Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: National Employment Policy
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*225

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH MARCH, 2018

## NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY

*225.   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the number of unemployed is increasing in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  in  the  process  of  evolving  an  allencompassing  National  Employment  Policy  keeping  in  view  the current employment situation in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  assess  and monitor the employment scenario in the country on real-time basis?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *225 DUE FOR REPLY ON 12-03-2018 BY DR. MANOJ RAJORIA AND COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY REGARDING 'NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY'.

- (a): As per the results the last labour force survey on EmploymentUnemployment  conducted  by  the  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment in 2015-16, the estimated unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country was 3.7%. The details of the Unemployment Rate based on Usual Principal and Subsidiary Status (UPSS) approach  for  persons  aged  15  years  &  above  based  on  last  4  years  are  as follows:

## Unemployment Rate under UPSS

(in per cent)

| Survey/ Sector   | Rural + Urban   |
|------------------|-----------------|
| 2011 - 12        | 3 . 3           |
| 2012 - 13        | 4 . 0           |
| 2013 - 14        | 3 . 4           |
| 2015 - 16        | 3 . 7           |

- (b) & (c): Yes Madam, An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted to draft  the  National  Employment Policy and consultations have been held with various stakeholders like Ministries, State Governments, Trade Unions, Industry  Associations  etc.  for  inputs  to  the  Policy.  International  Labour Organisation (ILO) has recently been involved for formulation of the National Employment Policy.
- (d):  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation  (MOSPI),  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 has launched a regular employmentunemployment  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.

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