Unemployment in India

Statistics on unemployment in India had traditionally been collected, compiled and disseminated once every ten years by the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MLE), primarily from sample studies conducted by the National Sample Survey Office.[1][2] Other than these 5-year sample studies, India had historically not collected monthly, quarterly or yearly nationwide employment and unemployment statistics on a routine basis. In 2016, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, a non-governmental entity based in Mumbai, started sampling and publishing monthly unemployment in India statistics.[3][4] Despite having one of the longest working hours, India has one of the lowest workforce productivity levels in the world.[5][6][7][8][9] Economists often say that due to structural economic problems, India is experiencing jobless economic growth.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

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