Lok Sabha Question No. 3214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Jobs through Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3214 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th   AUGUST, 2018

JOBS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

3214.  SHRI RAJESH PANDEY: SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY

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

- (a) the number of persons provided employment or those who received call letters for jobs through the Employment Exchanges in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the increase  or the decrease  in the number  of  registrations with Employment Exchanges during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of job seekers, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed, got registered in employment  exchanges  and    placed  through  employment  exchanges  in  the country, State/UT-wise, are given at Annexure. Data for the year 2016 and 2017 is not available.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3214 due for reply on 06.08.2018.

State/UT-wise number of job-seekers' registration and placement made through employment exchanges in the country

(in thousand)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Job-seekers' registration   | Job-seekers' registration   | Job-seekers' registration   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|           |                   | 2013                        | 2014                        | 2015#                       | 2013        | 2014        | 2015#       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 101.0                       | 87.0                        | 55.7                        | 0.6         | 0.4         | 0.2         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 5.2                         | 3.1                         | 9.1                         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 3         | Assam             | 192.0                       | 269.3                       | 262.8                       | 0.5         | 1.1         | 0.9         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 123.7                       | 126.0                       | 133.2                       | 2.2         | 0.1         | 1.1         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 212.5                       | 218.9                       | 216.0                       | 0.5         | 0.9         | 3.2         |
| 6         | Delhi             | 159.3                       | 147.7                       | 64.4                        | 0.1         | 0.2         | 0.2         |
| 7         | Goa               | 21.5                        | 21.8                        | 19.0                        | 0.9         | 2.1         | 2.9         |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 434.3                       | 444.3                       | 474.1                       | 271.6       | 290.8       | 336.7       |
| 9         | Haryana           | 86.3                        | 111.0                       | 127.3                       | 0.7         | 0.2         | 0.3         |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 188.9                       | 149.2                       | 169.5                       | 1.9         | 2.3         | 1.1         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 9.9                         | 10.3                        | 7.6                         | 0.1         | 0.4         | 0.1         |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 84.7                        | 63.2                        | 160.1                       | 3.4         | 1.1         | 2.9         |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 70.6                        | 63.8                        | 62.5                        | 3.9         | 2.1         | 0.8         |
| 14        | Kerala            | 497.6                       | 541.5                       | 442.5                       | 7.9         | 8.0         | 8.2         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 335.1                       | 312.3                       | 392.9                       | 2.7         | 0.2         | 0.1         |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 324.7                       | 686.2                       | 613.3                       | 18.6        | 9.5         | 22.9        |
| 17        | Manipur           | 25.5                        | 17.5                        | 18.8                        | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 8.2                         | 6.2                         | 14.0                        | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.1         |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 4.3                         | 3.9                         | 8.3                         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.0         |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 13.7                        | 13.0                        | 28.7                        | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 21        | Odisha            | 169.1                       | 168.4                       | 132.7                       | 1.4         | 0.7         | 1.3         |
| 22        | Punjab            | 131.0                       | 65.6                        | 115.0                       | 2.5         | 2.4         | 1.7         |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 175.0                       | 123.8                       | 85.7                        | 0.3         | 0.4         | 0.4         |
| 24        | Sikkim*           | -                           | -                           | -                           | -           | -           | -           |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 1317.8                      | 1361.8                      | 1527.3                      | 20.9        | 8.8         | 7.7         |
| 26        | Telangana         | -                           | -                           | 198.0                       | -           | -           | 0.5         |
| 27        | Tripura           | 31.0                        | 30.5                        | 24.8                        | 0.4         | 2.4         | 0.4         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 130.6                       | 180.9                       | 191.8                       | 0.6         | 0.6         | 0.2         |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 524.2                       | 356.4                       | 1008.1                      | 4.0         | 1.3         | 0.4         |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 554.3                       | 336.4                       | 333.2                       | 1.4         | 1.5         | 0.5         |
| 31        | A & N Islands     | 10.5                        | 8.1                         | 11.1                        | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 4.7                         | 4.7                         | 4.1                         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 33        | D & N Haveli      | 1.0                         | 1.4                         | 0.5                         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 34        | Daman And Diu     | 0.3                         | 0.0                         | 0.7                         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 1.5                         | 0.8                         | 0.2                         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 19.3                        | 22.1                        | 26.3                        | 1.2         | 0.3         | 0.1         |
|           | Total             | 5969.4                      | 5957.2                      | 6939.4                      | 348.5       | 338.5       | 395.0       |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State;   # Provisional; Total may not tally due to rounding off.

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