Only Big Mouth IndoUS believe the idiot data
Experts disagree with data showing that Indias jobless rate is lower than those in western countries
Manish Sabharwal, chief executive of TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd, a human resource firm, said that the latest survey was a gross understatement of the unemployment rate. Like poverty, unemployment definition needs a national debate.
The 3.8% unemployment rate is unbelievableits science fiction. The rate must be a multiple of this ratein the range of 15% to 19%, he said.
Sabharwal added that the precision of the study is misleading. Its more dangerous than just understatement as such surveys will mislead policy framework (meant) to address such problems.
Experts disagreed with the Labour Bureaus proposition that Indias unemployment rate is lower than those in western countries, including the US (8%), Spain (25%), Greece (21%) and Ireland (14%).
Pronab Sen, principal adviser in the Planning Commission, said India cant be compared with developed countries because of the small size of its organized sector. Most of the unemployment in India is among the youth. Adult unemployment is very small, he said.
Two govt surveys sharpen debate on India’s unemployment data - Livemint