Total employment over 7 yrs to 2017-18 declined by 9mn for “first time in India’s history,” per Oct 2019 study by @azimpremjiuniversity. Decline was despite rise in enrollment at every level of education in the 2000s. Follow this thread for insights:
Overall unemployment rate rose to “all-time high” of 8.8% from 3% btwn 2011-12 & 2017-18. Unemployment rate among youth rose 11.7 pps to 17.8%--among illiterates, 5.9 pps to 7.1%, among higher secondary educated, 13 pps to 23.8%, among graduates, 16.6 pps to 35.8%.
Agriculture sector employment declined by 4.5mn/annum (~27 mn jobs lost) during the period. The share of employment in agriculture & allied sectors also declined from 5pps to ~44%
Manufacturing jobs fell by 3.5 mn which resulted in 0.5 pps fall in its share of employment to 12.1%. Non-manufacturing sector (mostly construction) that created ~4 mn jobs/yr between 2004-05 & 2011-12 created ~0.6 mn/yr during this period
Uttar Pradesh (3.2 mn), Odisha (2.1 mn), Gujarat (1.5 mn) were the top 3 states that saw the highest job loss during the period, noted the report. Employment reduced 2% to 465 mn in the 7 yrs
Thanks to an increase in enrollment at every level of education in the 2000s, “It was expected that post-2012 total employment would increase, particularly in the non-farm sectors,” said the report
The report used Employment & Unemployment, Unincorporated Non‐Agricultural Enterprise survey data of the National Sample Survey & the annual Periodic Labour Force Survey, 2017-18
Unemployment, in general, has risen steadily post 2011 (15%-16% among the higher educated), FactChecker reported in Apr 2019 factchecker.in/100-million-jo…
You can access the study here: cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/wp-content/upl…
