Jobs for the millions

• The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Jobs for the millions

  tags: Labour Rights Employment National Issues

  • Labour Bureau's Employment and Unemployment Survey (2009-10
  • The estimated unemployment rate — in the region of 9.4 per cent (barring the five north-eastern States and the islands of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, where the survey was not done
  • It is home to 72.26 per cent of the country's 238 million households, and 10.1 per cent of its labour force is unemployed, compared with 7.3 per cent in urban areas.