Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Number of Unemployed People
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 221 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE

## 221.  SHRI M.B.RAJESH:

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

- (a) the number of unemployed people who have been given jobs by the Government during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether there is resentment among the youth against the Government due to high unemployment in the country;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to provide jobs to unemployed youth?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (d):  Recruitment  under  central  government  is  primarily  made  by  various recruitment agencies namely Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection  Commission  (SSC)  and  Railway  Recruitment  Board  (RRB)  etc..  Besides these,  many  Ministries/Departments  have  their  own  recruitment  mechanism  for certain posts in their domain. There is no centralized agency to collect data from all recruitment agencies and from States/UTs. The Government posts are regularly filled up  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  recruitment  rules.  The  year-wise  number  of persons recruited through the main recruitment agencies of the Central Government as available in the Ministry of Labour and Employment is given below:

| Year    |   No. of candidates recommended by UPSC |   No. of candidates recommended by SSC |   No. of candidates empanelled/ recruited by RRB/ RRCs |   Total |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 2014-15 |                                    8272 |                                  58066 |                                                  47186 |  113524 |
| 2015-16 |                                    6866 |                                  25138 |                                                  79803 |  111807 |
| 2016-17 |                                    5740 |                                  68880 |                                                  26318 |  100938 |
| 2017-18 |                                    6314 |                                  45391 |                                                  19100 |   70805 |

The above figures do not include recruitments made by the various Ministries/Deptt.  through  their  own  mechanism,  State  Governments,  Banks,  Other Financial Institutions, Universities, Central Public Sector Enterprises, Statutory/Autonomous  Bodies  and  directly  by  the  Ministries/Departments  without going through UPSC, SSC and other recruiting agencies.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. Government has 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),  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaY ojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). The progress of these schemes is given at Annexure.

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  has  covered 1,28,501 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 uptoRs. 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  No.  of  15.59 crore loans have been sanctioned under the scheme.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a to d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 221 due for reply on 04-02-2019

## Employment Generated through major Central Government Schemes/programmes

| Schemes/Year                                         |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 | 2018-19                   |
|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (in lakh) |      3.57 |      3.23 |      4.08 |      3.87 | 2.85 (till 30-11- 2018)   |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( in crore)       |    166.19 |    235.14 |    235.64 |    234.26 | 163.22 (till 30-11- 2018) |
| Candidates placed under DDU-GKY (in lakh)            |      0.54 |      1.09 |      1.48 |      0.76 | 0.96 (till 03-12- 2018)   |
| Placement under DAY-NULM (in lakh)                   |      0.63 |      0.34 |      1.52 |      1.15 | 0.95 (till 05-12- 2018)   |