Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Employment through Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

- (a) **

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*108

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TH JULY, 2017

## EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

*108.  SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) the  number  of  persons  provided  employment  or  those  who received call letters for jobs through the Employment Exchanges  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the increase or the decrease in the number of registrations with Employment  Exchanges  during  the  said  period,  State/UT-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

& (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *108 DUE FOR REPLY ON 24-07-2017 BY SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA REGARDING EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

(a) & (b): As per the information received from the states, the number of job  seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered with  employment  exchanges  and  placement  through  these  employment exchanges in the country is as given below:

| Details                             |   (in thousand) |   (in thousand) |   (in thousand) | (in thousand)            |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| Details                             |          2012   |          2013   |          2014   | 2015 (as on 30 th Sept.) |
| No. of Job seekers on live register |         44790.1 |         46802.5 |         48261.1 | 44852.5                  |
| Placement                           |           427.6 |           348.5 |           338.5 | 253.9                    |

The State-wise details are given at Annexure. District-wise information is not maintained centrally.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *108 due for reply on 24-07-2017

Number of job seekers on the live register and placement through employment exchanges during the year 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

(in thousand)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | Number of job seekers   | Number of job seekers   | Number of job seekers   | Number of job seekers   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | 2012                    | 2013                    | 2014                    | 2015#                   | 2012        | 2013        | 2014        | 2015#       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 1917.6                  | 1896.8                  | 1872.5                  | 895.2                   | 0.4         | 0.6         | 0.4         | 0.1         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 48.1                    | 53.2                    | 57.2                    | 74.8                    | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 3         | Assam                | 1616.4                  | 1693.1                  | 1826.9                  | 1884.8                  | 0.7         | 0.5         | 1.1         | 0.6         |
| 4         | Bihar                | 854.1                   | 803.5                   | 825.6                   | 721.9                   | 2.1         | 2.2         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 1462.3                  | 1516.5                  | 1849.8                  | 1802.3                  | 0.3         | 0.5         | 0.9         | 3.2         |
| 6         | Delhi                | 752.9                   | 1050.4                  | 1198.2                  | 1262.6                  | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.2         | 0.2         |
| 7         | Goa                  | 127.8                   | 137.3                   | 139.4                   | 137.6                   | 1.8         | 0.9         | 2.1         | 2.1         |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 877.0                   | 778.3                   | 739.6                   | 688.0                   | 246.0       | 271.6       | 290.8       | 211.6       |
| 9         | Haryana              | 778.8                   | 770.9                   | 779.8                   | 782.6                   | 12.3        | 0.7         | 0.2         | 0.2         |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 851.7                   | 939.3                   | 996.4                   | 816.9                   | 4.1         | 1.9         | 2.3         | 1.0         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 466.7                   | 294.3                   | 283.9                   | 281.0                   | 0.5         | 0.1         | 0.4         | 0.1         |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 640.3                   | 583.7                   | 491.9                   | 560.1                   | 12.1        | 3.4         | 1.1         | 2.3         |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 442.1                   | 407.8                   | 369.8                   | 352.0                   | 2.6         | 3.9         | 2.1         | 0.7         |
| 14        | Kerala               | 3928.0                  | 3750.1                  | 3732.3                  | 3722.4                  | 9.4         | 7.9         | 8.0         | 6.2         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 2066.2                  | 2076.7                  | 2010.9                  | 1742.9                  | 8.5         | 2.7         | 0.2         | 0.1         |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 2558.3                  | 2983.9                  | 3821.4                  | 3682.3                  | 103.8       | 18.6        | 9.5         | 13.4        |
| 17        | Manipur              | 661.9                   | 693.3                   | 712.1                   | 735.7                   | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 33.6                    | 36.2                    | 37.6                    | 40.7                    | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.1         |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 43.4                    | 38.2                    | 29.6                    | 32.3                    | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.0         |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 69.4                    | 63.9                    | 64.1                    | 72.9                    | 0.2         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 21        | Odisha               | 1068.1                  | 1072.7                  | 1083.0                  | 1050.3                  | 2.8         | 1.4         | 0.7         | 1.0         |
| 22        | Punjab               | 358.3                   | 391.2                   | 362.3                   | 353.9                   | 2.7         | 2.5         | 2.4         | 1.3         |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 736.6                   | 769.0                   | 680.9                   | 610.6                   | 0.5         | 0.3         | 0.4         | 0.4         |
| 24        | Sikkim*              | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | -           | -           | -           | -           |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 7743.2                  | 8484.7                  | 7991.0                  | 8018.8                  | 10.8        | 20.9        | 8.8         | 7.2         |
| 26        | Telangana            | -                       | -                       | -                       | 958.5                   | -           | -           | -           | 0.4         |
| 27        | Tripura              | 531.6                   | 565.7                   | 595.6                   | 611.3                   | 0.4         | 0.4         | 2.4         | 0.3         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 706.8                   | 748.2                   | 861.1                   | 911.0                   | 1.2         | 0.6         | 0.6         | 0.2         |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        | 6072.7                  | 6385.9                  | 6856.3                  | 3875.4                  | 1.6         | 4.0         | 1.3         | 0.4         |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 7040.9                  | 7481.7                  | 7671.7                  | 7848.9                  | 2.2         | 1.4         | 1.5         | 0.4         |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar    | 41.8                    | 43.4                    | 41.6                    | 38.6                    | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 32        | Chandigarh           | 37.7                    | 35.7                    | 34.3                    | 27.4                    | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 6.2                     | 7.0                     | 8.4                     | 8.6                     | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          | 9.7                     | 10.0                    | 10.0                    | 10.6                    | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | 16.1                    | 17.7                    | 18.8                    | 18.9                    | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 36        | Puducherry           | 224.1                   | 222.2                   | 207.2                   | 220.8                   | 0.3         | 1.2         | 0.3         | 0.1         |
|           | Grand Total          | 44790.1                 | 46802.5                 | 48261.1                 | 44852.5                 | 427.6       | 348.5       | 338.5       | 253.9       |

NOTE: # till 30th September, 2015

* No employment exchange is functioning in this state.