Lok Sabha Question No. 2553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI, GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA, T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2553

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH MARCH, 2018

## EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

2553. SHRI JOSE K. MANI: SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

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

- (a) the total number of employment exchanges functioning in the country along with  the  number  of  unemployed  persons,  registered  with  them,  State/UTwise;
- (b) whether  there  is  steady  increase  of  job  seekers  over  the  years  and  the number of persons got employment through such exchanges is minimal;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last two years, State/UT-wise and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  transform  employment exchanges into career centres;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the amount allocated for the same and the benefits likely to accrue therefrom;
- (f) whether the  employment exchanges in various  States under the  National Career Service Scheme have failed to place the registered candidates and have shown a low national placement percentage of 0.57%; and
- (g) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  for  low  placement  percentage along with the steps taken by the Government to address the challenges faced by the employment exchanges?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the  number  of employment exchanges functioning in the country (as on January, 2016) is  997 and the number of job seekers, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed, registered with live register of employment exchanges in the country were 4.49 crore  (Provisional)    in  Sept,  2015.    Data  for  the  year  2016  &  2017  are  not available. The State/UT-wise detail is given at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of job seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  with  live register of employment exchanges in the country and placement made through these employment exchanges in the country is given at Annexure-II.

(d) to (g): The Ministry is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as  a  plan  scheme  for  transformation  of  the  National  Employment  Service  to provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services  like  job  matching,  career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, etc. The  NCS  Project  envisages  setting  up  of  100  Model  Career  Centres  (MCCs)  in collaboration with States and other institutions to deliver employment services. There are 67 employment exchanges which have been transformed into Career Centers. The amount allocated for this purpose is given below:

| Year                |   Allocation of amount (Rs. in Lakh) |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2014-15             |                               398.41 |
| 2015-16             |                               716.17 |
| 2016-17             |                               387.22 |
| 2017-18 (till date) |                                67.21 |

As on 22nd Feb, 2018, on NCS portal 4.03 crore job seekers and 14.87 lakh employers were registered and 8.40 lakh jobs have been mobilised.

The  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  concern  of  the  Government.  The  Government  is  implementing  various programmes  in  this  direction  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),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendyal  Antodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM).

MUDRA  and  Start-Ups  schemes  are  initiated  by  the  Government  for facilitating  self-employment.  In  order  to  improve  the  employability  of  youth, around 22 Ministries/Departments run skill development schemes across various sectors.

A  Scheme  called  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMRPY)  has been launched by the Government in the year 2016-17 for incentivizing industry for promoting employment generation.

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Annex referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2553 due for reply on 12.03.2018

State/UT-wise details of number  of employment  exchanges  and  job seekers registered in live register in the country

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs           | Employment Exchanges #   | Job seekers registered in live register @ (in lakh)   |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 17                       | 8.95                                                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 12                       | 0.75                                                  |
| 3         | Assam                | 52                       | 18.85                                                 |
| 4         | Bihar                | 47                       | 7.22                                                  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 26                       | 18.02                                                 |
| 6         | Delhi                | 14                       | 12.63                                                 |
| 7         | Goa                  | 1                        | 1.38                                                  |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 48                       | 6.88                                                  |
| 9         | Haryana              | 59                       | 7.83                                                  |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 15                       | 8.17                                                  |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 17                       | 2.81                                                  |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 42                       | 5.60                                                  |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 40                       | 3.52                                                  |
| 14        | Kerala               | 89                       | 37.22                                                 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 49                       | 17.43                                                 |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 47                       | 36.82                                                 |
| 17        | Manipur              | 11                       | 7.36                                                  |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 12                       | 0.41                                                  |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 3                        | 0.32                                                  |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 8                        | 0.73                                                  |
| 21        | Odisha               | 40                       | 10.50                                                 |
| 22        | Punjab               | 47                       | 3.54                                                  |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 38                       | 6.11                                                  |
| 24        | Sikkim*              | -                        | -                                                     |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 35                       | 80.19                                                 |
| 26        | Telangana            | 14                       | 9.59                                                  |
| 27        | Tripura              | 5                        | 6.11                                                  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 24                       | 9.11                                                  |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        | 99                       | 38.75                                                 |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 77                       | 78.49                                                 |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar    | 1                        | 0.39                                                  |
| 32        | Chandigarh           | 2                        | 0.27                                                  |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                        | 0.09                                                  |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          | 2                        | 0.11                                                  |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | 1                        | 0.19                                                  |
| 36        | Puducherry           | 1                        | 2.21                                                  |
|           | Grand Total          | 997                      | 448.53                                                |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in the State.

