Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The definition of self-employment takes a new meaning in India!

ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY

Who’s the No.1 self-employed?


Around one-third self-employed Indians trade in the field of agriculture and around two-thirds of self-employed rural workers in non-agriculture. But in the urban areas, non-agriculture self-employment is more. Apart from these, data suggests that in rural India, around 10% of male workers and more than 25% of female workers would be satisfied with monthly incomes of less than Rs.1,000, much below the poverty line.

NSSO claims most self-employed workers are occupied in continuous, rigorous, but low productivity work that provides little compensation. Might we suggest perhaps they’re referring to the most ‘entrepreneurial’ Indian begging community? This data is clearly a pathetic reflection of the Indian State’s failure to create jobs, discover employability and institutionalise skill development. It is too saddening to know that the massive number of illiterate people in India [arguably between 300 to 400 million] finally are ridiculously considered ‘self-employed’ and a mere part of a national statistic. Dumb is what dumb gets...


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IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and
Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).


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