Lok Sabha Question No. 2201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Rural and Urban Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2201

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JANUARY, 2018

## RURAL AND URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT

2201.  SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  unemployment  has  increased  rapidly  in  rural areas in comparison to urban areas of the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  unemployment  rate  is  higher  among  the  graduate  youths than the illiterate youths in rural as well as urban areas of the country and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the  details  of  the  schemes/  programmes  being  implemented  by  the Government  to  curtail  unemployment  in  rural  and  urban  areas  of  the country along with their achievements during the said period, Scheme/ Programme-wise; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  provided  adequate  funds  under  the  said schemes/programmes  during  the  said  period  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, State/ UT-wise and Scheme/Programme-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &  (b):      As  per  the  result  of  last  three  surveys  on  EmploymentUnemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, the estimated unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country is given below:

| Unemployment Rate   | Unemployment Rate   | Unemployment Rate   | Unemployment Rate   |
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Year                | Rural               | Urban               | Rural + Urban       |
| 2012-13             | 3.5%                | 5.3%                | 4.0%                |
| 2013-14             | 2.9%                | 4.9%                | 3.4%                |
| 2015-16             | 3.4%                | 4.4%                | 3.7%                |

- (c): As per the result of the last available  survey  on  EmploymentUnemployment  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau  in  2015-16,  the  unemployment rate  among  illiterate  and  graduate  persons  aged  18-29  years  in  rural  and urban areas on usual principal basis in the country is given below:
- (d):    The  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  has been  the  priority  concern  of  the  Government.  The  Government  has  taken various  steps  in  this  direction  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. DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and DeendyalAntodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). The detail of employment generated in these schemes is given below:

| Unemployment rate for persons aged 18-29 years   | Unemployment rate for persons aged 18-29 years   | Unemployment rate for persons aged 18-29 years   | Unemployment rate for persons aged 18-29 years   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Education Level                                  | Rural                                            | Urban                                            | Rural + Urban                                    |
| Not Literate                                     | 2.3%                                             | 1.9%                                             | 2.2%                                             |
| Graduate & Above                                 | 23.8%                                            | 12.6%                                            | 18.4%                                            |

| Employment Generated          | Employment Generated   | Employment Generated   | Employment Generated   |
|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Schemes/Year                  | 2014-15                | 2015-16                | 2016-17                |
| PMEGP (Person in lakh)        | 3.58                   | 3.23                   | 4.08                   |
| MGNREGS (Persondays in crore) | 166.19                 | 235.14                 | 235.77                 |
| DDU-GKY (Person in lakh)      | 0.54                   | 1.35                   | 0.85                   |
| DAY-NULM (Person in lakh)     | 0.99                   | 0.93                   | 2.36                   |

Government is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform for the job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content. A  new  Scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  ProtsahanYojana  (PMRPY)  has been  launched  by  the  Government  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivizing industry for promoting employment generation. (e):  The State-wise detail of the fund under schemes/programmes 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) is given at Annexure I,  II,  III  and  IV.  The  schemes  of  NCS  and  PMRPY  are  being  implemented  at central  level  and  there  is  no  State-wise  allocation.  A  statement  of  fund allocation during last three years in NCS Project and PMRPY is at Annexure-V.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2201 due for 01.01.2018

