Key Indicators of Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India - Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Question- National Sample Survey Office (NSSO recently issued a report titled the key indicators of unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises (excluding construction). According to this report, which state has largest participation in the total number of unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (d)
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On June 29, 2017, The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the report titled “Key Indicators of Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India’.
The report is based on the information collected under 73rd round of its survey conducted during July, 2015 to June, 2016.
The main objective of this survey was to prepare estimates, of the operational and economic characteristics of unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises, such as their ownership type, type of enterprises, employment distribution, operating expenses and receipts, gross value addition, in the industries sectors of manufacturing, business and other services (except for construction) Indebtedness and other subjects etc..
In this survey, such non-agricultural enterprises were taken which are not incorporated (i.e. not registered under the Companies Act, 1956).
The enterprises taken in this survey included ownership and partnership (excluding limited liability partnerships), self-help groups, non-profit institutions and trusts etc.
This survey will provide reasonable information as per the non-agricultural sector for planning and policy-making targeted by planners and policy-makers.
Highlights of the report:
During the year 2015-16, 6.34 crore unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises (excluding construction) were estimated at the all-India level.
Of the total estimated number of enterprises at all India level, 31 percent were engaged in manufacturing, 36.3 percent in business and 32.6 percent in other service sectors.
The number of enterprises engaged in ‘Non Captive Power Generation and Transmission’ was almost negligible.
About 51% of the total numbers of unincorporated non-farm enterprises were located in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh reported the highest share (14.20 %) in total number of unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises followed by West Bengal (13.99%), Tamil Nadu (7.80%), Maharashtra (7.54%) and Karnataka (6.05%). These five states accounted for nearly half of the total unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises in the country.
During 2015-16 in the country about 11.13 crore workers were involved in unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises (excluding construction).
Out of the total number of workers, 34.8% were from the business, 32.8% from other services and 32.4% were engaged in manufacturing.
In the unincorporated non-agricultural sector (excluding construction), 62 percent of the workforce in the country was self-employed.
In the context of the estimated number of workers in the top 5 states, Uttar Pradesh (14.9 per cent), West Bengal (12.2 per cent), Tamil Nadu (8.7 per cent), Maharashtra (8.2 per cent) and Karnataka (6.4 per cent), unincorporated nonagricultural sector (excluding manufacturing) has been holding the share of almost 50 percent of the workers engaged in it.
Owned enterprises (i.e. an enterprise having full ownership of one person) has the largest (96%) share in the unincorporated non-farm enterprises in the country.
Participating enterprises hold 2% and self-help groups have a share of 1.8%, whereas the trust and ‘other’ share is absolutely negligible (0.1% of each).
At the all-India level, about one-fifth of the enterprises were the ownership enterprises as women chief.
98.3% of the enterprises at the all-India level were of permanent nature.

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