Lok Sabha Question No. 2184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Pension Scheme for Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## PENSION SCHEME FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

## 2184.  SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to launch a monthly pension scheme for unemployed youth in view of the problems of rising unemployment across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has details of State-wise number of unemployed youth in the country; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  the  unemployed  youth who are at least matric pass, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): There is no proposal to launch a monthly pension scheme for unemployed youth as on date.

(b) & (c): As per the results of available labour force surveys on EmploymentUnemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment,  State/UT-wise  percentage  of  estimated  unemployed  youth  and educated  unemployed  youth  aged  18-29  years  on  usual  principal  status approach in  2015-16 in the country is given at Annexure-I.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b & c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2184 due for reply on 24-12-2018

## State-wise details of unemployed youth aged 18-29 years according to Usual Principal Status Approach in 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs        | Unemployment rate (in %)   | Distribution of Unemployed persons by educational classification (in %)   | Distribution of Unemployed persons by educational classification (in %)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs        | Unemployment rate (in %)   | Middle/Secondary/ Higher Secondary                                        | Graduate and above                                                        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 11.3                       | 2.6                                                                       | 24.1                                                                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 34.7                       | 10.3                                                                      | 28.7                                                                      |
| 3         | Assam             | 16.4                       | 5.3                                                                       | 25.3                                                                      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 15.5                       | 5.5                                                                       | 27.5                                                                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 5.0                        | 1.5                                                                       | 17.4                                                                      |
| 6         | Delhi             | 8.9                        | 1.6                                                                       | 5.0                                                                       |
| 7         | Goa               | 23.0                       | 11.6                                                                      | 14.0                                                                      |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 2.6                        | 0.6                                                                       | 3.5                                                                       |
| 9         | Haryana           | 12.7                       | 2.8                                                                       | 12.0                                                                      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 31.3                       | 6.8                                                                       | 34.9                                                                      |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 24.6                       | 3.2                                                                       | 17.2                                                                      |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 22.4                       | 6.1                                                                       | 37.1                                                                      |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 4.3                        | 1.1                                                                       | 7.1                                                                       |
| 14        | Kerala            | 29.5                       | 6.7                                                                       | 30.2                                                                      |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 8.7                        | 2.1                                                                       | 7.9                                                                       |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 7.3                        | 1.5                                                                       | 9.4                                                                       |
| 17        | Manipur           | 16.9                       | 2.6                                                                       | 32.9                                                                      |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 9.2                        | 4.8                                                                       | 30.9                                                                      |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 7.2                        | 1.7                                                                       | 32.1                                                                      |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 24.2                       | 3.8                                                                       | 37.8                                                                      |
| 21        | Orissa            | 14.6                       | 4.9                                                                       | 22.8                                                                      |
| 22        | Punjab            | 17.1                       | 4.2                                                                       | 17.5                                                                      |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 15.0                       | 2.7                                                                       | 21.0                                                                      |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 54.1                       | 15.2                                                                      | 73.3                                                                      |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 14.0                       | 2.9                                                                       | 16.7                                                                      |
| 26        | Telangana         | 8.1                        | 1.5                                                                       | 10.7                                                                      |
| 27        | Tripura           | 35.0                       | 17.4                                                                      | 49.2                                                                      |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 20.4                       | 3.0                                                                       | 20.9                                                                      |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 18.4                       | 3.8                                                                       | 23.7                                                                      |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 12.1                       | 3.9                                                                       | 26.2                                                                      |
| 31        | A. & N. Islands   | 28.0                       | 10.6                                                                      | 35.1                                                                      |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 14.3                       | 3.7                                                                       | 5.4                                                                       |
| 33        | D. & N. Haveli    | 6.9                        | 0.8                                                                       | 14.9                                                                      |
| 34        | Daman And Diu     | 0.7                        | -                                                                         | 2.1                                                                       |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 25.3                       | 7.5                                                                       | 13.7                                                                      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 18.7                       | 6.4                                                                       | 15.3                                                                      |
|           | All-India         | 13.2                       | 3.3                                                                       | 18.4                                                                      |

Source: E&U Survey of Labour Bureau.