Employment in India witnessed an increase by an annual rate of 0.5 per cent as per the National Sample Survey results for 2009-10 and 2011-12 with the GDP growing by 7.8 per cent during the same period, Parliament was informed today.
"The estimates of GDP and employment are released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and NSS, respectively, of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
"As per the NSS survey results for the year 2009-10 and 2011-12, employment increased from 46.5 crore to 47.4 crore, registering an annual growth rate of 0.5 per cent, and GDP grew by 7.8 per cent during the same period," Minister of State for Labour, Vishnu Deo Sai, told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
He said the government has been making constant efforts through normal channels and employment generation schemes to boost the employment rate.
To improve exchange of employment-related information in the labour market, the government has decided to convert the employment exchanges into career centres in collaboration with state governments for providing counselling to students and job-seekers along with other employment-related assistance, Sai added.
