Employment and Unemployment Situation Among Social Groups in India 2004-05. NSS 61st Round. (July 2004-June 2005)

Abstract

This report is based on the seventh quinquennial survey on employment and unemployment conducted in the 61st round of NSS during July, 2004 to June, 2005. The survey was spread over 7,999 villages and 4,602 urban blocks covering 1,24,680 households (79,306 in rural areas and 45,374 in urban areas) and enumerating 6,02,833 persons (3,98,025 in rural areas and 2,04,808 in urban areas). The number of sample households for the social groups scheduled tribe (ST), scheduled caste (SC), other backward class (OBC) and others at the all- India was 16203, 20284, 46348 and 41759, respectively. In this report, estimates of the employment-unemployment indicators for various social groups have been presented with respect to the usual status (ps+ss).