Lok Sabha Question No. 2227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Reduction of Workforce in Industries
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2227.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 1 ST  JANUARY,  2018.

## REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE IN INDUSTRIES

## 2227.   SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that various industrial companies are substantially reducing their workforce;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the remedial measures taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to arrest this trend?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यएवंउद्योग मंत्रालयमेंराज् यमंत्री(श्री सी.आर.चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b):

Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  conducts  Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) with the objective to measure relative change in employment  situation  over  successive  quarters  in  sizeable  segment  of  Nonfarm Industrial economy  covering  8  major  sectors viz.  Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurants  and  IT/BPO  having  10  or  more  workers.  Findings  of  Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) are available only upto 31 st December, 2016 (as on 1 st January, 2017).  The results of various rounds of QES along with sectorwise  details regarding total  employment  under  first  round  and  change estimates of employment under 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th Rounds are presented as under:

Round)

| Sector-wise Change of Employment   | Sector-wise Change of Employment   | Sector-wise Change of Employment                   | Sector-wise Change of Employment                   | Sector-wise Change of Employment                    | Sector-wise Change of Employment                    |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                             | Sector                             | Level Estimates(First Employment (2 nd , (in lakh) | Level Estimates(First Employment (2 nd , (in lakh) | Round) and Change Estimates of 3 rd and 4 th Round) | Round) and Change Estimates of 3 rd and 4 th Round) |
| S. No.                             | Sector                             | Level Estimates as on 1 April, 2016                | Change Estimates (1 July, 2016 over 1 April,2016)  | Change Estimates (1 Oct, 2016 over 1 July,2016)     | Change Estimates (1 Jan, 2017 over 1 Oct, 2016 )    |
| 1                                  | Manufacturing                      | 101.17                                             | -0.12                                              | 0.24                                                | 0.83                                                |
| 2                                  | Construction                       | 3.67                                               | -0.23                                              | -0.01                                               | -0.01                                               |
| 3                                  | Trade                              | 14.45                                              | 0.26                                               | -0.07                                               | 0.07                                                |
| 4                                  | Transport                          | 5.8                                                | 0.17                                               | 0.00                                                | 0.01                                                |
| 5                                  | Accommodatio n &Restaurant         | 7.74                                               | 0.01                                               | -0.08                                               | 0.00                                                |
| 6                                  | IT/ BPO                            | 10.36                                              | -0.16                                              | 0.26                                                | 0.12                                                |
| 7                                  | Education                          | 49.98                                              | 0.51                                               | -0.02                                               | 0.18                                                |
| 8                                  | Health                             | 12.05                                              | 0.33                                               | 0.00                                                | 0.02                                                |
|                                    | Total                              | 205.22                                             | 0.77                                               | 0.32                                                | 1.22                                                |

Source- Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment

- (c): Employment generation is a key priority of the Government of India. A new scheme Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojna has been launched in the year 2016-17 for incentivizing  industry  for  promoting  employment  generation.  Under  this  scheme employers  would  be  provided  an  incentive  to  enhance  employment  where  the Government will pay the employer's contribution of 8.33% EPS made for the new employees. In textiles (apparel) sector, the Government will also pay the 3.67% EPF contribution  of  employers  in  addition  to  paying  the  8.33%  EPS  contribution. Government has also started Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with the objective to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood. Government is also implementing 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.

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