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sector are known as formal                 this sector are known as
                              workers                                    informal workers
                           The workers are entitled to                The workers are  not
                              the social security                        entitled to the social

                           The workers can form  trade                  security
                              union                                    The workers cannot form

                           6% of the total workforce is                 trade union
                              employed in the formal                   94% of the total
                              sector(2009-10 data)                       workforce is employed in
                                                                         the informal sector(2009-
                                                                         10 data)


                    Jobless growth: is a situation when the level of output in the economy
                       tends to rise owing to innovative technology without any perceptible rise
                       in the level of employment.

                    Sources of UE data:  There are different sources or data on
                       employment & unemployment in India.

                                        i.  Reports of census of India
                                       ii.   NSSO(National sample survey  organisation)

                                       iii.   DGET(Director General of Employment &Trainng)

                                       iv.  Labour bureau (LB), ministry of Labour&
                                              Employment
                                        v.  Centre for monitoring Indian economy (CMIE)

                    Types of UE:
                                 1.  Disguised UE

                                 2.  Seasonal UE
                                 3.  Industrial UE

                                 4.  Educated UE
                                 5.  Open UE
                                 6.  Structural UE
                                 7.  Underemployment i)Visible  ii)  Invisible

                                 8.  Frictional UE
                                 9.  Cyclical UE

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