## State-wise details of fund under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Margin money provided (Rs. in lakh)   | Margin money provided (Rs. in lakh)   | Margin money provided (Rs. in lakh)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2014-15                               | 2015-16                               | 2016-17                               |
| 1         | Jammu& Kashmir    | 3274.63                               | 3781.19                               | 2621.4                                |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  | 2237.73                               | 1767.26                               | 2185.27                               |
| 3         | Punjab            | 3190.88                               | 2902.97                               | 3181.6                                |
| 4         | Chandigarh        | 61.46                                 | 87.72                                 | 82.84                                 |
| 5         | Uttarakhand       | 3012.98                               | 3112.09                               | 3383.53                               |
| 6         | Haryana           | 189.24                                | 254.05                                | 182.41                                |
| 7         | Delhi             | 5249.62                               | 4384.07                               | 4641.6                                |
| 8         | Rajasthan         | 2153.32                               | 1740.86                               | 2122.33                               |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     | 16937.53                              | 14456.87                              | 14271.05                              |
| 10        | Bihar             | 2045.68                               | 2829.38                               | 4070.73                               |
| 11        | Sikkim            | 9241.7                                | 8117.17                               | 8346.06                               |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh | 33.52                                 | 186.11                                | 35.93                                 |
| 13        | Nagaland          | 1004.99                               | 38.85                                 | 440.34                                |
| 14        | Manipur           | 878.59                                | 1392.81                               | 2007.48                               |
| 15        | Mizoram           | 1600.76                               | 1213.98                               | 2162.78                               |
| 16        | Tripura           | 807.98                                | 1026.35                               | 491.96                                |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 1333.65                               | 945.84                                | 3734.66                               |
| 18        | Assam             | 971.14                                | 1056.12                               | 407.89                                |
| 19        | West Bengal       | 5397.01                               | 2869.74                               | 4910.36                               |
| 20        | Jharkhand         | 4111.32                               | 6588.55                               | 8336.51                               |
| 21        | Odisha            | 6010.11                               | 3400.65                               | 6270.32                               |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh      | 2871.29                               | 3559.74                               | 2654.35                               |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3945.89                               | 5736.32                               | 6848.96                               |
| 24        | Gujarat*          | 92.32                                 | 65.11                                 | 193.46                                |
| 25        | Maharashtra **    | 6200.52                               | 6339.73                               | 7561.61                               |
| 26        | Andhra Pradesh    | 7843.81                               | 5285.03                               | 6001.36                               |
| 27        | Telangana         | 141.76                                | 165.43                                | 191.44                                |
| 28        | Karnataka         | 3492.11                               | 2262.37                               | 4916.08                               |
| 29        | Goa               | 1889.35                               | 2217.57                               | 2561.72                               |
| 30        | Lakshadweep       | 6479.1                                | 5898.01                               | 11609.56                              |
| 31        | Kerala            | 28.61                                 | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 32        | Tamilnadu         | 2679.28                               | 2720.48                               | 3350.68                               |
| 33        | Puducherry        | 6733.89                               | 5497.54                               | 8213.92                               |
| 34        | A&N Islands       | 112.1                                 | 106.37                                | 103.65                                |
|           | Total             | 112253.87                             | 102006.33                             | 128093.84                             |

Source: M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

* including Daman & Diu.

** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2201 due for 01.01.2018

## State-wise  detail  of  fund  released  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)

2016-17

| S. No.   | State/UT             | Central Release (Rs. in lakh)   | Central Release (Rs. in lakh)   | Central Release (Rs. in lakh)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT             | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 2903.14                         | 3073.80                         | 3940.21                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 27.04                           | 43.95                           | 156.76                          |
| 3        | Assam                | 500.23                          | 878.30                          | 1254.60                         |
| 4        | Bihar                | 959.68                          | 1024.12                         | 1667.41                         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 1505.70                         | 1063.41                         | 2231.94                         |
| 6        | Goa                  | 1.38                            | 2.47                            | 4.26                            |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 354.43                          | 305.99                          | 643.24                          |
| 8        | Haryana              | 167.15                          | 124.71                          | 287.71                          |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 355.43                          | 396.10                          | 388.61                          |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 521.71                          | 558.02                          | 804.09                          |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 724.33                          | 978.80                          | 1679.14                         |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 1716.87                         | 991.55                          | 2258.65                         |
| 13       | Kerala               | 1587.58                         | 1526.34                         | 1582.49                         |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 2451.63                         | 2367.32                         | 3448.92                         |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 799.52                          | 1238.35                         | 1657.09                         |
| 16       | Manipur              | 219.97                          | 255.32                          | 343.70                          |
| 17       | Meghalaya            | 277.86                          | 221.83                          | 860.69                          |
| 18       | Mizoram              | 111.41                          | 285.17                          | 144.51                          |
| 19       | Nagaland             | 113.05                          | 266.66                          | 501.53                          |
| 20       | Odisha               | 1035.30                         | 1479.41                         | 1895.27                         |
| 21       | Punjab               | 189.48                          | 245.33                          | 490.73                          |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 2976.10                         | 2695.83                         | 4818.17                         |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 73.86                           | 86.23                           | 132.63                          |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 3781.80                         | 5470.37                         | 4552.78                         |
| 25       | Telangana            | 1919.96                         | 1824.85                         | 1806.85                         |
| 26       | Tripura              | 636.62                          | 1358.94                         | 1016.29                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        | 2513.41                         | 2695.69                         | 3915.85                         |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 286.36                          | 450.77                          | 514.35                          |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 3744.95                         | 4711.74                         | 5377.23                         |
| 30       | A&N Islands          | 13.02                           | 10.36                           | 8.01                            |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NR                              | NR                              | NR                              |
| 32       | Daman & Diu          | NR                              | NR                              | NR                              |
| 33       | Lakshadweep          | 0.45                            | 0.12                            | NR                              |
| 34       | Puducherry           | 7.40                            | 12.93                           | 3.47                            |
|          | Total                | 32476.87                        | 36644.80                        | 48387.16                        |

Source: M/o Rural Development

NR=Not Reported

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2201 due for 01.01.2018

## State-wise detail of fund released under Pt. Deen Daya lUpadhyaya Grameen Kaushlya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

