How is unemployment measured in India? Also give trends by thesemeasur

1.	How is unemployment measured in India? Also give trends by thesemeasures
Answer» Measurement of Unemployment:\tUsual Status (UPS): \tThe Usual Status approach to measuring unemployment uses a reference period of 365 days i.e. one year preceding the date of the survey of NSSO for measuring unemployment.\tThe Usual Status approach of measuring unemployment also looks at the principal activity and subsidiary activity status of the worker.\tCurrent Weekly Status:\xa0\tThe Current Weekly Status (CWS) approach to measuring unemployment uses seven days preceding the date of survey as the reference period.\tA person is considered to be employed if he or she pursues any one or more of the gainful activities for at least one-hour on any day of the reference week. On the other hand, if a person does not pursue any gainful activity, but has been seeking or available for work, the person is considered as unemployed.\tCurrent Daily Status (CDS):\xa0The current daily status approach to measuring unemployment seeks to ascertain the activity status of an individual for each day of the reference week. It reports time disposition of an individual on each day of the reference week. This means that in addition to recording the activity being pursued, time intensity is also recorded in quantitative terms for each day of the reference week.\t\t Unemployment Rates (2004 per 1000)\t\xa0Rural MalesRural FemalesUrban MAlesUrban FemalesUPS24224689CWS47455710CDS909381117\t\t<br>Cense method

How is unemployment measured in India? Also give trends by thesemeasures