Indians prefer self employment: NSSO
Economy Bureau
Posted online: Jan 29, 2008 at 2340 hrs
New Delhi, Jan 29.

Indians prefer self-employment. This was revealed at the 62nd round of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report on employment situation of India in 2005-06. The number of self-employed people were highest both in rural and urban India in 2005-06. While the national average was 254 per 1,000 people in rural India, it was 149 for the urban areas.

The survey reveals that in rural India, more than half of all workers were self-employed - 57% among males and nearly 62% among females. The corresponding figures in urban India were 42% for male and 44% for female

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