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Estimates of employment & unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey organisation. Last two such surveys were conducted during 1993-94 and 1999-2000. As per these surveys, number of unemployed persons in the country on usual status basis during 1993-94 and 1999-2000 was around 7.5 million and 9 million respectively.
Major reasons for the growing unemployment in the country include declining job crating capacity of growth, economy not growing at the intended rate, growth rate of the labour force being higher than the growth rate of employment etc.
As per the information available from the employment exchanges, as on December 31, 2003, around 66.3 lakh SC jobseekers and 23.1 lakh ST jobseekers, all of whom are not necessarily unemployed, were registered with the employment exchanges for employment. Government is targeting creation of around 5 crore employment opportunities during the 10th Plan period. This will help the unemployed person including those belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories.
This information was given by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao in a written reply in Lok Sabha. In reply to another question, Shri Rao said that the estimated workforce during 2011-2012 is projected to be around 451.53 million on current daily status basis.
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