Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Workforce Growth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, MOHAMMAD SALIM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18TH DECEMBER, 2017

## WORKFORCE GROWTH

458.   SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN: SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

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

- (a) the  growth of  India's  workforce  in  the  last  five  years,  year-wise,  State/UT-wise and in absolute and percentage terms;
- (b) whether  the  growth  in  employment  opportunities  is  not  in  proportion  to  the growth in workforce during the said period;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  unemployment  rate  has  gradually  gone  up  in  the  country  during  the above period; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  sector-wise  and  the  efforts  being  made  by  the Government to arrest this situation?

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  the  result  of  surveys  on  employment-unemployment  conducted  by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, the estimated worker population ratio and unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country  is given below:

| Year    |   Worker Population Ratio (in %) | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 53.6    |                              3.3 | 2011-12                    |
| 51.0    |                              4   | 2012-13                    |
| 53.7    |                              3.4 | 2013-14                    |
| 2015-16 |                              3.7 | 50.5                       |

The state-wise detail of worker population ratio is given at Annexure.

(e): Employment generation is a key priority of the Government with focus on making employment opportunities accessible to unemployed persons. Government is implementing  schemes  like  Make-in-India,  Digital  India,  Skill  India,  Swachch  Bharat, Start-up  India,  Smart  City  projects  etc.,  which  will  be  creating  more  employment opportunities for the job seekers.  A booster package of Rs. 6000 crores for the textile sector which is an employment intensive sector has been announced.

In order to improve the employability of youth, around 22 Ministries/Departments run skill development schemes across various sectors.  According to the data compiled by  National  Skill  Development  Agency  (NSDA),  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship, 1.04 crore numbers of persons were skilled across various sectors during 2015-16.

Government has implemented 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.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a to d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 458 due for reply on 18-12-2017.

Worker Population Ratio for persons aged 15 years & above according to Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach

(in %)

| Sl. No.     | State/UTs            | 2011-12   | 2012-13   |   2013-14 |   2015-16 |
|-------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh       | 64.4      | 60.6      |      64.8 |      61.6 |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh    | 54.7      | 58.4      |      63.4 |      62.1 |
| 3           | Assam                | 55.0      | 54.5      |      59.3 |      50.6 |
| 4           | Bihar                | 49.0      | 44.1      |      48   |      48.4 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh         | 68.3      | 61.9      |      65.6 |      67.3 |
| 6           | Delhi                | 45.3      | 41.8      |      40.2 |      40.8 |
| 7           | Goa                  | 43.0      | 43.7      |      47.9 |      44.7 |
| 8           | Gujarat              | 54.6      | 48.1      |      52.9 |      49   |
| 9           | Haryana              | 43.4      | 44.3      |      45.5 |      44.7 |
| 10 Himachal | Pradesh              | 71.3      | 67.0      |      68.4 |      40.8 |
| 11 Jammu &  | Kashmir              | 44.0      | 42.5      |      43.3 |      36.7 |
| 12          | Jharkhand            | 60.7      | 53.9      |      64.8 |      65.2 |
| 13          | Karnataka            | 57.7      | 55.1      |      56.8 |      55.5 |
| 14          | Kerala               | 44.7      | 40.6      |      48   |      45.2 |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh       | 57.4      | 57.5      |      59.2 |      44.8 |
| 16          | Maharashtra          | 57.3      | 53.4      |      55.2 |      52.2 |
| 17          | Manipur              | 62.4      | 54.7      |      61.2 |      59.9 |
| 18          | Meghalaya            | 68.0      | 58.9      |      68.7 |      62.8 |
| 19          | Mizoram              | 64.4      | 63.7      |      71.2 |      67.4 |
| 20          | Nagaland             | 59.2      | 48.1      |      49.8 |      63.5 |
| 21          | Odisha               | 52.2      | 52.3      |      54   |      51.2 |
| 22          | Punjab               | 42.6      | 43.3      |      41.1 |      40.2 |
| 23          | Rajasthan            | 53.1      | 51.2      |      54.5 |      53.7 |
| 24          | Sikkim               | 62.6      | 57.8      |      64.8 |      61.4 |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu           | 59.2      | 55.4      |      58.3 |      56.3 |
| 26          | Telangana            | -         | -         |      65.1 |      56.6 |
| 27          | Tripura              | 56.3      | 53.6      |      54.9 |      61.9 |
| 28          | Uttarakhand          | 45.1      | 44.7      |      46.9 |      44.6 |
| 29 Uttar    | Pradesh              | 46.3      | 45.5      |      48.1 |      43.7 |
| 30          | West Bengal          | 51.1      | 50.3      |      48.7 |      50.7 |
| 31 A & N    | Islands              | 51.5      | 37.6      |      53.7 |      54.1 |
| 32          | Chandigarh           | 44.2      | 39.0      |      39.7 |      37.1 |
| 33          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 60.5      | 48.2      |      42.1 |      45.4 |
| 34          | Daman & Diu          | 50.3      | 53.3      |      43.2 |      50.1 |
| 35          | Lakshadweep          | 36.8      | 40.0      |      42.8 |      34.6 |
| 36          | Puducherry           | 52.1      | 46.4      |      44.2 |      50.9 |
|             | All India            | 53.6      | 51.0      |      53.7 |      50.5 |

Source: E&U Surveys  of Labour Bureau