Lok Sabha Question No. 5814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Employment Schemes for Drought and Flood Affected Areas
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5814

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  APRIL, 2017

## EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES FOR DROUGHT AND FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

## 5814.   SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any scheme to generate more employment opportunities for the people living in drought and flood affected areas of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the extent to which the said scheme is likely to help in generating employment for the poor people in various States;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  from  some  States  to  provide  additional assistance for implementation of employment generation schemes in their respective States; and (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon, State/UT-wise?

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

- (a)  to  (d):  There  is  no  specific  scheme  for  generation  of  more  employment  opportunities  for drought  and  flood  affected  areas  of  the  country.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development provides  50  days  of  additional  employment  in  notified  areas  of  drought  affected  States  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on recommendation of  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare.  Accordingly,  a  provision  of  additional employment of 50 days over and above 100 days per household under MGNREGA was made in the notified drought affected states Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during the Financial Year 2016-17.

Government  has  also  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)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

The  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management  rests  with  the  State  Government.    The Government  of  India  extends  all  the  possible  logistics  and  financial  support  to  the  States  to supplement  their  efforts  to  meet  the  situation  effectively.  The  concerned  State  Governments undertake assessment/ estimation of damage/ loss and provide relief operations in the wake of natural disasters including flood, from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) already placed at  their  disposal.  When  the  available  resources  of  States  are  inadequate,  State  Governments seek  additional  financial  assistance  through  a  Memorandum.  Soon  after  receipt  of  such  a Memorandum,  Central  Government  constitutes  an  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Team  for  spot  visit and  assessment  of  damage  which  form  the  basis  of  Central  assistance  out  of  the  National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

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 and made-ups) sector, the Government will  also  pay  the  3.67%  EPF  contribution  of  employers  in  addition  to  paying  the  8.33%  EPS contribution.  Government  has  announced  a  booster  package  of  Rs  6000  crores  for  the  textile sector which is an employment intensive sector.

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