Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues

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Economic activities are those activities which contribute to the gross national product of a country. Workers are all those who are engaged in economic activities in whatever capacity - high or low. T…

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Worker-Population Ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of workers by the total population and multiplying by 100. It indicates the proportion of population actively contributing to product…

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Rural areas have higher worker-population ratio because: 1) People have limited resources and cannot afford to stay unemployed, 2) Many don't attend educational institutions or discontinue studies to …

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Three categories: 1) Self-employed (57% of workforce) - own and operate enterprises, e.g., cement shop owner, vegetable vendor; 2) Regular salaried employees (21%) - employed regularly with fixed wage…

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Primary Sector: Agriculture, Mining and Quarrying; Secondary Sector: Manufacturing, Electricity/Gas/Water Supply, Construction; Tertiary/Service Sector: Trade, Transport and Storage, Services. In Indi…

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Jobless growth refers to a situation where GDP grows without corresponding increase in employment opportunities. In India, this phenomenon was observed in the late 1990s when employment growth started…

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Major shift from primary to secondary and tertiary sectors: Primary sector employment declined from 74.3% (1972-73) to 46.1% (2022-23). Secondary sector increased from 10.9% to 24.9%. Service sector g…

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Casualisation of workforce refers to the process of moving from self-employment and regular salaried employment to casual wage work. It makes workers highly vulnerable because casual workers have: no …