Lok Sabha Question No. 1385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Rural Unemployed Youths
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1385 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH MARCH, 2018

## RURAL UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS

1385.  SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assessed or proposes to assess the number of educated and uneducated unemployed persons in rural areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise at present; and
- (c) the  measures proposed to be taken to tackle the problem in a time-bound manner?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a)&(b) : As per the results of labour force survey on Employment-Unemployment conducted by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2015-16, the  estimated  percentage  of  unemployed  educated  and  uneducated  persons aged 18-29 years on usual principal status basis in rural areas of the country in 2015-16 is given below:

| Educational classification         | Unemployed   |
|------------------------------------|--------------|
| Not literate                       | 2.3%         |
| Primary                            | 3.3%         |
| Middle/Secondary/ Higher Secondary | 3.7%         |
| Graduate & above                   | 23.8%        |

The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure.

(c)    :    Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  generating  employment  in  the country  like  encouraging  private  sector  of  economy,    fast  tracking  various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes  like  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP), Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). In order to improve the employability of youth, around 22 Ministries/Departments run skill  development  schemes  across  various sectors. Government announced a booster package of      Rs. 6000 crores for the textile sector which is an employment intensive sector. Government  is  also  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Project  which  comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online platform for jobseekers and employers for job matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content. A  scheme  called  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  has  been launched in the year 2016-17 for incentivising industry for promoting employment  generation.  Under  this  scheme  employers  would  be  provided  an incentive to enhance employment where the Government will pay the employer's contribution of 8.33% EPS made for the new employees. In textiles (apparel)  sector,  the  Government  will  also  pay  the  3.67%  EPF  contribution  of employers in addition to paying the 8.33% EPS contribution.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1385 due for reply on 05.03.2018

Educational classification-wise unemployed persons (aged 18-29 years) in rural area according to Usual Principal Status approach in the country during 2015-16.

(in %)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | Not literate   | Primary   | Middle/ Secondary/ Higher Secondary   |   Graduate & above |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 0.0            | 0.7       | 2.8                                   |               28.6 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 9.2            | 4.1       | 11.3                                  |               33.9 |
| 3         | Assam                | 3.2            | 3.5       | 5.2                                   |               21.9 |
| 4         | Bihar                | 1.7            | 3.6       | 5.6                                   |               28.2 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 2.5            | 2.0       | 1.1                                   |                8.1 |
| 6         | Delhi                | -              | -         | 3.0                                   |               22   |
| 7         | Goa                  | -              | -         | 19.9                                  |               18.3 |
| 8         | Gujarat              | -              | 1.4       | 0.8                                   |                6   |
| 9         | Haryana              | 1.4            | 1.2       | 2.9                                   |               13.4 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | -              | -         | 7.4                                   |               40.8 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3.6            | 1.8       | 3.8                                   |               20.1 |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | -              | 4.4       | 6.8                                   |               39   |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 0.4            | 0.4       | 1.1                                   |                9.8 |
| 14        | Kerala               | -              | 10.1      | 6.2                                   |               27.4 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 2.7            | 3.7       | 2.1                                   |               10.1 |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 2.3            | 1.3       | 1.7                                   |               14.7 |
| 17        | Manipur              | -              | -         | 2.2                                   |               35.3 |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | -              | 1.9       | 3.7                                   |                5.1 |
| 19        | Mizoram              | -              | 0.4       | 1.4                                   |               25.9 |
| 20        | Nagaland             | -              | 2.8       | 3.3                                   |               33.5 |
| 21        | Odisha               | 0.2            | 5.1       | 5.4                                   |               23.3 |
| 22        | Punjab               | 4.2            | 3.6       | 4.8                                   |               21.3 |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 3.5            | 2.6       | 3.0                                   |               30   |
| 24        | Sikkim               | -              | 55.7      | 17.4                                  |               82.5 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 4.5            | 0.3       | 3.4                                   |               23.7 |
| 26        | Telangana            | 0.1            | 0.1       | 0.7                                   |                8.1 |
| 27        | Tripura              | -              | 15.3      | 16.7                                  |               50.3 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 1.1            | -         | 3.9                                   |               27.1 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        | 3.5            | 5.2       | 4.1                                   |               29   |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 2.8            | 3.3       | 3.9                                   |               30.2 |
| 31        | A&N Islands          | -              | 5.8       | 12.2                                  |               37.9 |
| 32        | Chandigarh           | -              | 15.1      | 5.1                                   |               11.4 |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -              | -         | 1.3                                   |                9.7 |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          | -              | -         | -                                     |                0.8 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | -              | -         | 1.3                                   |               73.6 |
| 36        | Puducherry           | -              | -         | 7.8                                   |               20.7 |
|           | All India            | 2.3            | 3.3       | 3.7                                   |               23.8 |

Source: Employment-Unemployment Survey of Labour Bureau