Lok Sabha Question No. 2995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Employment Guarantee Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2995 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06TH  AUGUST, 2018

## EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME

## 2995.   SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

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

- (a) whether the Government  has formulated/proposes to formulate any  new Employment Guarantee scheme for the unemployed in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  satisfied  with  the  present  schemes/  programmes being implemented to check unemployment in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (e) the other steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority concern of the Government. Ministry of Rural Development has been implementing 'The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005' which provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial  year  to  every  household  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled manual work. The demand for work itself is influenced by various factors such as rain-fall pattern, availability of alternative and remunerative employment opportunities outside MGNREGA and prevailing unskilled wage rates.

Further, Government runs various employment generation schemes for beneficiaries like  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  implemented  by Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  and Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM) implemented by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. Details of the progress of the schemes are as follows:

| Schemes/Year                                                       |   2017-18 | 2018-19             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------|
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (No. of Persons)        | 387184    | 111064 (30.06.2018) |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS (Persondays in crore)           |    234.26 | 82.51 (20.07.2018)  |
| Candidates placed in jobs after training (DDU-GKY) (No.of Persons) |  75787    | 23757 (10.07.2018)  |
| Skill Trained Persons given Placement DAY-NULM (No. of Persons)    | 115140    | 22518 (09.07.2018)  |

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is a scheme to extend collateral free loans by Banks,  Non-Banking  Financial  Companies  (NBFCs)  and  Micro  Finance  Institutions (MFIs) to small/micro business enterprises in the non-agricultural sector to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. Under PMMY, the number of loans sanctioned during 2015-16 to 2017-18 were 12.27 crore, out of which 3.49 crore were new entrepreneurs.

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

Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana has been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and  Employment  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivizing  employers  for  promoting employment  generation.  Under  this  scheme,  Government  is  paying  the  entire employer's  contribution  (12  %  or  as  admissible)  towards  the  EPS  and  EPF  for  all sectors  w.e.f.  01.04.2018    to  all  eligible  new  employees  and  is  applicable  for  all sectors for the next 3 years. Till 30th July, 2018,   benefits have been given to 76908 Establishments  covering  61.36  lakh  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY).

Government has also implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project which 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 and has a repository of career content.