Lok Sabha Question No. 1798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Study on Unemployment
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1798 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 06, 2018

## STUDY ON UNEMPLOYMENT

No.  1798            SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY

Will the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  study  on  the status  of  unemployment  in  urban  areas  of  the  country  during the last two years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of funds allocated under the Urban Self Employment programme to each State/UT along with the targets set/achieved during the above period, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  details  of  the  beneficiaries  under  the  said  programme,
- State-wise; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  employment  to the  educated  unemployed  people  in  the  urban  areas  of  the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS [SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI]

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- (a)  &  (b)  The  last  survey  on  Employment-Unemployment  was conducted  by  Labour  Bureau  under  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment  in  2015-16.  As  per  the  results  of  the  survey,  the estimated  unemployment  rate  for  persons  aged  15  years  and above  on  usual  status  basis  was  4.4%  in  urban  areas.  The unemployment rate among literate and graduate persons aged
- 18-29 years in the urban areas of the country on usual principal basis was 1.9% for those who were not literate and 12.6% for graduate and above persons.
- (c) & (d)   This Ministry is implementing the 'Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)'  to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households. Selfemployment Programme is one of the seven components of the Mission. Funds are allocated to States/UTs for the Mission as a whole  and  States  have  been  given  the  flexibility  to  allocate component-wise funds based on their requirement. The details of  funds  allocated  under  DAY-NULM  to  each  State/UT  is  at Annexure-I and the targets set/achieved under the Self Employment Programme during the above period, State/UT-wise are at Annexure-II.
- (e)    Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability has been the priority of the Government. The Government has taken  various  steps  in  this  direction  like  encouraging  private sector, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on Schemes like Prime Minister's  Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). Government has also decided to strategically  promote  labourintensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by  promoting  tourism  and  agro-based  industries.  The  Make  in India, Digital India, Skill India Schemes are being implemented by the Government to enhance the employment base.

A  new Scheme  Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY)  has  been  launched  by  the  Government  in  the  year 2016-17  for  incentivising  industry  for  promoting  employment generation.

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## Annexure-I

A statement showing the targets set/achieved State/UT-wise, under SEP component of DAY-NULM during FY 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Upto January, 2018);

