Lok Sabha Question No. 16 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*16

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

- *16.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) whether it is true that the unemployment rate has increased to 7.4 per cent in December, 2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also true that 84 per cent of the job losses came from the rural population and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  it  is  further  true  that  3.7  million  jobs  were  lost  by  the salaried employees and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *16 DUE FOR REPLY ON 04-02-2019 BY SHRI  RAM  MOHAN  NAIDU  KINJARAPU  REGARDING  'UNEMPLOYMENT RATE'.

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  the  results  of  available  labour  force  surveys  on Employment-Unemployment  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of Labour  and  Employment,  the  estimated  unemployment  rate  worker population ratio of rural and urban persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country is given below:

| Year    | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Year    | Rural                      | Urban                      | Rural+Urban                | Rural                            | Urban                            | Rural+Urban                      |
| 2012-13 | 3.5                        | 5.3                        | 4.0                        | 53.6                             | 44.2                             | 51.0                             |
| 2013-14 | 2.9                        | 4.9                        | 3.4                        | 57.1                             | 45.5                             | 53.7                             |
| 2015-16 | 3.4                        | 4.4                        | 3.7                        | 53.9                             | 41.8                             | 50.5                             |

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  of  the  Government.  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana (PMRPY) has been launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment for incentivising employers for promoting employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is paying entire employer's contribution (12% or as admissible) towards EPF and EPS for all eligible new employees for all  sectors  for  3  years.  Till  21-01-2019,  the  scheme  covered  128501 establishments and 1.05 crore beneficiaries.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana (PMMY)  has  been  initiated by Government  inter  alia  for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY collateral  free  loans  upto  Rs.  10  lakh,  are  extended  to  small/micro business  enterprises  and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or expand their business activities. Till 25 th  January, 2019, total 15.59 crore loans have been sanctioned under the scheme.

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