(Rs. In lakh)

| S. No.   | States/UT         |   2014-15 | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | A&N Islands       |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    | 8619.25   |     82.9  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |    222.08 | 0.00      |     61    |
| 4        | Assam             |   5245.28 | 3337.45   |  10046.8  |
| 5        | Bihar             |    315.46 | 5637.00   |   3606    |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |   2604.19 | 145.00    |   8947.2  |
| 8        | D&N Haveli        |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 9        | Delhi             |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 10       | Goa               |      0    | 0.00      |     60    |
| 11       | Gujarat           |    703.23 | 225.54    |    154.29 |
| 12       | Haryana           |    860.89 | 598.60    |     58.04 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    | 342.91    |   3670.44 |
| 14       | J&K               |   3773.4  | 2266.70   |   7360.09 |
| 15       | Jharkhand         |     50.74 | 153.00    |   6464.43 |
| 16       | Karnataka         |   2246.03 | 7485.55   |    256.74 |
| 17       | Kerala            |   5979.99 | 139.00    |   4711.71 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh    |   2800.52 | 188.00    |   7546.46 |
| 19       | Maharashtra       |      0    | 9665.58   |     96.07 |
| 20       | Manipur           |      0    | 0.00      |    461    |
| 21       | Meghalaya         |      0    | 0.00      |    461    |
| 22       | Mizoram           |      0    | 0.00      |    460.5  |
| 23       | Nagaland          |      0    | 0.00      |    461    |
| 24       | Odisha            |   8233.76 | 4214.82   |   2195.44 |
| 25       | Pondicherry       |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 26       | Punjab            |      0    | 2862.50   |     11.3  |
| 27       | Rajasthan         |      0    | 375.50    |     63    |
| 28       | Sikkim            |    662.02 | -         |    460.5  |
| 29       | Tamilnadu         |      0    | 4390.23   |   2591    |
| 30       | Telangana         |      0    | 4422.00   |   2190.62 |
| 31       | Tripura           |    930.33 | 131.00    |   3838.95 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh     |  17064.8  | 1048.13   |    549.56 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand       |      0    | 65.09     |   1891.12 |
| 34       | West Bengal       |   1047.85 | 146.00    |   8890.37 |
| 35       | Multi-State       |   4122.44 | 1504.48   |    441.1  |
|          | Total             |  56863    | 57963.31  |  78088.6  |

Source: M/o Rural Development

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2201 due for 01.01.2018

## State-wise  detail  of  fund  released  under  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)

(Rs. In Lakhs)

| S. No.   | States/UT         |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |    4034   |    1500   |   5630.43 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |     193.9 |     146.3 |    143.29 |
| 3        | Assam             |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 4        | Bihar             |       0   |    2573   |   2237.79 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |    1487.9 |    1778.5 |   1346.44 |
| 6        | Goa               |      62.1 |       0   |     23.27 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |    6354.1 |       0   |      0    |
| 8        | Haryana           |    1607.6 |       0   |      0    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |     604.5 |     250   |    356.23 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |     999   |       0   |      0    |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |    1012.6 |    1461.3 |   1536.3  |
| 12       | Karnataka         |    6347.1 |     989.8 |      0    |
| 13       | Kerala            |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |    5158.4 |     500   |   2879.89 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |   12853.9 |       0   |      0    |
| 16       | Manipur           |     837.4 |     311.4 |      0    |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |     420.3 |       0   |      0    |
| 18       | Mizoram           |     851.5 |    1032.1 |    933.65 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |     532.3 |       0   |    523.26 |
| 20       | Odisha            |    1808.5 |    1321.6 |    656.18 |
| 21       | Punjab            |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |    4201   |       0   |    791.56 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |     152.2 |      84.6 |     96.8  |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |    6439.5 |    5786.2 |   5844.7  |
| 25       | Telangana         |       0   |    3988   |    470.13 |
| 26       | Tripura           |     946.2 |       0   |      0    |
| 27       | Uttrakhand        |       0   |     507.7 |    538.1  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |    4655.3 |    1741.9 |   2265.54 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |    5372.6 |       0   |    830.79 |
| 30       | A & N Islands     |       0   |       0   |    106.31 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |     282.3 |       0   |      0    |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 34       | Delhi             |       0   |       0   |      0    |
| 35       | Puducherry        |       0   |       0   |    279    |
| Total    | Total             |   67214.2 |   23972.3 |  28970.6  |

Source: M/o Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2201 due for 01.01.2018

## Fund allocation (in Rs. Crore)

| Scheme / Year                          | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| National Career Service Project        | 69.65     |       100 |       125 |
| Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana | N.A.      |      1000 |      1000 |