Lok Sabha Question No. 5599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Policy for Employment Generation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5599

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02ND APRIL, 2018

## POLICY FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

## 5599.   SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set any target for employment generation for the next five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to chalk out a new policy for employment orientation during the current year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): No target has been set by the Government. However, the Employment generation coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the  priority  concern  of  the  Government.  Further, 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 (MGNREGS) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) schemes run by Ministry of Rural Development  and  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. The employment generated through these schemes/ programmes is given at Annexure.

In  addition,  MUDRA  and  Start-Ups  schemes  are  implemented  by  the  Government  for facilitating  self-employment.  In  order  to  improve  the  employability  of  youth,  around  22 Ministries/Departments run skill development schemes across various sectors.

Government has implemented 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 and made-up) 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  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5599 FOR 02-04-2018

| Schemes/Year                                                       | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 | 2017-18             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (No. of Persons)        | 357502    | 323362    |    407840 | 231296 (22.01.2018) |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS (Persondays in lakh)            | 16,629    | 23,521    |     23577 | 20671 (01.03.2018)  |
| Candidates placed in jobs after training (DDU-GKY) (No.of Persons) | 54196     | 134744    |     84900 | 69471 (Jan., 2018)  |
| Skill Trained Persons given Placement DAY-NULM (No.of Persons)     | 63115     | 33664     |    151901 | 83333 (Jan., 2018)  |