Lok Sabha Question No. 2167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Employment in Traditional Industries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2167 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST  JANUARY, 2018

## EMPLOYMENT IN TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES

## 2167.   SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI:

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

- (a) the details of the efforts made by the Government in the last three years to enhance employment and earnings in the traditional industries of our country including  the  type  of  schemes  formulated  to  address  the  poverty  in  the country;
- (b) whether the Government has any data about the number of people living in extreme poverty and joblessness in the country; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  Government  of  India  in  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises is running a scheme titled  - 'Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional  Industry  (SFURTI)'.  The  Scheme  launched  in  2005-06  for  making Traditional  Industries  more  productive  and  competitive  by  organizing  the Traditional  Industries  and  artisans  into  clusters  has  been  revamped.  The scheme  inter-alia  aims  at  promoting  sustained  employment  for  traditional artisans  and  rural  enterpreneurs  and  to  enhance  marketability, etc.  The Government of India has approved the revamped SFURTI with modified norms for continuation during the XII Plan. Initially, in the first phase, 71 clusters are to be developed across the country involving an outlay of Rs. 149.44 crores.

As  of  now,  78  cluster  proposals  have  been  given  in-principle  approval  out  of which  72  cluster  proposals  have  been  given  final  approval  with  a  financial assistance of Rs.140.03 crore by Scheme Steering Committee (SSC) of SFURTI. 59900 artisans will be benefitted under these 72 clusters. The Scheme is under revision and in the process of continuation for next 3 years.

Tendulkar Committee provided the last estimates of Poverty Head Count Ratio and Number of persons below poverty line for 2004-05, 2009-10 and 2011-12 are at Annexure.

Reliable  estimates  of  employment  and  unemployment  are  obtained  through labour  force  surveys  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation and Labour Bureau, Ministry of  Labour & Employment. As per the result of last two surveys, the estimated Worker Population Ratio for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis was 53.7% during 2013-14 and 50.7% during 2015-16 and unemployment rate was 3.4% and 3.7% during these periods.

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Annexure ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 2167 FOR 01-01-2018

