Lok Sabha Question No. 224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Job Losses
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: H. Vasanthakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 224

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JUNE, 2019

## JOB LOSSES

## 224.  SHRI H. VASANTHAKUMAR:

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

- (a) whether it is true that the rate of unemployment stood at more than 8.5% in the last few months;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether  most of the job losses came from the rural population and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  it  is  also  true  that  about  4  million  jobs  were  lost  by  the  salaried employees; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details thereof  and the corrective measures proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  results  of  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  by National  Sample  Survey  Office,  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation during 2017-18, the estimated unemployment rate on usual status (ps+ss) basis for the persons of all ages in the country was 6.1%.State-wise detail is given at Annexure.
- (c): The quinquennial labour force surveys on employment and unemployment were conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme Implementation. The last such survey was conducted during 2011-12. Now, NSSO  has  switched  to  the  annual  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  which  was conducted during 2017-18.  The estimated worker population ratio for rural and  urban on usual status (ps+ss) basis for the persons of all ages in the country during 2011-12 and 2017-18  is given below:

(Note: *For comparability, the results of the PLFS need to be understood in the context with which the survey methodology and sample selection has been designed)

| Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Year                             | Rural                            | Urban                            | Rural+Urban                      |
| 2017-18* (PLFS)                  | 35.0                             | 33.9                             | 34.7                             |
| 2011-12 (NSS 68th round)         | 39.9                             | 35.5                             | 38.6                             |

(d)  &  (e):    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 Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  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.

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  since  April,  2015  by Government 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.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  the  flagship  scheme  of  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE).  The  objective  of  this  Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industryrelevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.

Government has implemented the National Career Service (NCS)  Project  which comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online  platform  for  the  job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content to job seekers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 224 due for reply on 24-06-2019

State/UT-wise details of Unemployment Rate for persons of all ages according to usual status (ps+ss) Approach during 2017-18 (PLFS)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         |   Unemployment rate (in %) |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |                        4.5 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |                        5.9 |
| 3.        | Assam             |                        8.1 |
| 4.        | Bihar             |                        7.2 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |                        3.3 |
| 6.        | Delhi             |                        9.7 |
| 7.        | Goa               |                       13.9 |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |                        4.8 |
| 9.        | Haryana           |                        8.6 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                        5.5 |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                        5.3 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand         |                        7.7 |
| 13.       | Karnataka         |                        4.8 |
| 14.       | Kerala            |                       11.4 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                        4.5 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra       |                        4.9 |
| 17.       | Manipur           |                       11.6 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya         |                        1.5 |
| 19.       | Mizoram           |                       10.1 |
| 20.       | Nagaland          |                       21.4 |
| 21.       | Odisha            |                        7.1 |
| 22.       | Punjab            |                        7.8 |
| 23.       | Rajasthan         |                        5   |
| 24.       | Sikkim            |                        3.5 |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu        |                        7.6 |
| 26.       | Telangana         |                        7.6 |
| 27.       | Tripura           |                        6.8 |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand       |                        7.6 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh     |                        6.4 |
| 30.       | West Bengal       |                        4.6 |
| 31.       | & N Islands       |                       15.8 |
| 32.       | Chandigarh        |                        9   |
| 33.       | Dadra & Nagar     |                        0.4 |
| 34.       | Daman & Diu       |                        3.1 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep       |                       21.3 |
| 36.       | Puducherry        |                       10.3 |
|           | All-India         |                        6.1 |

Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey, M/o  Statistics and Programme Implementation