Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Migration of Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, OM PRAKASH YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 357

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## MIGRATION OF WORKERS

## †*357. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

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

- (a)whether the Government is aware of the migration of workers/unemployed youth from the rural areas of the country;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  including  the number of migrant workers during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)the  remedial  measures  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to prevent  migration  of  workers/unemployed  youth  and  contain  them near their places?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *357  FOR  27.03.2017  RAISED  BY SHRI  SUMEDHANAND  SARSWATI  AND  SHRI  OM  PRAKASH  YADAV REGARDING MIGRATION OF WORKERS.

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Details of State-wise migration of workers/unemployed  youth  from  the      rural  areas  of  the  country  is placed at Annexure-I.  The reasons for such   migration are lack of job opportunities in the local market, avenues for better wages or better employment opportunities at the destination states/cities.
- (c): To  prevent  migration  of  unemployed      work  force  and contain  them  near  their  native  places,  the  Government  has  enacted Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005 which  aims  at  enhancing  the  livelihood  security  of  people  in  rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment  in a financial year to a rural household, whose adult members volunteer to do  unskilled  manual  work.  Further  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and Medium Enterprises in collaboration with Khadi and Village Industries Commission  (KVIC)  has  been  implementing  a  credit-linked  subsidy programme named Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme  (PMEGP)  with  an  objective  to  generate  self-employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas through establishment of microenterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth.

## Number of migrant workers State-wise as per Census 2001.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT.   | No. of Migrant Workers   |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh          | 1,22,02,795              |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 2,25,768                 |
| 3.        | Assam                   | 29,67,253                |
| 4.        | Bihar                   | 72,01,618                |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh            | 42,67,852                |
| 6.        | Goa                     | 3,00,067                 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                 | 91,18,394                |
| 8.        | Haryana                 | 36,19,689                |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh        | 13,78,996                |
| 10.       | J&K                     | 7,65,762                 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand               | 35,27,643                |
| 12.       | Karnataka               | 82,47,920                |
| 13.       | Kerala                  | 28,12,441                |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh          | 1,01,25,610              |
| 15.       | Maharashtra             | 2,06,85,108              |
| 16.       | Manipur                 | 2,05,885                 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya               | 1,99,730                 |
| 18.       | Mizoram                 | 1,78,687                 |
| 19.       | Nagaland                | 1,79,646                 |
| 20.       | Odisha                  | 46,28,673                |
| 21.       | Punjab                  | 35,43,444                |
| 22.       | Rajasthan               | 91,38,707                |
| 23.       | Sikkim                  | 1,14,009                 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu              | 77,34,609                |
| 25.       | Tripura                 | 4,02,593                 |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh           | 1,41,07,361              |
| 27.       | Uttrakhand              | 15,22,759                |
| 28.       | West Bengal             | 96,57,360                |
| 29.       | Delhi                   | 28,13,920                |
| 30.       | Andaman &Nikobar Island | 87,224                   |
| 31.       | Chandigarh              | 2,78,187                 |
| 32.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli  | 50,107                   |
| 33.       | Daman and Diu           | 43,891                   |
| 34.       | Lakshadweep             | 7,966                    |
| 35.       | Puducherry              | 1,65,681                 |
|           | TOTAL                   | 14,25,07,355             |