|    |                      | Poverty Estimates (Combined)   | Poverty Estimates (Combined)   | Poverty Estimates (Combined)   | Poverty Estimates (Combined)   | Number Below Poverty Line (Lakhs)   | Number Below Poverty Line (Lakhs)   | Number Below Poverty Line (Lakhs)   |
|----|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|    | State                | 1993-94                        | 2004-05                        | 2009-10                        | 2011-12                        | 2004-05                             | 2009-10                             | 2011-12                             |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh       | 44.6                           | 29.9                           | 21.1                           | 9.2                            | 238.8                               | 176.6                               | 78.8                                |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh    | 54.5                           | 31.1                           | 25.9                           | 34.7                           | 3.6                                 | 3.5                                 | 4.9                                 |
| 3  | Assam                | 51.8                           | 34.4                           | 37.9                           | 32                             | 97.3                                | 116.4                               | 101.3                               |
| 4  | Bihar                | 60.5                           | 54.4                           | 53.5                           | 33.7                           | 485.6                               | 543.5                               | 358.2                               |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh         | 50.9                           | 49.4                           | 48.7                           | 39.9                           | 109.9                               | 121.9                               | 104.1                               |
| 6  | Goa                  | 20.8                           | 25                             | 14.2                           | 9.9                            | 3.6                                 | 23.3                                | 17.0                                |
| 7  | Gujarat              | 37.8                           | 31.8                           | 8.7                            | 5.1                            | 172.2                               | 1.3                                 | 0.8                                 |
| 8  | Haryana              | 35.9                           | 24.1                           | 23                             | 16.6                           | 55.1                                | 136.2                               | 102.2                               |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh     | 34.6                           | 22.9                           | 20.1                           | 11.2                           | 14.6                                | 50.0                                | 28.8                                |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 26.3                           | 13.2                           | 9.5                            | 8.1                            | 14.2                                | 6.4                                 | 5.6                                 |
| 11 | Jharkhand            | 60.7                           | 45.3                           | 9.4                            | 10.3                           | 130.7                               | 11.5                                | 13.3                                |
| 12 | Karnataka            | 49.5                           | 33.4                           | 39.1                           | 37                             | 185.7                               | 126.2                               | 124.3                               |
| 13 | Kerala               | 31.3                           | 19.7                           | 23.6                           | 20.9                           | 65.0                                | 142.3                               | 129.8                               |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh       | 44.6                           | 48.6                           | 12                             | 7.1                            | 316.9                               | 39.6                                | 23.9                                |
| 15 | Maharashtra          | 47.8                           | 38.1                           | 36.7                           | 31.6                           | 393.3                               | 261.8                               | 234.1                               |
| 16 | Manipur              | 65.1                           | 38                             | 24.5                           | 17.4                           | 8.7                                 | 270.8                               | 197.9                               |
| 17 | Meghalaya            | 35.2                           | 16.1                           | 47.1                           | 36.9                           | 3.9                                 | 12.5                                | 10.2                                |
| 18 | Mizoram              | 11.8                           | 15.3                           | 17.1                           | 11.9                           | 1.4                                 | 4.9                                 | 3.6                                 |
| 19 | Nagaland             | 20.4                           | 9                              | 21.1                           | 20.4                           | 1.9                                 | 2.3                                 | 2.3                                 |
| 20 | Orissa               | 59.1                           | 57.2                           | 20.9                           | 18.9                           | 220.2                               | 4.1                                 | 3.8                                 |
| 21 | Punjab               | 22.4                           | 20.9                           | 37                             | 32.6                           | 53.8                                | 153.2                               | 138.5                               |
| 22 | Rajasthan            | 38.3                           | 34.4                           | 1.2                            | 8.3                            | 210.3                               | 0.1                                 | 23.2                                |
| 23 | Sikkim               | 31.8                           | 31.1                           | 15.9                           | 14.7                           | 1.8                                 | 43.5                                | 102.9                               |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu           | 44.6                           | 28.9                           | 24.8                           | 8.2                            | 186.8                               | 167.0                               | 0.5                                 |
| 25 | Tripura              | 32.9                           | 40.6                           | 13.1                           | 11.3                           | 13.7                                | 0.8                                 | 82.6                                |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh        | 48.4                           | 40.9                           | 17.1                           | 14                             | 735.5                               | 121.8                               | 5.2                                 |
| 27 | Uttarkhand           | 32                             | 32.7                           | 17.4                           | 29.4                           | 29.7                                | 6.3                                 | 598.2                               |
| 28 | West Bengal          | 39.4                           | 34.3                           | 37.7                           | 11.3                           | 289.1                               | 737.9                               | 11.6                                |
| 29 | A & N Islands        |                                |                                | 18                             | 20                             |                                     | 17.9                                | 185.0                               |
| 30 | Chandigarh           |                                |                                | 26.7                           | 9.7                            |                                     | 240.3                               | 1.2                                 |
| 31 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                |                                | 0.4                            | 1                              |                                     | 0.0                                 | 0.0                                 |
| 32 | Daman & Diu          |                                |                                | 9.2                            | 21.8                           |                                     | 1.0                                 | 2.3                                 |
| 33 | Delhi                | 15.7                           | 13.1                           | 39.1                           | 39.3                           | 20.4                                | 1.3                                 | 1.4                                 |
| 34 | Lakshadweep          |                                |                                | 33.3                           | 9.9                            |                                     | 0.8                                 | 0.3                                 |
| 35 | Puducherry           | 30.9                           | 14.1                           | 6.8                            | 2.8                            | 1.5                                 | 0.0                                 | 0.0                                 |
| 36 | India                | 45.3                           | 37.2                           | 29.8                           | 21.9                           | 4,076.1                             | 3,546.8                             | 2,697.8                             |

Source: Planning Commission