Surveys conducted by private organizations are generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms
Contents News/Article Date: 4th January 2023
Relating to which Act: The Information Technology Act 2020, Indian Contract Act 1872, The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; The Industrial Employment Standing Orders Act, 1946; The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act 1970; The Inter-State Migrant workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1980; The Trade Unions Act, 1926; The Industrial Disputes Act of 1947
Applicable to which State: All the establishments in the States as per applicability of the Acts
Type: Ministry of Labour & Employment – Rebuttal to the news on the unemployment rate
Pertains to: employers and employees, more especially to private companies/organizations conducting surveys based on their own methodologies
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In this instance, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has made it known that many private companies/organizations conduct surveys based on their own methodologies which are generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms. Moreover, the methodology used by these companies/organizations usually has a bias towards over-reporting unemployment or under-reporting employment due to their own sampling procedure and definitions used for the collection of data on employment/unemployment. The results of such surveys should be used with caution.
Subject: Rebuttal to the news on the unemployment rate
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Rebuttal to the news on the unemployment rate
Surveys conducted by private organizations are generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms
The official data on “Employment–Unemployment” is released by the Ministry of Statistical and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) based on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
PLFS indicates that the employment market has not only recovered from the jolt of the Covid-19 pandemic but also is at levels higher than the pre-pandemic level.
Posted On: 04 JAN 2023 4:57PM Delhi
News related to the high unemployment rate during December 2022 has been published in some sections of the media based on a survey conducted by a private company. It is important to note that many private companies/organizations conduct surveys based on their own methodologies which are generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms. Moreover, the methodology used by these companies/organizations usually has a bias towards over-reporting unemployment or under-reporting employment due to their own sampling procedure and definitions used for the collection of data on employment/unemployment. The results of such surveys should be used with caution.
The official data on “Employment–Unemployment” is released by the Ministry of Statistical and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) based on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). The latest Annual PLFS report is available for the survey period July 2020 to June 2021 for estimates at all India levels. The quarterly PLFS report is also released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for Urban areas. The quarterly reports are available from July – September 2022.
As per the available PLFS report, the worker population ratio i.e. employment for persons aged 15 years and above was at the level of 44.5% during July – September 2022 compared to 43.4% during the same quarter in 2019. The unemployment rate during July-September, 2022 stood at the level 7.2% compared to 8.3% in July-September, 2019. Thus, the data of PLFS indicates that the employment market has not only recovered from the jolt of the Covid-19 pandemic but also is at levels higher than the pre-pandemic level.