How is the quality of labour India is producing? What does it mean for the country's employment landscape? https://thewire.in/labour/video-santosh-mehrotra-unemployment-unpaid-worker
The government’s Periodic Labour Force Survey released recently shows a massive growth in the number of unpaid workers who are shown in the ‘self employed’ category.
the ILO does not define unpaid workers as employed and this system is followed in 92 countries. In India unpaid workers are about one-third of the self employed category.
And self employment itself has grown from 52% of the total employed in 2017-18 to 58% of the total employed in 2022-23. This has led to a big surge in the army of unpaid workers who join small family run shops or vending units due to lack of real employment opportunities.
Mehrotra also says that a lot women and youth have joined the army of unpaid workers in recent years.
by M.K. Venu
03/11/2023