'Unemployment at 45-year high' report not verified, still under process: NITI Aayog
5 years, 11 months ago

'Unemployment at 45-year high' report not verified, still under process: NITI Aayog

India TV News  

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday said that a news story claiming that unemployment rate in India stood at a 45-year high during 2017-18, was "not verified". The unemployment rate in India stood at a 45-year high during 2017-18, according to a report of the National Sample Survey office which has not been published, over which two members of the National Statistical Commission resigned in protest on Tuesday, news agency IANS reported. The report, which the government had withheld from being released and accessed by a newspaper, said the unemployment rate was 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, post demonetisation, and was at its highest level since 1972-73 -- the period since when the jobs data is comparable. "Data collection method is different now, we are using a computer assisted personal interviewee in the new survey.

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Is unemployment in India really at 45 years high: Explaining the NSSO report
5 years, 7 months ago

Is unemployment in India really at 45 years high: Explaining the NSSO report

Op India  

Currently the news about unemployment in India touching a “45 years high” has been circulating in print and electronic media. New methodology / New sampling criteria Till 2012, jobs data was based on Employment Unemployment Survey which was conducted once every 5 years. Since NSSO survey includes more households with higher education, unemployment data is showing a sudden jump. In …

Unemployment rate at 45-year high, confirms Labour Ministry data
5 years, 7 months ago

Unemployment rate at 45-year high, confirms Labour Ministry data

The Hindu  

The unemployment rate in 2017-18 was 6.1 per cent, corroborating the pre-election leaked report that had claimed joblessness at a 45-year high. The leaked report on periodic labour force survey from July 2017 to June 2018 had on comparison with previous surveys concluded that the joblessness was at the highest level in 45 years. However, releasing the survey report after …

Govt says NSSO survey citing high unemployment rate in India not final; official report in March
5 years, 11 months ago

Govt says NSSO survey citing high unemployment rate in India not final; official report in March

Firstpost  

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, who had previously mounted a defence of lowering of UPA-era GDP growth rates, at a press conference on Thursday said the report cited by the newspaper “is not finalised. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, who had previously mounted a defence of lowering of UPA-era GDP growth rates, at a hurriedly called press conference …

Leaked NSSO report on unemployment not finalised and verified, not correct to use it as final: NITI Aayog
5 years, 11 months ago

Leaked NSSO report on unemployment not finalised and verified, not correct to use it as final: NITI Aayog

Op India  

The NITI Ayog has said that the “leaked” National Sample Survey of Office report which showed the unemployment rate during July 2017-June 2018 at 6.1 percent, a 45-year high, is not verified. Hours after the NSSO report came out in media, the NITI Aayog clarified that it was a draft report which is still being processed and that the data …

Unemployment data based on draft report: NITI Aayog
5 years, 11 months ago

Unemployment data based on draft report: NITI Aayog

The Hindu  

The government’s think tank NITI Aayog on Thursday debunked claims of a news report that unemployment in 2017-18 was at a 45-year high. “This is a draft report,” NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said at a press conference. ‘People leaving low quality jobs’ CEO of NITI Aayog and ex-officio member of the National Statistical Commission Amitabh Kant on Thrusday said, …

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