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India's unemployment rate sees sharp decline: Report

The number of works completed under MGNREGA increased by a whopping 40% to 50.5 lakh in 2016-17 compared to 36.0 lakh in 2015-16.

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India's unemployment rate sees sharp decline: Report
During FY2017-18, another 5 lakh farm ponds will be taken up, compared to expected 10 lakh during FY2016-17. Photo: Pixabay
Written By: PTI
Updated: Sun, Mar 05, 2017
02:10 pm
New Delhi, PTI
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Contrary to market perception, India's unemployment rate halved from 9.5% in August 2016 to 4.8% in February this year and among major states, a sharp decline was registered in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the SBI Ecoflash, during August 2016 to February 2017, unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh registered the maximum decline from 17.1% to 2.9%, followed by Madhya Pradesh (10% to 2.7%), Jharkhand (9.5% to 3.1%), Odisha (10.2% to 2.9%) and Bihar (13% to 3.7%).

"We believe this decline is primarily due to the government's efforts in providing new employment opportunities in rural areas," said the report compiled by State Bank of India research team led by Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh.

The report further noted that the decline was also explained by household demanded/allocated work under MGNREGA, which increased from 83 lakh households in October 2016 to 167 lakh households in February 2017.

Moreover, the number of works completed under MGNREGA increased by a whopping 40% to 50.5 lakh in 2016-17 compared to 36.0 lakh in 2015-16.

Notable increase was registered in the works of anganwadi, drought proofing, rural drinking water, and water conservation and harvesting.

"This is a welcome trend and will contribute greatly for developing rural infrastructure a sine qua non for sustained agri growth," the report said. In the Union Budget FY18, MGNREGA scheme has been allocated a budgetary resource of Rs 48,000 crore.

During FY2017-18, another 5 lakh farm ponds will be taken up, compared to expected 10 lakh during FY2016-17. This single measure will contribute greatly to drought proofing of gram panchayats.

The unemployment rate was estimated by BSE and CMIE from data collected regarding the employment/unemployment status of all members of 15 years and more of a sample of randomly selected households.

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