| Sl. No.   | Names of the States/UTs   | 2015-16                                                              | 2015-16                                                              | 2015-16                                | 2015-16                                | 2016-17                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                          | 2016-17                    | 2016-17                    | 2017-18                                                                          | 2017-18                                                                          | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                    |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Names of the States/UTs   | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro | enterprises No disbursed under Linkage | enterprises No disbursed under Linkage | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises | No disbursed under Linkage | No disbursed under Linkage | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises | No disbursed under Linkage | No disbursed under Linkage |
| Sl. No.   | Names of the States/UTs   | Target                                                               | Achievement                                                          | Target                                 | Achievement                            | Target                                                                           | Achievement                                                                      | Target                     | Achievement                | Target                                                                           | Achievement                                                                      | Target                     | Achievement                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | 1031                                                                 | 5465                                                                 | 687                                    | 36762                                  | 1943                                                                             | 13702                                                                            | 3000                       | 63538                      | 1252                                                                             | 9897                                                                             | 7069                       | 53287                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 118                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 78                                     | 0                                      | 181                                                                              | 0                                                                                | 100                        | 0                          | 216                                                                              | 0                                                                                | 100                        | 0                          |
| 3         | Assam                     | 1630                                                                 | 0                                                                    | 1087                                   | 0                                      | 1500                                                                             | 137                                                                              | 1071                       | 63                         | 1732                                                                             | 60                                                                               | 1016                       | 115                        |
| 4         | Bihar                     | 877                                                                  | 625                                                                  | 584                                    | 99                                     | 2014                                                                             | 1279                                                                             | 919                        | 238                        | 2583                                                                             | 918                                                                              | 1000                       | 74                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              | 443                                                                  | 4200                                                                 | 295                                    | 465                                    | 859                                                                              | 7440                                                                             | 613                        | 1440                       | 2000                                                                             | 3576                                                                             | 999                        | 1017                       |
| 6         | Goa                       | 68                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 45                                     | 0                                      | 28                                                                               | 7                                                                                | 20                         | 0                          | 63                                                                               | 21                                                                               | 63                         | 0                          |
| 7         | Gujarat                   | 1920                                                                 | 628                                                                  | 1280                                   | 0                                      | 2153                                                                             | 2290                                                                             | 300                        | 49                         | 2270                                                                             | 1510                                                                             | 150                        | 409                        |
| 8         | Haryana                   | 659                                                                  | 385                                                                  | 440                                    | 0                                      | 789                                                                              | 233                                                                              | 500                        | 113                        | 575                                                                              | 503                                                                              | 375                        | 0                          |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          | 51                                                                   | 94                                                                   | 34                                     | 7                                      | 154                                                                              | 215                                                                              | 110                        | 46                         | 564                                                                              | 207                                                                              | 200                        | 77                         |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 256                                                                  | 545                                                                  | 171                                    | 438                                    | 192                                                                              | 806                                                                              | 137                        | 72                         | 222                                                                              | 791                                                                              | 222                        | 17                         |
| 11        | Jharkhand                 | 591                                                                  | 510                                                                  | 394                                    | 20                                     | 595                                                                              | 447                                                                              | 425                        | 51                         | 602                                                                              | 1899                                                                             | 602                        | 181                        |
| 12        | Karnataka                 | 1762                                                                 | 4372                                                                 | 1174                                   | 854                                    | 2290                                                                             | 4519                                                                             | 1250                       | 1234                       | 2020                                                                             | 626                                                                              | 1250                       | 0                          |
| 13        | Kerala                    | 1188                                                                 | 5                                                                    | 792                                    | 604                                    | 713                                                                              | 349                                                                              | 509                        | 4774                       | 699                                                                              | 331                                                                              | 2700                       | 4727                       |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh            | 1496                                                                 | 14668                                                                | 998                                    | 129                                    | 2207                                                                             | 16014                                                                            | 1576                       | 1610                       | 2615                                                                             | 11832                                                                            | 1850                       | 1241                       |
| 15        | Maharashtra               | 3789                                                                 | 3802                                                                 | 2526                                   | 261                                    | 3600                                                                             | 7506                                                                             | 2468                       | 1195                       | 3185                                                                             | 3895                                                                             | 2352                       | 1579                       |
| 16        | Manipur                   | 309                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 206                                    | 0                                      | 473                                                                              | 17                                                                               | 50                         | 70                         | 200                                                                              | 5                                                                                | 50                         | 111                        |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 | 221                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 147                                    | 0                                      | 147                                                                              | 19                                                                               | 105                        | 0                          | 274                                                                              | 17                                                                               | 250                        | 0                          |
| 18        | Mizoram                   | 212                                                                  | 15                                                                   | 141                                    | 5                                      | 850                                                                              | 266                                                                              | 300                        | 21                         | 718                                                                              | 71                                                                               | 300                        | 0                          |
| 19        | Nagaland                  | 212                                                                  | 310                                                                  | 141                                    | 21                                     | 416                                                                              | 568                                                                              | 21                         | 21                         | 325                                                                              | 0                                                                                | 110                        | 0                          |
| 20        | Odisha                    | 522                                                                  | 2134                                                                 | 348                                    | 396                                    | 655                                                                              | 4381                                                                             | 468                        | 406                        | 1181                                                                             | 3097                                                                             | 1181                       | 1007                       |
| 21        | Punjab                    | 775                                                                  | 299                                                                  | 517                                    | 50                                     | 584                                                                              | 1540                                                                             | 50                         | 1                          | 634                                                                              | 777                                                                              | 10                         | 0                          |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 | 1271                                                                 | 1883                                                                 | 847                                    | 0                                      | 1278                                                                             | 4072                                                                             | 1500                       | 198                        | 1420                                                                             | 1105                                                                             | 1420                       | 64                         |

