Lok Sabha Question No. 2696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Lack of Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2696 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2018

## LACK OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2696.   SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

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

- (a) whether  India  continues  to  grapple  with  unemployment  due  to  lack  of adequate jobs for the youth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether it is a fact that college, engineering and MBA graduates applied for  the  jobs  of  sweeper,  watch  man,  driver,  peon  etc.  in  the  Madhya Pradesh High Court;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any action has been taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (f):  Employment  generation  has  been  an  important  priority  of  the Government.  Employment  generation  is  both  a  cause  and  consequence  of economic  growth  and  is  impacted  by  demographic  shifts  and  technological transformations.

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),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM).  The  Make  in  India,  Skill  India,  Digital  India  schemes  are  being implemented  by  the  Government  and  these  are  likely  to  enhance  the employment  base.  MUDRA  and  START  UPS  scheme  are  initiated  by  the Government for facilitating self employment.

Loans  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  Scheme  have  been extended  by  banks,  Non  Banking  Financial  Companies  (NBFCs)  and  Micro Finance  Institutions  (MFIs)  to  small/micro  business  enterprises  by  providing loans  upto  10  lakh  for  manufacturing,  processing,  trading,  services  and activities allied to agriculture for promotion of self-employment.

A  skill  gap  study  has  been  conducted  by  National  Skill  Development Corporation (NSDC), which indicates that there is an additional net incremental  requirement  of  109.73  million  skilled  manpower  by  2022  in twenty  four  key  sectors.  The  Government  is  implementing  a  number  of schemes for imparting employable skills to the youth.  In order to improve the  employability  of  youth,  around  22  Ministries/Departments  run  skill development  schemes  across  various  sectors.    According  to  the  data,  as available,  compiled  by  National  Skill  Development  Agency  (NSDA),  Ministry of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  numbers  of  persons  skilled across  various  sectors  were  51.88  lakh  in  2012-13,  76.37  lakh  in  2013-14, 76.12 lakh in 2014-15 and 104.16 lakh in 2015-16.

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