Lok Sabha Question No. 3811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Employment-Unemployment Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU, JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3811

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH AUGUST, 2017

## EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT SURVEY

3811. DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

PROGRAMME

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  a  committee  on Annual Survey of Enterprises and if so, the details thereof and the major recommendations made by the committee;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  do  away  with  the traditional Employment-unemployment surveys conducted by the  National  Sample  Survey  Organisation  (NSSO)  and  if  so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  reasons  for  not  carrying  out  the  said  survey  during  the financial year 2016-17;
- (d) the deficiencies found by the said committee in this survey; and
- (e) the  details  of  employment  generated  in  the  country  during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UTwise and sector-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  FOR  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION

[SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA]

- (a):  Government  has  not  constituted  any  committee  on  Annual Survey of Enterprises.
- (b):  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  had  been  conducting surveys  on  employment  and  unemployment  on  quinquennial  basis. However, considering the need for availability of such statistics at

more  frequent  intervals,  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation  haslaunched  a  regular  employment-unemployment survey, namely, 'Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)'. The PLFS has been  launched  from  April,  2017  with  the  objective  to  provide quarterly  changes  of  various  indicators  of  the  labour  market  for urban  areas  and  the  annual  estimates  of  different  labour  force indicators for both rural and urban areas, at State/UT and all India level.

(c):  As  a  regular  employment-unemployment  survey,  namely,  PLFS was  being  launched  from  April,  2017,  the  quinquennial  survey  on employment and unemployment was not taken up in 2016-17.

(d): Not Applicable.

(e):  Employment  is  measured  in  terms  of  Worker  Population  Ratio (WPR).  NSSO  has  not  conducted  any  survey  on  employment  and unemployment during the last three years. However, Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment has conducted Annual Surveys on Employment  and  Unemployment.  Based  on  these  surveys,  Worker Population Ratio (WPR) by states/UTs and distribution of employed persons  aged  15  years  and  aboveby  sectors,according  to  Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach, are given in the statements at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

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Annexure-I Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred

Question No. 3811 for 09.08.2017

State-wise  details  of  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  for  persons aged 15 years &  above  according  to  Usual  Principal  &  Subsidiary Status Approach

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2015-16   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (1)       | (2)               | (3)       | (4)       | (5)       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 60.6      | 64.8      | 61.6      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 58.4      | 63.4      | 62.1      |
| 3         | Assam             | 54.5      | 59.3      | 50.6      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 44.1      | 48.0      | 48.4      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 61.9      | 65.6      | 67.3      |
| 6         | Delhi             | 41.8      | 40.2      | 40.8      |
| 7         | Goa               | 43.7      | 47.9      | 44.7      |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 48.1      | 52.9      | 49.0      |
| 9         | Haryana           | 44.3      | 45.5      | 44.7      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 67.0      | 68.4      | 40.8      |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 42.5      | 43.3      | 36.7      |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 53.9      | 64.8      | 65.2      |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 55.1      | 56.8      | 55.5      |
| 14        | Kerala            | 40.6      | 48.0      | 45.2      |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 57.5      | 59.2      | 44.8      |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 53.4      | 55.2      | 52.2      |
| 17        | Manipur           | 54.7      | 61.2      | 59.9      |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 58.9      | 68.7      | 62.8      |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 63.7      | 71.2      | 67.4      |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 48.1      | 49.8      | 63.5      |
| 21        | Odisha            | 52.3      | 54.0      | 51.2      |
| 22        | Punjab            | 43.3      | 41.1      | 40.2      |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 51.2      | 54.5      | 53.7      |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 57.8      | 64.8      | 61.4      |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 55.4      | 58.3      | 56.3      |
| 26        | Telangana         | 0.0       | 65.1      | 56.6      |
| 27        | Tripura           | 53.6      | 54.9      | 61.9      |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 44.7      | 46.9      | 44.6      |
| 29 Uttar  | Pradesh           | 45.5      | 48.1      | 43.7      |

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2015-16   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (1)       | (2)                  | (3)       | (4)       | (5)       |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 50.3      | 48.7      | 50.7      |
| 31        | A & N Islands        | 37.6      | 53.7      | 54.1      |
| 32        | Chandigarh           | 39.0      | 39.7      | 37.1      |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 48.2      | 42.1      | 45.4      |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          | 53.3      | 43.2      | 50.1      |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | 40.0      | 42.8      | 34.6      |
| 36        | Puducherry           | 46.4      | 44.2      | 50.9      |
|           | All India            | 51.0      | 53.7      | 50.5      |

Annexure-II Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred

Question No. 3811 for 09.08.2017

Sector  wise  distribution  of  employed  persons  aged  15  years  & above,according  to  Usual  Principal  &  Subsidiary  Status  Approach, based on NIC 2008 classification (in %)

| Years   | Primary   | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary   | Secondary   | Secondary   | Tertiary   | Tertiary   | Tertiary   |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Years   | Rural     | Urban     | Person    | Rural       | Urban       | Person      | Rural      | Urban      | Person     |
| (1)     | (2)       | (3)       | (4)       | (5)         | (6)         | (7)         | (8)        | (9)        | (10)       |
| 2012-13 | 64.3      | 8.4       | 50.8      | 17.7        | 30.5        | 20.8        | 18.0       | 61.1       | 28.4       |
| 2013-14 | 61.6      | 8.4       | 48.3      | 19.6        | 30.6        | 22.4        | 18.8       | 61.0       | 29.3       |
| 2015-16 | 59.3      | 7.9       | 47.3      | 19.7        | 29.0        | 21.9        | 21.1       | 63.0       | 31.0       |