January 29, 1977 Trends in Rural Unemployment in India Two Comments Pravin Visaria THIS note seeks to re-examine some of the empirical data presented by K N Raj in his interesting analysis of "Trends in Rural Unemployment in XI, Nos 31-33), August 1976, and his Presidential Address to the 18th-19th All-India Labour Economics Conference held at Patiala during September 27- 29, 1976 in which he has dwelt on ''Unemployment and Structural Changes in Indian Rural Society" (Mainstream, Vol XV, No 7, October 16,