Employment and Unemployment Situation in Cities and Towns in India 1999-2000. NSS 55th Round (July 1999-June 2000)

Abstract

The report contains the results based on four selected tables of the tabulation plan of the NSS 55th round (July,1999 – June,2000) generated separately for cities with a population of one million and above and for two other size classes of towns viz. those with population between fifty thousand and one million and those with population less than fifty thousand. It contains five Chapters and an Appendix. Chapter 1 is introductory and Chapter 2 deals with the concepts and definitions of important terms used in the survey and which are relevant to this report. Chapter 3 describes the sample design and estimation procedure followed in the survey. Chapters 4 and 5 deal respectively with the summary findings of the survey relating to the employed and unemployed in cities and towns.