SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TEMPORARY WORKFORCE IN INDIA

Abstract

The Census data is provided every 10 years, with the most recent data referring to 2011. Similarly, quinquennial NSSO statistics on employment and unemployment are only available for 2011-12. The countrywide Employment and Unemployment1 (E&U) surveys have been superseded by1Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which began in 2017-18 and is performed by the MoSPI's National Statistical Office (NSO). On a yearly basis, PLFS data is provided for both rural & urban areas, as well as the entire population. Quarterly data, on other hand, are only available for urban households. This paper give many social and demographic features of the workforce in India, such as workplace type, religion and social group, gender, marital status, educational accomplishments, and training data.