Social Displacement of Rural Labour in Pandemic Times: Data from Indian States

Abstract

The present contribution is the twelfth part of the Social Change Indicators series. Over the past four issues, we have deliberated on the social and economic challenges arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. The topics that were covered previously have included aspects of vulnerable households across social classes, poverty and migration, living conditions for social distancing and social protection networks. In this issue, we examine the displacement of rural labour in various states of India. We examine aspects, such as the labour force participation rate in rural India, according to the usual status, age group of 15–59 years, the unemployment rate in rural India, according to the usual status, age group of 15–59 years, the percentage distribution of workers in the usual status by broad status in employment in rural India, and the percentage of workers engaged in informal sector enterprises among workers in usual status engaged in the agriculture sector.