Lok Sabha Question No. 2567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Salaried Jobs
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2567

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2018

## SALARIED JOBS

2567.  SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. J.JAYAVARDHAN:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

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

- (a) the number of new regular salaried jobs created during each of the last three years and the current year in different fields;
- (b) whether as per World Bank India needs to create regular, salaried jobs with growing earnings rather than self employed ones in order to join the ranks of the global middle class by 2047;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether there is decline in the number of regular salaried jobs in the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  the  World  Bank  has  also  warned  that  with  an  increasing number of youths needing employment, the jobs deficit that India faces has the potential to turn the much awaited demographic dividend into a demographic curse; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the  Government  thereto along  with  the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  create more salaried jobs in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): Besides Public sector, in view of presence of salaried employment in  other  sectors  as  well  the  data  relating  to  salaried  job  persons  is  not maintained centrally. World Bank in its draft Systematic Country Diagnostics(SCD) for India expressed their needs to create regular, salaried jobs with growing earnings rather than self-employed ones in order to join the  ranks  of  the  global  middle  class  by  2047.  However,  as  per  the Government  of  India's  Economic  Survey  2017-18,  if  India's  per  capita income grows at 6.5 per cent annually, the country will reach upper-middle income status by the mid-to-late 2020s.

The Employment generation coupled with improving employability has been the priority concern of the Government. The Government has taken various steps  in  this  direction  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), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhayaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY)  and  Deendyal  Antodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM).

A  Scheme  called  'Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana'  has  been launched by the Government 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 to new employees. In textiles (apparel and made-ups) sector, the Government will also pay the 3.67% EPF contribution of employers in addition to paying the 8.33% EPS contribution.

Ministry of Labour & Employment is implementing National Career Service Project  (NCSP)  for  transforming  the  employment  services  in  the  country using technology to bring more employment opportunities to the jobseekers.

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