CHAPTER 7: Employment: Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues
Who is a worker?
Compared to urban women, more rural women are found working. Why?
What do you mean by hired workers?
Define economic activity? Explain its types.
What do you mean by work force participation ratio?
Define unemployment? How is unemployment rate calculated?
Write short notes on:-
Rural unemployment
Urban unemployment
State the causes of unemployment in India?
Briefly explain National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 and also state its efforts?
Is it necessary to generate employment in the formal sector rather than in the informal sector? Why?
Sam is able to get work only for two hours in a day. Rest of the day, he is looking for work. Is he unemployed? Why? What kind of jobs could persons like Victor is doing?
How will you know whether a worker is working in the informal sector?
