the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, writes in that despite India's attempts to mislead and hide unemployment data, the truth is that the country is in an unemployment crisis.
He writes: "According to data released by the Labour Bureau, a wing of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, unemployment in 2013-14 was 4.9 percent. But an undisclosed study by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), a government agency that conducts large-scale research, has reportedly placed the figure for 2017-18 at 6.1 percent — a 45-year high."
In the op-ed, Basu explores the structural reasons that explain why the data relased by the Ministry of Labour and Employment does not jive with other data, and suggests how India has developed a system of misinformation.
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