Lok Sabha Question No. 1114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Survey of Unorganised Sectors
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## SURVEY OF UNORGANISED SECTORS

## 1114. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted/proposes to conduct any survey/study  to  find  out  the  number  of  persons  engaged  in  the unorganised sector in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details in this regard;
- (c) the various salient features of unorganized sector which could be identified through such studies;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any plan to divert people from the unorganized sector;
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  give  skill  development training  to  these  people  so  that  they  can  become  short  term entrepreneurs and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  FOR  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  [SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA]

(a) to (c): National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation  periodically  conducts  all-India  surveys  of Unincorporated  Non-agricultural  Enterprises.  The  NSS  73 rd   round  survey (July, 2015 -June, 2016) was dedicated to Unincorporated NonAgricultural  Enterprises  in  Manufacturing,  Trade  and  Other  Services (excluding  construction).  Before  NSS  73 rd   round,  survey  on  the  same subject  was  conducted  during  67 th   round  (July,  2010  -  June,  2011)  to collect  information  on  the  economic  and  operational  characteristics  of Unincorporated  Non-Agricultural  Enterprises  engaged  in  Manufacturing, Trade and Other Services (excluding construction).

The  survey  was  designed  to  estimate  value  of  key  characteristics  per enterprise  like  average  number  of  workers,  fixed  assets,  outstanding loans,  total  receipts,  total  operating  expenses  and  gross  value  added. Information on various operational characteristics like ownership, nature of  operation,  location,  status  of  registration  etc.,  was  also  collected  to have  an  insight  into  economic  scenario  of  the  unincorporated  nonagricultural enterprises in the country.

The results of the survey have been released in the form of two detailed reports  (NSS  Reports  No.  546  &  549)  uploaded  on  the  website  of  the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.  Some of the main features  of  the  unincorporated  non-agricultural  enterprises,  as  revealed by the survey, are given below:

-  The  survey  estimated  5.77  crore  unincorporated  non-agricultural enterprises (excluding construction) to be operating in India during 2010-11.
-  Of  the  total  estimated  number  of  unincorporated  non-agricultural enterprises, about 54 per cent were located in rural areas and 46 per cent in urban areas.
-  30 percent of the unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises were engaged in manufacturing, 36 percent in trading and the remaining 34 percent in other services activities.
-  About  10.8  crore  workers  were  engaged  in  unincorporated  nonagricultural enterprise activities excluding construction. Out of the total estimated number of workers, 51 percent were located in urban areas and the remaining 49 per cent in rural areas.
-  At  All  India  level,  Annual  Gross  Value  Added  per  worker  in  unincorporated non-agricultural sector was Rs. 58,193.  For rural India, the same was Rs. 37,241 and the corresponding estimate for urban areas  was  Rs.  78,527.  At  all  India  level,  highest  estimated  Annual Gross  Value  Added  per  worker  was  for  enterprises  engaged  in trading (Rs. 71,412).

Besides,  the  Ministry,  in  collaboration  with  the  State/UT  Governments, conducted  Sixth  Economic  Census  during  January,  2013  -  April,  2014 covering  the  entire  country.  In  this  exercise,  all  establishments  in  the organized  and  unorganized  sectors  engaged  in  various  agricultural  and non-agricultural  activities  excluding  crop  production,  plantation,  public administration, defence and compulsory social security were enumerated.

(d): No. (e): Does not arise. (f):  The  Central  Ministries/Departments  are  running  a  number  of  skill development schemes/programmes that enable and mobilise large number of Indian youth to take up skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood through jobs or self-employment.

Government  is  implementing  Entrepreneurship  cum  Skill  Development Programme (ESDP) throughout the country through departmental training centres  of  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC),  Khadi  and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs), National Academy of Rural Development & Self Employment Training Institute, Rural Self Employment Training  Institutes,  State  Governments  and  Central  Ministries  and  is preparing unemployed youth to set up enterprises under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  comprehensive  skill training scheme to benefit one crore (60 lakh under Fresh Training and 40 lakh  under  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL))  youth  during  four  years (2016 - 2020) with an outlay of ₹12,000 Crores.

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