Lok Sabha Question No. 5667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: CMIE Study on Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5667

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02ND APRIL, 2018

## CMIE STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT

5667.  SHRI KAMAL NATH: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the study undertaken by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) wherein it has been stated that unemployment rate in the country has jumped at an alarming level during the last 15 months;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (c) the  details  of  steps  taken/new  strategies  being  adopted  by  the  Government  to increase jobs and bring down unemployment rate in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a  to  c):    As  per  the  result  from  last  available  labour  force  survey  on  EmploymentUnemployment  conducted  in  2015-16  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 was 3.7% in 2015-16.

The  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority concern of the Government. Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country 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)  run  by Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  schemes  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  run  by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  VikasYojana  (PMKVY)  is  the  flagship  scheme  of  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE).  The  objective  of  this  Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industryrelevant  skill  training  that  will  help  them  in  securing  a  better  livelihood.  Individuals with  prior  learning  experience  or  skills  will  also  be  assessed  and  certified  under Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL).    In  order  to  improve  the  employability  of  youth, around  22  Ministries/Departments  run  skill  development  schemes  across  various sectors.

MUDRA and Start-Ups schemes are initiated by the Government for facilitating self-employment.

Government is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online  platform  for  jobseekers and employers for job matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content.

A scheme called Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) has been launched  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivising  industry  for  promoting  employment generation.  Under  this  scheme  employers  are  provided  an  incentive  to  enhance employment where the Government is paying the employer's contribution of 8.33% EPS made for the new employees. In textiles (apparel and made-up) sector, the Government will also pay the 3.67% EPF contribution of employers in addition to paying the 8.33% EPS contribution.

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