Which of the following statements about unemployment data and definitions is NOT correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Economists call a person unemployed if he cannot get even one hour of work in a whole week.
The test is one hour in half a day, not one hour in a week.
Option (1) The National Statistical Office was earlier known as the National Sample Survey Organisation. — True. Only the name has changed.
Option (2) Economists call a person unemployed if he cannot get even one hour of work in a whole week. — False. The period is half a day.
Option (3) Different sources of data give different estimates of unemployment. — True. They still show who the unemployed are and the kinds of unemployment.
Option (4) Reports of the Census of India are a source of data on unemployment. — True. The Census is one of the sources.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.8 Unemployment … The National Statistical Office (Previously it was known as National Sample Survey Organisation) defines unemployment as a situation in which all those who, owing to lack of work, are not working but either seek work through employment exchanges, intermediaries, friends or relatives or by making applications to prospective employers or express their willingness or availability for work under the prevailing condition of work and remunerations. There are a variety of ways by which an unemployed person is identified. Economists define unemployed person as one who is not able to get employment of even one hour in half a day. There are three sources of data on unemployment : Reports of Census of India, National Statistical Office’s Reports of Employment and Unemployment Situation, Annual Reports of Periodic Labour Force Survey, and Directorate General of Employment and Training data of Registration with Employment Exchanges. Though they provide different estimates of unemployment, they do provide us with the attributes of the unemployed and the variety of unemployment prevailing in our country. …” |