Lok Sabha Question No. 2583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Annual Labour Survey
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2583 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## ANNUAL LABOUR SURVEY

## 2583. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a)whether as per the annual labour bureau survey, total employment in the
- country has declined drastically during the last three years;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  it  is  a  fact  that  there  has  been  contractualisation  on  massive scale in the organised sector including Government departments; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): There  has  not  been  any  drastic  decline  in  total  employment  in the  country  as  per  latest  available  data  in  the  Labour  Bureau's  Annual Employment Unemployment Survey (AEUS) for the last three rounds relating to  the  years  2012-13,  2013-14  and  2015-16.  Year-wise    employment  as captured  by  Worker  Population  Rate  (WPR)  defined  as  ratio  of  persons employed to total population for specific age group under the Usual Principal and Subsidiary Status (UPSS) approach are given below:-

Contd..2/-

|   S. No. | Worker Population Rate (WPR)   |   Worker Population Rate (WPR) |
|----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Third EUS (2012 - 13)          |                           51   |
|        2 | Fourth EUS (2013 - 14)         |                           53.7 |
|        3 | Fifth EUS (2015 - 16)          |                           50.5 |

While  WPR  for  2013-14  has  increased,  the  decline  in  WPR  for  2015-16  is attributed to a fall in the WPR for female workers. The year-wise and genderwise details are given in the Annexure. (c) & (d): No, Madam. As per the latest i.e. 6 th  Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) report of the Labour Bureau which covers 8 major sectors of Non-farm Industrial  economy,  there  has  been  an  increase  in  employment  of  regular workers to the tune of 1,48,000 and a decline of 64,000 contract workers as on 1 st  July, 2017 over its previous quarter i.e. as on 1 st   April, 2017. *                                                    ********

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of  Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2583 to be answered on 12.03.2018 raised by SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA on 'Annual Labour Survey.' Worker  Population  Rate  based  on  Usual  Principal  &  Subsidiary  Status    UPSS  (PS+SS(  approach  for persons aged 15 years & above based on 3rd, 4th and 5th EUS

(in per cent(

|                      | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   | Worker Population Rate under UPSS   |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Survey /Sector       | RURAL                               | RURAL                               | RURAL                               | RURAL                               | URBAN                               | URBAN                               | URBAN                               | URBAN                               | RURAL + URBAN                       | RURAL + URBAN                       | RURAL + URBAN                       | RURAL + URBAN                       |
|                      | M                                   | F                                   | T                                   | P                                   | M                                   | F                                   | T                                   | P                                   | M                                   | F                                   | T                                   | P                                   |
| Third EUS (2012-13)  | 76.1                                | 28.7                                | -                                   | 53.6                                | 70.4                                | 15.7                                | -                                   | 44.2                                | 74.5                                | 25.0                                | -                                   | 51.0                                |
| Fourth EUS (2013-14) | 74.3                                | 35.1                                | -                                   | 57.1                                | 71.4                                | 17.5                                | -                                   | 45.5                                | 73.5                                | 29.6                                | -                                   | 53.7                                |
| Fifth EUS (2015-16)  | 75.7                                | 30.2                                | 51.9                                | 53.9                                | 67.1                                | 14.8                                | 36.9                                | 41.8                                | 73.3                                | 25.8                                | 47.2                                | 50.5                                |

M=Male, F=Female, T=Transgender, P=Person

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