Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues
From NCERT Indian Economic Development, this topic examines employment, growth, and informalisation in India. You learn to measure the labour force and the workforce, track participation rates, and map how workers are distributed across agriculture, industry, and services. The chapter distinguishes regular, casual, and self-employed workers and organised from unorganised employment, explaining why casualisation has risen. It studies rural and urban unemployment, reviews government programmes that create work, and reflects on what informal work means for the earnings, security, and dignity of w
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