Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176375 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 348
Publisher: 
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
Abstract: 
Employment data in India is far from adequate if policy responses have to be more effective and timely. Most employment surveys suffer from drawbacks such as limited data coverage, infrequent data collection and long time lags. To address these gaps and revamp the existing employment data systems, the government has put in place a Task Force. However, new employment data is unlikely to be available until the latter half of next year. Understanding and analyzing employment trends in the interim period is imperative. This study attempts to do so by undertaking a detailed analysis of multiple data sources-households' employment and unemployment surveys, enterprise surveys, administrative datasets, data from government schemes and National Accounts Statistics. Results from our analysis reflect a sluggish pace of job creation over the last three years and underscore the severity of India's jobs crisis. However, it needs to be noted that simply creating a large number of jobs in the face of intensifying demographic pressures is inadequate. These jobs need to be "productive jobs".
Subjects: 
Labour Force
Employment
Employment Data
Household Surveys
Enterprise Surveys
JEL: 
J21
J29
J40
J46
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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