Thread by @go4avinash

Is India’s "UNEMPLOYMENT" really at a 45-year high ?

Well answer is "NO".

NSSO didn't released any report on "Unemployment", it was 3 month raw & non-validated data which was released with vested interests.

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▪ Urbanisation Figure : The PLFS reports an urbanisation rate (a ratio) of 2017-18 of 29.3% compared to an estimated 31.2% in the NSSO’s own survey for 2011-12.

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A decline of 2% points, when the reality (yielded by every other observer) is for an increase in urbanisation; how did this simple cross-check escape the NSSO or its oversight body, National Statistical Commission (NSC) ?

No, Urbanisation can't decrease in 5 years.

▪ Overall Population : The estimate for overall population in 2017-18 is off the charts - i.e, too low. The NSSO 2011-12 survey reported a population of 1088 million; in 2017-18, it reports a population that is 14 million less.

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On a survey/census ratio (since the NSSO and NSC are fond of ratios) basis, the 2017-18 ratio of 82% is the lowest observed for the last 40 years, if not ever. This is both an Indian and world record for population underestimation.

No, Population can't decrease in 5 years.

▪ Sampling Method : NSSO decided to radically change their sampling method. In 2017-18 it was 'Educational Attainment' rather than 'Household per Capita Consumption'.

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A large number of households with lower educational attainment (with no member of the household having more than a secondary level of education) were missed out in the PLFS survey.

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These households are likely to be poorer, and more at work than members of the middle class. Missing them means that you are likely to skew the wage pattern in unbelievable directions.

Employment of less educated ones was Not counted in.

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It is evident that NSSO's 2017-18 PLFS data is Manipulated, it is a statistical embarrassment to India and the NSSO as an organisation and someone should inquire as to how it passed all the statistical checks and balances of the experts.

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