Number of unemployed persons rises to over 1 cr in FY12

May 11, 2016 20:25

The number of unemployed persons in the country was higher at around 1.06 crore in 2011-12 than about 95 lakh in 2009-10.

"The estimated unemployed persons on usual status basis during 2009-10 and 2011-12 was 0.95 crore and 1.06 crore, respectively," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

This is as per the result of two most recent labour force survey on employment and unemployment conducted by Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry's National Sample Survey Office, he added.

The minister, however, said that employment in the organised sector has also risen between 2011 and 2012.

"As per the information collected from state governments under Employment Market Information Programme of Ministry of Labour and Employment, the employment in the organised sector during 2011 and 2012 were 2.90 crore and 2.96 crore, respectively," he added.

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