# As on Jan, 2016.

- @  till Sept. 2015 (Provisional)

Annex referred to in reply to part (b & c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2553 due for reply on 12.03.2018

State/UT-wise  details  of  number  of  job  seekers  registered  in  live  register  of employment exchanges and placement made through these employment exchanges in the country

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | Number of job seekers (in lakh)   | Number of job seekers (in lakh)   | Placement (in thousand)   | Placement (in thousand)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | 2014                              | 2015 @                            | 2014                      | 2015 @                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh #         | 18.73                             | 8.95                              | 0.4                       | 0.1                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.57                              | 0.75                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 3         | Assam                    | 18.27                             | 18.85                             | 1.1                       | 0.6                       |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 8.26                              | 7.22                              | 0.1                       | 0.1                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 18.50                             | 18.02                             | 0.9                       | 3.2                       |
| 6         | Delhi                    | 11.98                             | 12.63                             | 0.2                       | 0.2                       |
| 7         | Goa                      | 1.39                              | 1.38                              | 2.1                       | 2.1                       |
| 8         | Gujarat                  | 7.40                              | 6.88                              | 290.8                     | 211.6                     |
| 9         | Haryana                  | 7.80                              | 7.83                              | 0.2                       | 0.2                       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh         | 9.96                              | 8.17                              | 2.3                       | 1                         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir          | 2.84                              | 2.81                              | 0.4                       | 0.1                       |
| 12        | Jharkhand                | 4.92                              | 5.60                              | 1.1                       | 2.3                       |
| 13        | Karnataka                | 3.70                              | 3.52                              | 2.1                       | 0.7                       |
| 14        | Kerala                   | 37.32                             | 37.22                             | 8                         | 6.2                       |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh           | 20.11                             | 17.43                             | 0.2                       | 0.1                       |
| 16        | Maharashtra              | 38.21                             | 36.82                             | 9.5                       | 13.4                      |
| 17        | Manipur                  | 7.12                              | 7.36                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 18        | Meghalaya                | 0.38                              | 0.41                              | 0                         | 0.1                       |
| 19        | Mizoram                  | 0.30                              | 0.32                              | 0.1                       | 0                         |
| 20        | Nagaland                 | 0.64                              | 0.73                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 21        | Odisha                   | 10.83                             | 10.50                             | 0.7                       | 1                         |
| 22        | Punjab                   | 3.62                              | 3.54                              | 2.4                       | 1.3                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan                | 6.81                              | 6.11                              | 0.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 24        | Sikkim*                  | -                                 | -                                 | -                         | -                         |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu               | 79.91                             | 80.19                             | 8.8                       | 7.2                       |
| 26        | Telangana                | -                                 | 9.59                              | -                         | 0.4                       |
| 27        | Tripura                  | 5.96                              | 6.11                              | 2.4                       | 0.3                       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand              | 8.61                              | 9.11                              | 0.6                       | 0.2                       |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh            | 68.56                             | 38.75                             | 1.3                       | 0.4                       |
| 30        | West Bengal              | 76.72                             | 78.49                             | 1.5                       | 0.4                       |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 0.42                              | 0.39                              | 0.1                       | 0.1                       |
| 32        | Chandigarh               | 0.34                              | 0.27                              | 0.1                       | 0.1                       |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 0.08                              | 0.09                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 34        | Daman & Diu              | 0.10                              | 0.11                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              | 0.19                              | 0.19                              | 0                         | 0                         |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 2.07                              | 2.21                              | 0.3                       | 0.1                       |
|           | Grand Total              | 482.61                            | 448.53                            | 338.5                     | 253.9                     |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in the State.

# Telangana includes in Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

@  till Sept. 2015 (Provisional)