{"id":304850,"date":"2024-07-18T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=304850"},"modified":"2024-07-18T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:40:00","slug":"annual-survey-of-unincorporated-enterprises-asuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/annual-survey-of-unincorporated-enterprises-asuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE) has been created, based on the article \u201cExplained: The state of India\u2019s informal economy, what the numbers say on jobs<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express<\/strong>\u201d on 18th July 2024<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper3- Economy -employment<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The article discusses the challenges faced by India’s informal sector, based on data from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE). It highlights significant job losses and a decrease in employment quality over seven years, influenced by major economic disruptions such as demonetization, the GST rollout, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey data from the National Sample Survey Office provides a detailed look at these trends.<\/p>\n

For detailed information on India\u2019s informal sector<\/strong> read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE) focuses on gathering data from unincorporated enterprises in India.<\/p>\n

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  1. Conducted By<\/strong>: The ASUSE is conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).<\/li>\n
  2. Definition and Scope<\/strong>: Unincorporated are enterprises in the unorganised or informal sector, comprising Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), household units including those with hired workers, and own-account enterprises.<\/li>\n
  3. Sector Coverage<\/strong>: ASUSE specifically surveys these enterprises in three sectors: manufacturing, trade, and other services. It excludes enterprises under the Factories Act and the organized sectors surveyed by the Annual Survey of Industries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4.. Composition<\/strong>: These enterprises include proprietary and partnership establishments that are not organized as Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), along with other collective forms like cooperatives and self-help groups.<\/p>\n

    What Challenges Has the Informal Sector Faced?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Economic Shocks:<\/strong> The informal sector faced major disruptions from demonetization in 2016, GST rollout in 2017, and the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020. These events led to financial instability and operational challenges for many informal businesses.<\/li>\n
    2. Quality of Employment:<\/strong> There was a shift towards own-account enterprises, suggesting a decline in the quality of employment, as fewer hired-worker units were maintained.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What are the major outcomes of this survey?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. Employment Decrease<\/strong>: Employment in the informal sector dropped by 16.45 lakh, from 11.13 crore in 2015-16 to 10.96 crore in 2022-23.<\/li>\n
      2. Enterprise Increase<\/strong>: The number of unincorporated enterprises increased by 16.56 lakh, reaching 6.50 crore in 2022-23 from 6.33 crore in 2015-16.<\/li>\n
      3. Shift in Employment<\/strong>: Own-account enterprises rose nearly 4%, while hired-worker enterprises declined by 3.2%.<\/li>\n
      4. Women in Agriculture<\/strong>: The share of women in agriculture increased to 64.3% in 2022-23 from 55.3% in 2018-19.<\/li>\n
      5. Sector-Specific Trends<\/strong>: Sector-Specific Trends<\/strong>: Manufacturing units fell by 9.3%, and the number of workers in manufacturing dropped by 15%. Trade units decreased by 2%, but worker numbers rose by 0.8%. Service sector units grew by 19.1%, with a 9.5% increase in workers.<\/li>\n
      6. State-Level Changes:<\/strong> Sixteen out of 34 states\/UTs recorded a decline in informal sector workers, reflecting varying economic impacts and recovery patterns post-pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Examine the changes in employment and enterprise numbers in India’s informal sector over the seven-year period covered by the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Source: The post Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE) has been created, based on the article \u201cExplained: The state of India\u2019s informal economy, what the numbers say on jobs\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 18th July 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Economy -employment Context: The article discusses the challenges faced by India’s informal sector,… Continue reading Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises (ASUSE)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,167],"tags":[216,8184,10500],"class_list":["post-304850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-economy-subject","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-economy","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}