all the States/UTs by covering all the districts
from October, 2012 to May, 2013.
· A
moving reference period of last twelve months from the date of survey is used
to derive the estimates based on usual status approach. For current weekly and
current daily status approach, the week comprising of seven days preceding the
date of the survey is taken as the reference period.
· The
labour force estimates are derived for the persons
aged 15 years and above. A total sample of 1,33,354
households has been covered with a break up of 82,624 households in the rural
sector and 50,730 households in the urban sector.
· Labour force and related estimates presented in the report
are state-wise/ age-group wise/gender-wise/sector-wise
Status for Northern
Region
· In the Northern Region, Labour
Force Participation Rate in Haryana is estimated to be 35.3 per cent followed
by 36.2 per cent in Punjab, 36.3 per cent in Chandigarh & 45.1 per cent in
Himachal Pradesh for the age group 15-29 under the Usual Principal Status
Approach.
· Under
the Worker Population Ratio , it is estimated to be
31.0 per cent in Haryana followed by 31.3 per cent in Punjab & Chandigarh
each & 37.2 per cent in Himachal Pradesh for the age Group15-29 year.
In case of Unemployment Rate for
the age group 15-29 year in Himachal Pradesh a maximum with 17.7 per cent
followed by 13.6 per cent in Chandigarh, 13.5 per cent in Punjab and
12.3 percent in Haryana.
The Labour Bureau has already released the
results of the Third Annual Employment & Unemployment Survey 2012-13 in two
Volumes on 19th Sept, 2013. The present one is the third
volume. The publication is available on the website of Labour
Bureau (www.labourbureau.gov.in).
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