Lok Sabha Question No. 478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Employment through Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 478

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

## 478.  SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  educated  youths  registered  in  various  employment exchanges who are unemployed/underemployed or have disguised employment, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to create additional job opportunities to provide employment to at least educated unemployed youth;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme/programme  to  provide  training and then employment to uneducated youths; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  for  the  said schemes during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  As  per  information received from state governments, the number of youth job  seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  with employment exchanges in the country including Chhattisgarh were 3.02 crore as  on  31 st   December,  2013.  The  data  for  the  year  2014  and  2015  is  under compilation. The State-wise details is given at Annex.
- (b) to (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 Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (NRLM)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and  National  Urban Livelihoods  Mission  (NULM)  run  by  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Poverty

Alleviation.  Government  is  also  implementing  schemes  like  Make-in-India, Digital  India,  Skill  India,  Swachch  Bharat,  Start-up  India,  Smart  City  projects etc., which will be creating more employment opportunities for job seekers.

In  order  to  improve  the  employability  of  youth,  around  20  Ministries  run skill  development  schemes  across  70  sectors.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that  will  help  them  secure  better  livelihood.  Individuals  with  prior  learning experience  or  skills  will  also  be  assessed  and  certified  under  Recognition  of Prior  Learning  (RPL)  scheme.  The  Apprenticeship  Protsahan  Yojana  promotes apprenticeship in industry while several skill  development  schemes  are employment linked.

Government has implemented 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 and has a repository of career content.

Further,  a  new  Scheme  'Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana'  has been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivising industry for promoting employment generation with the allocation of Rs. 1000 crore. 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 to 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.

## The funds allocated  in various schemes are given below:

| (in crore Rs.)          | (in crore Rs.)   | (in crore Rs.)   | (in crore Rs.)             |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
| Schemes                 | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17 (as on 31 st Oct.) |
| PMEGP                   | 1093.06          | 1286.20          | 1513.42                    |
| MGNREGA (fund Released) | 32476.87         | 36644.80         | 36234.39                   |
| DDU-GKY                 | 568.63           | 579.63           | 498.57                     |
| NULM                    | 1482.81          | 1488.63          | 1029.62                    |

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 478 due for reply on 06.02.2017

State-wise number of Youth job seekers in the age group of 15-29 years registered with Employment Exchanges as on 31st December, 2013.

(In thousands)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs        | Youth Job Seekers   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh#   | 1196.6              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 49.5                |
| 3         | Assam             | 1217.3              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 547.7               |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1136.6              |
| 6         | Delhi             | 709.0               |
| 7         | Goa               | 113.4               |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 580.2               |
| 9         | Haryana           | 515.9               |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 567.1               |
| 11        | Jammu And Kashmir | 139.0               |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 411.2               |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 288.9               |
| 14        | Kerala            | 2554.1              |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1580.6              |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 2302.3              |
| 17        | Manipur           | 372.1               |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 28.3                |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 32.6                |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 50.2                |
| 21        | Orissa            | 775.2               |
| 22        | Punjab            | 257.8               |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 550.4               |
| 24        | Sikkim *          | -                   |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 4865.2              |
| 26        | Tripura           | 399.1               |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 545.9               |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3553.5              |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 4670.3              |
| 30        | A. & N. Islands   | 35.6                |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 28.0                |
| 32        | D. & N. Haveli    | 5.5                 |
| 33        | Daman And Diu     | 5.2                 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | 11.1                |
| 35        | Puducherry        | 157.2               |
|           | Grand Total       | 30252.6             |

*No Employment Exchanges is functioning in this State.

# Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana