Lok Sabha Question No. 3511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Employment Opportunity
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Chandan Singh, Pratima Mondal

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3511

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  JULY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

## 3511.   SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has constituted two panels under the leadership of the Prime Minister to increase annual growth rate and the number of employment opportunities in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the facts in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed priority regarding the said matters;
- (d)
- if so, the priorities of the Government in both these areas;
- (e) the details of the targets set regarding the objectives to be met by the said panels; and
- (f) the reason leading to unaltered unemployment rate in India in the past two years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (f):  Yes,  Sir.  The  'Cabinet  Committee on Investment and Growth' and the  'Cabinet  Committee  on  Employment  and  Skill  Development'  have  been constituted  on  06.06.2019.  The  Standing  Committees  of  the  Cabinet,  and their functions are set out in the First Schedule to the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 (ToB Rules). The said Committees will address issues relating to Investment and Growth and Employment and Skill Development  respectively.    Extant  composition  of  the  two  Committees  is annexed.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) to (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3511 FOR 15.07.2019

## Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth

## Composition

Prime Minister.

Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence.

Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

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## Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development

## Composition

Prime Minister.

Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence.

Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Minister of Human Resource Development.

Shri PiyushGoyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Shri  Dharmendra  Pradhan,  Minister  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas;  and  Minister  of Steel.

Dr. MahendraNath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Shri  Hardeep  Singh  Puri,  Minister  of  State  (Independent  Charge)  of  the  Ministry  of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

## Special Invitees

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries.

Smt.  Smriti  Zubin  Irani,  Minister  of  Women  and  Child  Development;  and  Minister  of Textiles.

Shri  Prahalad Singh  Patel,  Minister  of  State  (Independent  Charge)  of  the  Ministry  of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

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