Skilled and Unskilled labour

Question 1

What does India refer to labour as?

Answer 1

employment in the economy of India.

Question 2

In 2012 how many workers were there in India?

Answer 2

487 million workers which the second largest after China.

Question 3

What are examples organised and unorganised sectors?

Answer 3

1. Unorganised sectors: pushcart vendors to home based diamond and gem polishing operations.
2. Organised sectors: workers employed the Government, state owned enterprises and private owned sectors.

Question 4

What are organised sectors?

Answer 4

1.They are licensed organisations who are registered and pay GST.
2. They are registered entities which include corporations, malls etc.

Question 5

What are unorganised sectors?

Answer 5

1.They are unlicensed organisation, self employed or unregistered economic activity.
2. Example: handicraft workers, farmers etc.

Question 6

Define skilled labour

Answer 6

1.labour that requires workers to have specialised training or skill set to perform work.
2. They can be divided into blue collared or white collared workers with varied levels of training or education.

Question 7

Examples of skilled labour

Answer 7

1.Very highly skilled labour fall under professionals rather than skilled labour for example: doctors and lawyers.
2. Examples of skilled labour: electricians, law enforcement officers, bankers etc.
3. Skilled labour jobs have become so specialised that there are skilled worker shortages.

Question 8

Define unskilled labour

Answer 8

1.labour that does not require workers to have specialised training.
2. Due to technological and societal advancement there is no use for unskilled workers.
3. Jobs that require little or no training require training.
4. For eg: grocery clerks, hotel maids etc.

Question 9

The percentages for the amount of skilled workforce

Answer 9

South Korea (96%), Japan (80%), Germany (75%), UK (68%) and China (40%).