STATEMENT

RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61^st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05 REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS ( MAIN REPORT)

MAIN FINDINGS OF THE RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRIES

1. General Characteristics

All-India

	Items	1st Rural	2nd Rural	3rd Rural	4th Rural	5th Rural	6th Rural	7th Rural	8th Rural
		Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour
		Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry
		1963-65	1974-75	1977-78	1983	1987-88	1993-94	1999-2000	2004-05
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

1	Estimated number
	of Rural Households
	(In Millions)	70.4	82.1	95.7	100.5	108.4	119.5	137.1	150.2


2	Percentage of
	Rural Labour House-
	holds to Rural
	Households	25.4	30.3	36.8	37.3	39.7	38.3	40.2	36.7


3	Percentage of Agri-
	cultural Labour House-
	holds to Rural
	Households	21.8	25.3	29.9	30.7	30.7	30.3	32.2	25.8


4	Average size of the
	household ALH	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.6	4.5 (P)
	RLH	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.7	4.6 (P)


5	Average number of
	wage-earners ALH	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.8 (P)
	RLH	2.0	2.2	1.7	1.8	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.7 (P)

ALH = Agricultural Labour Households RLH = Rural Labour Households

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2. Indebtednes

All-India

	Agricultural Labour Households								Rural Labour Households
Items	1st RLE	2nd RLE	3rd RLE	4th RLE	5th RLE	6th RLE	7th RLE	8th RLE	1st RLE	2nd RLE	3rd RLE	4th RLE	5th RLE	6th RLE	7th RLE	8th RLE
	1963-65	1974-75	1977-78	1983	1987-88	1993-94	1999 -	2004 -	1963-65	1974-75	1977-78	1983	1987-88	1993-94	1999 -	2004 -
							2000	2005							2000	2005
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17

A. Indebtedness :
(i) Percentage of In-
debted households	60.6	66.4	52.3	51.1	39.4	35.5	25.1	48.4	59.2	65.4	50.5	50.4	39.1	35.1	25.0	47.3
(ii) Average Debt per
Household(in Rs)	148	387	345	774	769	1031	1312	3946	148	395	348	806	787	1113	1515	4852
(iii) Average Debt per
Indebted House-
hold (in Rs)	244	584	660	1516	1952	2901	5230	8145	251	605	690	1598	2014	3169	6049	10259

B. Percentage of
debt by source :
(i) Government	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	8.2	4.1	3.7	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.3	5.4	3.2
(ii) Co-operative	4.9	5.3	8.6	7.9	10.0	7.0	10.3	8.9	5.6	5.6	9.4	10.2	9.4	7.9	13.1	9.3
Societies
(iii) Employers	19.7	10.1	7.0	13.9	13.0	12.2	7.9	7.3	17.9	9.6	6.7	12.2	12.2	11.4	6.9	5.3
(iv) Money lenders	30.7	47.8	37.3	18.6	22.0	29.4	34.0	44.5	31.9	46.4	36.7	21.3	21.7	27.6	31.7	44.2
(v) Shop-keepers	7.4	6.7	6.7	4.6	7.7	6.9	6.9	6.5	8.4	7.3	6.8	5.3	9.2	7.3	7.1	6.0
(vi) Banks	-	3.6	6.0	33.3	21.0	20.7	16.6	14.0	-	4.0	6.5	28.0	20.8	18.9	17.2	16.5
(vii) Relatives &
Friends	-	-	-	10.8	13.7	12.9	16.1	12.9	-	-	-	11.6	14.4	12.4	15.1	12.8
(viii) Others	37.3	26.5	34.4	8.0	9.0	2.8	4.0	2.2	36.2	27.1	33.9	7.3	8.7	6.2	3.5	2.7

C. Percentage of
debt by purpose :
(i) Household
consumption	53.3	48.1	44.4	30.4	34.3	32.3	31.0	33.1	51.8	47.0	42.9	32.0	33.6	29.9	27.6	29.4

