Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Jobless Economy Growth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17th JULY, 2017

## JOBLESS ECONOMY GROWTH

## 206.   SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M.SCINDIA:

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

- (a) whether  current  growth  is  a  jobless  growth  and  many  European  and  Asian countries, including India, are facing it and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the current growth  of the economy  is  not translating into  more employment  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  a  task  force  to  compile  figures  of  jobs generated in the last three years and if so, whether the aforesaid task force has submitted its report;
- (d) whether statistics showed that employment generation figures appeared to be on lower side and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (e) whether the current education system has too much emphasis on theory and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (f) whether the Government is considering to have more practical approach towards educating the youth and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  International  Labour  Organisation  (ILO)  estimates,  July,  2015,  the region-wise  Labour  Force  participation  rate  (LFPR)  including  India  is  at  Annex-I. Further,  as  per  the  estimates  released  by  Central  Statistical  Organisation  (CSO), Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation,  the  growth  rate  in  Gross  Value Added at Basic Price was 7.06% in 2014-15, 7.20%  in 2015-16 (Provisional Estimates) and 7% in 2016-17 (1st Advance Estimates). Similarly, as per the Annual Employment and Unemployment Surveys conducted by Labour Bureau, the Worker Population Ratio (WPR) of workforce aged 15 years and above was 51% in 2012-13, 53.7% in 2013-14 and 50.7% in 2015-16.

In addition, Labour Bureau has been conducting Quarterly Quick Employment Surveys in the selected labour intensive and export-oriented sectors namely textiles, leather, metals, automobiles, gems and jewellery, transport, IT/BPO and handloom/ powerloom to assess the effect of economic slowdown on employment in India since September, 2008.  The  coverage  of  the  quarterly  Quick  Employment  Survey  has  also  been enhanced  during  2016  with  more  industries/sectors  and  as  per  the  results  of  the Survey during 2016, the net addition of jobs in these sectors is estimated to be 1.22 lakhs.

A taskforce  has  been  constituted  under  the  Chairpersonship  of  Vice  Chairman,  NITI Aayog to address the issue of timely, periodic and reliable data on job creation. The report has been placed in the public domain.

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) run by Ministry of Micro, Small &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Government has also decided to strategically promote labour-intensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

For skilling to provide employment,  a  new  Ministry  of Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship  has  been  established  to  coordinate  the  skill  activities  across Ministries. In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries run skill development  schemes  across  70  sectors.  A  new  Scheme  'Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar Protsahan Yojana' has been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivising industry for promoting employment generation with the allocation  of  Rs.  1000  crore.  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 to new employees. In textiles (apparel and made-ups) sector,  the  Government  will  also  pay  the  3.67%  EPF  contribution  of  employers  in addition.  Government  has  announced  a  booster  package  of  Rs  6000  crores  for  the textile sector which is an employment intensive sector.

Government  has  also  implemented  the  National  Career  Service  having  a  portal (www.ncs.gov.in) for online registration and posting of jobs for job-seekers and provide other employment related services.

(e)  &  (f):  The  reforms  in  education  sector/  including  skilling/  technical  training  in curriculum  is  an  ongoing  process  and  takes  place  from  time  to  time  as  per requirement of the system.

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Annex  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 206 for answer on 17.07.2017

Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), 2016 for the age group above 15 years

| Reference Area       |   Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) (%) |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Africa               |                                         65.5 |
| South America        |                                         66.8 |
| North America        |                                         62.3 |
| Asia and the Pacific |                                         63.3 |
| European Union 28    |                                         57.3 |
| Australia            |                                         64.6 |
| India                |                                         53.8 |

Source: ILO modeled estimates, July 2015