The unemployment rate in the combined union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh stood at 17.6% in the quarter, lower than the 17.8% recorded in the previous October-December quarter, but up from the 10.8% figure for the March quarter of 2020. For the quarterly bulletin of the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS) released on Tuesday. This is followed by Uttarakhand, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
lowest in gujarat urban unemployment The rate was 3.8% in the March 2021 quarter, followed by West Bengal at 4.8%. At least 13 states reported double-digit urban unemployment rates for women across all age groups, while 11 states reported the same for men.
The overall unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 9.4% in the January-March quarter of 2020-21, down from 10.3% in the previous October-December quarter. The PLFS data shows that the rate has come down after being in double digits for the last three quarters.
Youth unemployment in the states showed high levels in the January-March quarter, the highest since the January-March quarter of 2020 in the age group of 15-29 years.
“The problem of unemployment in the age group of 15-29 years persists due to several factors. Firstly, the labor market has been tight and experienced and older persons are preferred over those who require training,” said former chief statistician of the country, Pranab Sen. He said that Covid-19 has prompted many people to go back to farming, which also distorted the overall picture. While some find work in the agriculture sector and some remain unemployed. “The big concern is that the movement of workers outside agriculture to manufacturing and skilled jobs has not happened to that extent,” Sen said.
PLFS was launched by National Statistical Office (NSO) to estimate employment and unemployment indicators (worker population ratio, labor force participation rate, unemployment rate) in short time span of three months for urban areas only in current weekly status Was. CWS).
Under the CWS, a person is considered unemployed in a week if he did not work for an hour on any day during the reference week, but sought work for at least one hour on any day during the reference week. Key or was available, as per PLFS. The annual PLFS report covers both rural and urban areas while the quarterly bulletin is for urban centres.
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