A report published on Thursday by financial daily Business Standard has taken the lid off the survey which the Government reportedly tried to suppress. The survey report on employment conducted by the NSSO discovered unemployment at a 45-year old high after demonetisation.
Another important finding was the rate of unemployment was higher than in rural India. The survey has dealt with the period up to March, 2018.
Earlier sources in the NSSO had indicated that they were advised not to release the data at this juncture. A response from the Government is still awaited.
India’s unemployment rate stood at a 45-year-high of 6.1% in the year 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), says the report in Business Standard.
The NSSO's annual household survey of 2017-18 is the first after the November 2016 demonetisation, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared an overnight ban on high-value notes.
The report comes after a day two National Statistical Commission (NSC) members, including acting chairman, resigned on January 28, alleging that the government had withheld its release despite the NSC's approval.
Here are some of the major takeaways from the report which has not been made public yet:
Published: 31 Jan 2019, 12:45 PM IST
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Published: 31 Jan 2019, 12:45 PM IST
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Published: 31 Jan 2019, 12:45 PM IST