| 23    | Sikkim        |    57 |     3 |    38 |     0 |    74 |     7 |    10 |      0 |   115 |     0 |    10 |     0 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| 24    | Tamil Nadu    |  2603 |  8527 |  1736 |   870 |  3510 |  1899 |  2507 |  63775 |  4820 | 16200 |  6509 |  2669 |
| 25    | Telangana     |  1073 |  1490 |   715 | 20343 |   677 |  2612 |  2473 |  29836 |   984 |  1669 |  2849 | 17953 |
| 26    | Tripura       |   356 |     0 |   238 |     0 |   364 |    44 |   260 |      0 |   190 |   266 |   295 |     0 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh |   227 |  8278 |  2212 |     0 |  3765 | 10166 |  2508 |    106 |  3850 |  7377 |  3000 |   288 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand   |  3318 |   615 |   152 |     0 |   354 |  1448 |   160 |      2 |   352 |   755 |   160 |     4 |
| 29    | West Bengal   |  2169 |   143 |  1446 |     0 |  1930 |  2376 |  1380 |   1747 |  1961 |  1708 |  1961 |  2090 |
| 30    | A & N Islands |     6 |     0 |     4 |     0 |     5 |     0 |     3 |      0 |     9 |     0 |     9 |     0 |
| 31    | Chandigarh    |    42 |    28 |    28 |     0 |    48 |    69 |    34 |      4 |   141 |    24 |   135 |     0 |
| 32    | D & N Haveli  |     7 |     0 |     4 |     0 |     4 |     0 |     3 |      0 |     7 |     0 |     4 |     0 |
| 33    | Daman & Diu   |     7 |     0 |     5 |     0 |     2 |     0 |     2 |      0 |     7 |     0 |     5 |     0 |
| 34    | Delhi         |   757 |     0 |   505 |     0 |   550 |     0 |   100 |      0 |   524 |     0 |   100 |     0 |
| 35    | Puducherry    |    39 |     0 |    26 |     0 |    96 |     0 |    68 |      0 |   190 |     0 |   194 |     0 |
| TOTAL |               | 30062 | 59024 | 20041 | 61324 | 35000 | 84428 | 25000 | 170610 | 38500 | 69137 | 38500 | 86910 |

## A statement showing allocation of funds to States/UTs under DAY -NULM for 2015 -16, 2016 -17 and 2017 -18

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   *Allocation 2015 - 16 |   *Allocation 2016 - 17 |   *Allocation 2017 - 18 |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                 5108.83 |                 5714.45 |                 2577.96 |
| 2        | Bihar                |                  582.79 |                  532.02 |                 5318.76 |
| 3        | Chhatisgarh          |                 8077.07 |                 4412.57 |                 2057.31 |
| 4        | Goa                  |                 4344.27 |                 5925.87 |                  129.39 |
| 5        | Gujarat              |                 2193.65 |                 2526.46 |                 4674.15 |
| 6        | Haryana              |                  335.04 |                   81.97 |                 1801.29 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     |                 9512.12 |                 6333.81 |                 1161.69 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                 3266.92 |                 2321.96 |                  456.33 |
| 9        | Jharkhand            |                  254.4  |                  451.78 |                 4488.81 |
| 10       | Karnataka            |                 1268.49 |                  565.22 |                 4159.85 |
| 11       | Kerala               |                 2931.05 |                 1749.12 |                 1438.65 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       |                 8729.16 |                 6735.75 |                 3810.12 |
| 13       | Maharashtra          |                 5887.53 |                 2096.59 |                 6559.97 |
| 14       | Odisha               |                 7415.11 |                 6491.1  |                 2431.83 |
| 15       | Punjab               |                18776    |                10165.6  |                 1305.23 |
| 16       | Rajasthan            |                 1531.76 |                 1391.26 |                 2924.69 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           |                 1093.43 |                  432.55 |                 8565.71 |
| 18       | Telangana            |                 1049.95 |                 2931.07 |                 2025.82 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          |                 1048.47 |                 1223.26 |                  725    |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh        |                 2587.66 |                 1927.42 |                 6900.11 |
| 21       | West Bengal          |                 3842.2  |                 1717.37 |                 4038.98 |
| 22       | Delhi                |                 6298.81 |                 3760.52 |                 2315.13 |
| 23       | Puducherry           |                  282.02 |                  218.86 |                  398.82 |
| 24       | A &NIslands          |                12901.1  |                10327    |                   17.66 |
| 25       | Chandigarh           |                 5317.36 |                 1990.76 |                  289.92 |
| 26       | D &NHaveli           |                 1765.52 |                 1070.1  |                   27.49 |
| 27       | Daman &Diu           |                16439.7  |                10329    |                   23.7  |
| 28       | Assam                |                 1126.65 |                 1040.26 |                 4900.86 |
| 29       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                10749.1  |                 5678.91 |                  621.84 |
| 30       | Manipur              |                   18.96 |                   13.29 |                 1022.91 |
| 31       | Meghalaya            |                  135.65 |                  139.84 |                  564.29 |
| 32       | Mizoram              |                   21.22 |                   12.18 |                 1478.62 |
| 33       | Nagaland             |                   24.16 |                    7.02 |                 1086.84 |
| 34       | Sikkim               |                 3751.85 |                 2365.25 |                  309.31 |
| 35       | Tripura              |                  195.46 |                  282.06 |                 1931.04 |
|          | Grand Total          |               148863    |               102962    |                82540.1  |