Lok Sabha Question No. 5446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Labour Force Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5446

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

## 5446. SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of employment and unemployment on the basis of labour force survey conducted by the Government;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  conduct  periodic survey to assess rise in employment rate at all India level on regular basis;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reasons  therefor; and
- (d) the time by which the scheme is likely to be finalised for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINSTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS [SHRI VIJAY GOEL]

- (a): National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  has  been  conducting quinquennial Employment-Unemployment Surveys to measure employment-unemployment related indicators. The latest survey on Employment and Unemployment was conducted by NSSO during its 68 th   round  (July  2011  -  June  2012).    Based  on  the  survey  results, Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) in usual status (ps+ss) at all-India level, are given as under:

Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) in usual status (ps+ss) during 2011-12

|           | WPR and UR (in per cent) in 2011-12   | WPR and UR (in per cent) in 2011-12   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| All-India | WPR                                   | UR                                    |
|           | 38.6                                  | 2.3                                   |

Statements  showing  WPR  and  UR  according  to  usual  status  by States/UTs during 2011-12 are given at Annexure-I & II respectively.

(b) to (d):   A nation-wide PLFS has been launched by NSSO, Government of India from April, 2017 on continuous basis with the objective to measure quarterly changes of key labour force indicators (such as Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) & Unemployment Rate (UR)) in urban areas as  well  as  to  generate  the  annual  estimates  of  labour  force indicators both in rural and urban areas.  For measuring the labour force  indicators,  both  Current  Weekly  Status  (CWS)  and  Usual Activity Status (US) approach are followed.

A rotational panel sampling design is used in urban area, where 25% of  the  sample  First  Stage  Units  (FSUs)  i.e.,  Urban  Frame  Survey blocks will be replaced in every subsequent 5 th  quarter with a new panel  of  FSUs.  Thus,  each  of  the  sample  households  are  visited once in each of 4 quarter. For rural areas, fresh sample FSUs (i.e. villages) is selected for 8 quarters of two-year period and 25% FSUs of annual allocation is to be surveyed in each quarter. There is no revisit in the rural sample households.

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## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5446 for 28.03.2018

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## Worker Population Ratio (WPR) according to usual status @  for each State/UT during 2011-12

| State/UT          |   WPR (%) | State/UT             |   WPR (%) |
|-------------------|-----------|----------------------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh*   |      47   | Mizoram              |      43.2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |      36.8 | Nagaland             |      36.7 |
| Assam             |      34.1 | Odisha               |      41.2 |
| Bihar             |      27.3 | Punjab               |      39.2 |
| Chhattisgarh      |      46.3 | Rajasthan            |      40   |
| Delhi             |      33.7 | Sikkim               |      51.9 |
| Goa               |      35.8 | Tamil Nadu           |      44.3 |
| Gujarat           |      42.2 | Tripura              |      38.8 |
| Haryana           |      34.4 | Uttarakhand          |      36.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |      52   | Uttar Pradesh        |      33.3 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |      38.9 | West Bengal          |      39.2 |
| Jharkhand         |      35.1 | A & N Islands        |      42   |
| Karnataka         |      42.3 | Chandigarh           |      35.4 |
| Kerala            |      37.7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      34.4 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |      38.5 | Daman & Diu          |      40.3 |
| Maharashtra       |      43.1 | Lakshadweep          |      33.4 |
| Manipur           |      37.2 | Puducherry           |      35.5 |
| Meghalaya         |      43.5 | all-India            |      38.6 |

## Annexure-II

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5446 for 28.03.2018

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## Unemployment  Rates  (UR)  according  to  usual  status @   for  each State/UT during 2011-12

| State/UT                                                                                                             | UR (in %)                                                                                                            | State/UT                                                                                                             | UR (in %)                                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh*                                                                                                      | 2.1                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                              | 3.1                                                                                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                    | 2.1                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                             | 17.8                                                                                                                 |
| Assam                                                                                                                | 4.7                                                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                                                               | 2.4                                                                                                                  |
| Bihar                                                                                                                | 3.5                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                               | 2.2                                                                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                         | 1.5                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                            | 1.2                                                                                                                  |
| Delhi                                                                                                                | 3.7                                                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                                                               | 1.1                                                                                                                  |
| Goa                                                                                                                  | 4.8                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                           | 2.2                                                                                                                  |
| Gujarat                                                                                                              | 0.5                                                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                                                              | 12.8                                                                                                                 |
| Haryana                                                                                                              | 2.8                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                          | 3.2                                                                                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                     | 1.3                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                        | 1.5                                                                                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                      | 3.5                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                          | 3.2                                                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                            | 2.5                                                                                                                  | A & N Islands                                                                                                        | 6.5                                                                                                                  |
| Karnataka                                                                                                            | 1.6                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                           | 5.9                                                                                                                  |
| Kerala                                                                                                               | 6.7                                                                                                                  | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                 | 0.0                                                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                       | 1.0                                                                                                                  | Daman & Diu                                                                                                          | 0.2                                                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                          | 3.6                                                                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                                                                          | 13.9                                                                                                                 |
| Manipur                                                                                                              | 0.7                                                                                                                  | Puducherry                                                                                                           | 2.2                                                                                                                  |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                            | 1.6                                                                                                                  | all-India                                                                                                            | 2.3                                                                                                                  |
| *Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana as it was not a separate State during the NSSO survey period July 2011-June 2012. | *Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana as it was not a separate State during the NSSO survey period July 2011-June 2012. | *Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana as it was not a separate State during the NSSO survey period July 2011-June 2012. | *Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana as it was not a separate State during the NSSO survey period July 2011-June 2012. |

## Explanatory Note:

1. Usual activity status (US): This relates to the activity status of a person  during  the  reference  period  of  last  365  days  preceding the date of survey. The activity status on which a person spent relatively  longer  time  (major  time  criterion)  is  considered  the usual principal  activity  status  (ps).  Besides  the  usual  principal activity  status,  a  person  may  be engaged in economic activity, during  the  last  365  days,  for  a  period  of  30  days  or  more.  The status  in  which  such  economic  activities  are  pursued  is  the subsidiary economic activity (ss) of the person.
2. Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR):  WPR  defined  as  the  number  of persons employed per 1000 persons.
3. Unemployment  Rate  (UR):    UR  is  defined  as  the  number  of persons unemployed per 1000 persons in the labour force (which includes both the employed and unemployed).

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