4.01 Indicators of Labour And Manpower Sector

Characteristics LFS LFS LFS
1989 1990-91 1995-96
1. Total Civilian Labour Force (Million)
Male 29.7 31.1 34.7
Female 21.0 20.1 21.3
Both Sex 50.7 51.2 56.0
2. Active Civilian Labour Force (Employed Pop. Million)
Male 29.4 30.5 33.8
Female 20.7 19.7 20.8
Both Sex 50.1 50.2 54.6
3. Unemployed Population (Million)
Male 0.4 0.6 0.9
Female 0.2 0.4 0.5
Both Sex 0.6 1.0 1.4
4. Not in Civilian Labour Force (Million)
Housewives 18.2 9.6 12.0
Other inactives 1.9 12.8 18.4
Children (0-9 years) 37.3 35.5 35.4
5. Crude Activity Rate (percent)
Male 53.1 54.5 55.8
Female 40.2 38.6 35.7
Both Sex 46.9 46.9 46.0
6. Labour Force Participation (Refined Activity) Rate
Male 79.6 79.6 78.3
Female 85.3 58.2 50.6
Both Sex 74.7 69.6 64.8
7. Unemployment Rate (Excluding under employment)
Male 1.3 2.0 2.7
Female 1.0 1.9 2.3
Both Sex 1.2 1.9 2.5
8. Child Labour (5-14 Yrs.)
Number (Million) 6.1 5.8 6.5
Percent of total (C.L.F.) 12.2 11.3 11.6
9. Youth Labour Force (15-29 yrs)
Number (Million) 19.1 19.8 20.1
Percent of total C.L.F. 37.7 38.7 35.9
10. 10. Female Labour Force
Number (Million) 21.0 20.1 21.3
Percent of total C.L.F. 41.4 39.3 38.0
11. 11. Employment by Broad Sector
Agriculture:
Number (Million) 37.0 34.4 34.5
Percent of total 73.8 68.5 63.2
Non-Agriculture:
Number (Million) 13.1 15.8 20.1
Percent of total 26.2 31.5 36.8
 
Note: A. In Labour Force Survey some specific activities such as ploughing/irrigation/ planting, weeding and hoeing, harvesting/collecting, threshing/cleaning, husking/ drying/boiling, growing vegetable and spices, processing and preservation of food, live stock raising, poultry raising etc. were included and considered as economic activity if one spent at least one hour in a  week on any such activity.
B. As the specific activities stated above are generally performed by the females in and out of the agriculturally  based household in the rural areas and as the activities are considered as economic activities the total female labour force increased both at national and particularly at rural levels.
Source: Labour Force Survey,  1989 ,1990 -91 and 1995-96, BBS.