NSSO report on unemployment at draft stage, not comparable: NITI Aayog V-C

Lot of evidence to show that jobs have been created in the last four years, says Rajiv Kumar

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Friday that the National Sample Survey’s period labour force survey of 2017-18 was a “draft report” and the figures cannot be compared from the past surveys conducted by the government’s statistical agency. 

“The verification of the data is important. It is being processed. We need to verify the numbers. The confusion created in the media is based on a draft report, which is not finalised. We cannot say that the government is not releasing the data,” Kumar said. 

Kumar’s comments come a day after Business Standard reported that the country's unemployment rate stood at over