Match List-I with List-II:List-IList-II(A) Economists(I) Collects dat…

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Economists	(I) Collects data on formal sector employment through employment exchanges
(B) National Statistical Office	(II) Call a person unemployed who cannot get even one hour of work in half a day
(C) Directorate General of Employment and Training	(III) Define unemployment as not working for lack of work while seeking or being available for work
(D) Union Ministry of Labour	(IV) Gives data of registration with employment exchanges

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

Each row links a body or group to its definition or data.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Economists	(II) Call a person unemployed who cannot get even one hour of work in half a day	This is the economists’ one-hour test.
(B) National Statistical Office	(III) Define unemployment as not working for lack of work while seeking or being available for work	This is the NSO’s definition.
(C) Directorate General of Employment and Training	(IV) Gives data of registration with employment exchanges	It is one of the sources of unemployment data.
(D) Union Ministry of Labour	(I) Collects data on formal sector employment through employment exchanges	Its data are about formal sector employment.

Both (C) and (D) work through employment exchanges, but they are different bodies. The Directorate General gives data on people registered as seeking jobs; the Ministry of Labour collects data on people employed in the formal sector.

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. …”

“Box 6.1: Formal Sector Employment The information relating to employment in the formal sector is collected by the Union Ministry of Labour through employment exchanges located in different parts of the country. …”