Lok Sabha Question No. 761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Regular Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

761. DR. P.K. BIJU:

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

- (a) whether there has been a fall in the number of regularly employed persons since 2009 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether that trend is still continuing and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  trend  noticed  as  far  as  informal  and  casual  employment  is concerned during the period from 2009 to 2014 and since 2014; and
- (d) the details and the number of persons totally unemployed during 2018?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  :  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment    has  been  conducting Quarterly Quick Employment Surveys in eight selected labour intensive and exportoriented sectors namely textiles, leather, metals, automobiles, gems and jewellery, transport, IT/BPO and handloom/ powerloom. The job growth in these 8 sectors  from 2009 to 2015 is given at   Annex-I.

The coverage of the Quarterly Quick Employment Survey has since been enhanced during  2016  with  more  industries/sectors.  The  job  growth  in  these  8  sectors  from July 2016 to October 2017 is given at   Annex-II.

- (c)  &  (d)    As  per  the  result  from  the  last  three  available  labour  force  surveys  on EmploymentUnemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, the estimated employment rate of Casual Labour  for persons aged 15 years and above on usual principal & subsidiary status approach basis was 31.3% during 2012-13, 31.1% during 2013-14 and 33.1% during 2015-16 in the country.

The available estimated unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above on usual principal & subsidiary status approach basis was 3.7% during 2015-16 in the country.  The details and number of persons totally unemployed during 2018 is not available.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2018

## REGULAR EMPLOYMENT

Annex-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 FOR 23-07-2018 REGARDING REGULAR EMPLOYMENT. JOB GROWTH IN 8 MAJOR SECTORS AS PER QUARTERLY QUICK EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY LABOUR BUREAU.

(in lakhs)

| Sl. No.           | Industry/ Group     |   Jan,09 to Dec,09 |   Jan,10 to Dec,10 |   Jan,11 to Dec,11 |   Jan,12 to Dec,12 |   Jan,13 to Dec,13 |   Jan,14 to Dec,14 |   Jan,15 to Dec,15 |
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1                 | 2                   |               3    |               4    |               5    |               6    |               7    |               8    |               9    |
| 1                 | Textiles            |               3.88 |               1.03 |              -0.34 |               1    |               2.86 |               1.41 |               0.72 |
| 2                 | Leather             |              -0.25 |               0.41 |              -0.21 |               0.03 |               0.44 |              -0.07 |              -0.08 |
| 3                 | Metal               |               0.58 |               0.76 |               1.07 |               0.21 |              -0.35 |               0.74 |               0.37 |
| 4                 | Automobile          |               0.55 |               1.27 |               0.47 |               0.09 |               0.16 |               0.25 |              -0.08 |
| 5                 | Gems & Jewellery    |               0.78 |               0.22 |               0.28 |              -0.01 |               0.09 |               0.11 |              -0.19 |
| 6                 | Transport           |              -0.07 |              -0.11 |               0.33 |               0.17 |              -0.09 |              -0.11 |              -0.04 |
| 7                 | IT/BPO              |               6.54 |               5.07 |               7.64 |               1.95 |               1.09 |               1.93 |               0.76 |
| 8                 | Handloom/ Powerloom |               0.8  |               0.01 |               0.05 |              -0.23 |              -0.02 |              -0.05 |              -0.11 |
| TOTAL (Year wise) | TOTAL (Year wise)   |              12.8  |               8.65 |               9.3  |               3.22 |               4.19 |               4.21 |               1.35 |

*Source:Labour Bureau

Annex-II STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 FOR 23-07-2018 REGARDING REGULAR EMPLOYMENT. SECTOR WISE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT IN EIGHT SECTORS AS PER QUARTERLY QUICK EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY LABOUR BUREAU.

( in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Sector                     |   1 st Jul 16 over 1 st Apr'16 |   1 st Oct 16 over 1 st Jul'16 |   1 st Jan'17 over 1 st Oct'16 |   1 st Apr'17 over 1 st Jan'17 |   1 st Jul'17 over 1 st Apr'17 |   1 st Oct.'17 over 1 st July'17 |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Manufacturing              |                          -0.12 |                           0.24 |                           0.83 |                           1.02 |                          -0.87 |                             0.89 |
| 2       | Construction               |                          -0.23 |                          -0.01 |                          -0.01 |                           0.02 |                           0.1  |                            -0.22 |
| 3       | Trade                      |                           0.26 |                          -0.07 |                           0.07 |                           0.29 |                           0.07 |                             0.14 |
| 4       | Transport                  |                           0.17 |                           0    |                           0.01 |                           0.03 |                          -0.03 |                             0.2  |
| 5       | Accommodation & Restaurant |                           0.01 |                          -0.08 |                           0    |                           0.03 |                           0.05 |                             0.02 |
| 6       | IT/BPO                     |                          -0.16 |                           0.26 |                           0.12 |                           0.13 |                           0.02 |                             0.01 |
| 7       | Education                  |                           0.51 |                          -0.02 |                           0.18 |                           0.02 |                           0.99 |                             0.21 |
| 8       | Health                     |                           0.33 |                           0    |                           0.02 |                           0.31 |                           0.31 |                             0.11 |
|         | Total                      |                           0.77 |                           0.32 |                           1.22 |                           1.85 |                           0.64 |                             1.36 |

*Source:Labour Bureau