Lok Sabha Question No. 3119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Employment amongst Degree Holders
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, KAMAL NATH

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06th  AUGUST, 2018

## EMPLOYMENT AMONGST DEGREE HOLDERS

3119.  SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI KAMAL NATH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  a  large  number  of  youngsters  having graduate, postgraduate and technical degrees are unemployed and looking for work/jobs and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  rate  of  unemployed  youth  in  the  country  in  comparison  to  other developing countries has increased in the past few years; and
- (c) if  so,  the  facts  and  details  thereof  and  the  details  of  the  strategies  being adopted/proposed  to  be  adopted  by  the  Government  to  ensure  employment  to educated youth across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per the results of available labour force survey on EmploymentUnemployment  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment, estimated unemployment rate for persons (aged 18-29 years) those who are  graduate & above on usual principal status approach were 18.4%  in 2015-16 in the country.

(b) & (c): As per the modelled estimates of International Labour Organisation (ILO), the unemployment rate for youth (aged 15-24 years) in developing countries are given below:

| Unemployment Rate for Youth (in %)   |   Unemployment Rate for Youth (in %) |   Unemployment Rate for Youth (in %) |   Unemployment Rate for Youth (in %) |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Country/Year                         |                               2015   |                               2016   |                               2017   |
| Bangladesh                           |                                 10.7 |                                 11.1 |                                 11.4 |
| Bhutan                               |                                 10   |                                 10.1 |                                 10.2 |
| China                                |                                 10.8 |                                 10.9 |                                 10.8 |
| India                                |                                 10.4 |                                 10.5 |                                 10.5 |
| Indonesia                            |                                 16.7 |                                 14.9 |                                 15.2 |
| Iraq                                 |                                 16.4 |                                 16.2 |                                 16.8 |
| Kenya                                |                                 26.2 |                                 26.3 |                                 26.2 |
| Malaysia                             |                                 10.8 |                                 10.7 |                                 10.9 |
| Maldives                             |                                 13.1 |                                 13.5 |                                 13.8 |
| Mexico                               |                                  8.6 |                                  7.7 |                                  6.8 |
| Myanmar                              |                                  1.6 |                                  1.6 |                                  1.7 |
| Nepal                                |                                  5.1 |                                  5   |                                  4.3 |
| Pakistan                             |                                  6.8 |                                  7.3 |                                  7.7 |
| South Africa                         |                                 50.1 |                                 53.4 |                                 53.5 |
| Sri Lanka                            |                                 20.6 |                                 22.1 |                                 20.7 |
| Thailand                             |                                  3.2 |                                  5.1 |                                  5.9 |

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the  priority of the Government. 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),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana(PMRPY)  has  been  launched  by  the Ministry of Labour and Employment  for incentivising employers for promoting employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is paying entire employer's contribution  (12%  or  as  admissible)  towards  EPF  and  EPS  for  all  eligible  new employees for all sectors for 3 years.

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  by  Government  for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended  to  small/micro  business  enterprises  and  for  individuals  to  enable  them  to setup or expand their business activities.

Government has implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online  platform  for  the  job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content.

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