(ii) Marriage & other
ceremonials	24.2	18.8	22.3	14.7	13.8	17.1	24.1	22.9	24.7	19.3	22.9	15.5	15.4	17.8	24.0	21.6

(iii)Productive purposes	11.9	12.7	20.9	41.4	29.1	28.3	21.5	20.8	12.0	12.7	20.4	38.2	26.9	25.3	18.5	22.0

(iv) Purchase of land
& constr. of building	-	-	-	6.3	8.5	10.0	14.6	15.0	-	-	-	7.6	11.1	15.0	21.0	18.4

(v) Repayment of debt	-	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	1.0	2.5	-	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	1.0	2.8

(vi) Others (More than	10.6	20.4	12.4	7.2	13.1	10.6	7.8	5.7	11.5	21.0	13.8	6.7	11.9	10.2	7.9	5.8
one purpose)

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3 Wages and Earnings

All-India

	Items		1st Rural	2nd Rural	3rd Rural	4th Rural	5th Rural	6th Rural	7th Rural	8th Rural
			Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour
			Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry (P)
			1963-65	1974-75	1977-78	1983	1987-88	1993-94	1999-2000	2004-2005
	1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Average earning strength
		(RLH)	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
		(ALH)	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Average number of wage-earners
		(RLH)	2.0	2.2	1.7	1.8	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.7
		(ALH)	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.8

Average daily earnings of workers
in agricultural operations (Rs.)
Rural Labour Household
		Men	1.41	3.26	3.79	4.63	9.46	21.53	40.58	48.07
		Women	0.89	2.28	2.67	3.46	7.05	15.33	28.57	33.77
		Children	0.76	1.82	2.17	2.20	6.01	12.32	24.32	29.93
Agricultural Labour Household
		Men	1.43	3.24	3.74	4.72	9.42	21.35	40.14	47.53
		Women	0.95	2.22	2.62	3.56	7.00	15.18	28.38	33.41
		Children	0.72	1.82	2.16	2.32	6.01	12.45	24.23	29.55

Average daily earnings of workers
in non-agricultural occupations (Rs.)
Rural Labour Household
		Men	-	-	-	7.27	11.00	32.49	64.92	74.88
		Women	-	-	-	3.78	7.99	17.45	56.13	42.59
		Children	-	-	-	3.18	6.55	15.13	28.65	29.93
Agricultural Labour Household
		Men	-	-	-	5.12	10.23	26.95	54.09	55.62
		Women	-	-	-	2.98	7.92	16.21	34.08	35.50
		Children	-	-	-	2.83	6.30	15.00	24.14	25.24

ALH = Agricultural Labour Households RLH = Rural Labour Households

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4 Employment & Unemployment

Average Number of days worked/not worked by usually occupied workers belonging to Rural Labour Households (in estimated number of full days in a year)

	1st Rural	2nd Rural	3rd Rural	4th Rural	5th Rural	6th Rural	7th Rural	8th Rural
Category of Employment	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour	Labour
	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry	Enquiry
	1963-65	1974-75	1977-78	1983	1987-88	1993-94	1999 -	2004-05
							2000
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	8
A. Number of days worked on
1. Wage Employment
Men		-	212	227	225	223	235	222	215
Women		-	147	182	187	186	203	192	177
Children		-	179	183	166	173	178	185	164
2. Self-employment
Men		-	33	59	53	56	55	52	51
Women		-	37	48	42	59	55	55	64
Children		-	78	115	118	116	120	93	104
3. Salary Basis
Men		-	5	7	8	17	15	24	25
Women		-	1	2	4	9	7	9	9
Children		-	5	6	3	13	8	12	18
B. Number of days not worked
1. Due to sickness etc
Men		-	28	27	33	30	30	31	28
Women		-	45	87	86	82	75	77	75
Children		-	20	28	53	36	38	43	38
2. Due to want of work
Men		-	71	45	46	39	30	36	46
Women		-	115	46	46	29	25	32	40
Children		-	72	33	24	27	21	32	41

RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05 REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS ( MAIN REPORT)

RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61^st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05 REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS ( MAIN REPORT)