Lok Sabha Question No. 421 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Jobseekers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 421 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18th DECEMBER, 2017

## JOBSEEKERS

## 421.  SHRI LALLU SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  the  number  of  persons  both  male  and  female  who  are  willing  for employment/jobseekers every year  has  been  ascertained  by  the  Government  in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof separately;
- (c) whether some sectors have also been identified by the Government for creating new employment opportunities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of employment generated therein during the last three years and the current year, sector-wise?

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

(a & b): Government has created a network of employment exchanges in the country to provide employment services and also to assess the situation of unemployment, where those  who  are  willing  for  employment  may  register  their  name.  Further,  National Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation (MoSPI) and Labour Bureau, Ministry of  Labour  and  Employment  also  conduct Employment-Unemployment Surveys at regular interval. Government is also implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project 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.      As  on  30th  November  2017,  there  are 2.54 crore male and 1.33 crore female jobseekers who are registered in NCS Portal.

(c & d): 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  Act (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)-National Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation.  The  physical  progress  of  these schemes are given below:

| Schemes            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18                   |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| PMEGP (in lakh)    |      3.57 |      3.23 |      4.07 | 0.62 (till June, 2017)    |
| DDU-GKY (in lakh)  |      0.54 |      1.35 |      0.85 | 0.24 (till June, 2017)    |
| MGNREGA (In lakh)  |  16619.4  |  23514.6  |  23583    | 10442.84 (till Aug, 2017) |
| DAY-NULM (In lakh) |      0.98 |      0.92 |      2.36 | -                         |

In order to improve the employability of youth, around 22 Ministries/Department run skill development schemes across various sectors. *****