Lok Sabha Question No. 1535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Unemployment in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS

## 1535.   SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether unemployment has risen in the rural areas as compared to the urban areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the percentage of increase in unemployment during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the schemes implemented for generation of employment opportunities in the rural areas; and
- (d) the details of target fixed and the achievements made under the said scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  information  shared  by  National  Statistics  Office  (NSO),  the  Annual  Report  on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) (July 2017-June 2018), published by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, estimates of Unemployment Rate (primary status + secondary status) in India is 5.3% for rural sector and 7.7% in urban sector.
- (c)  &  (d): For  generation  of employment  opportunities  in  rural  areas,  this Ministry  is implementing the following Schemes -
- i. Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS) provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual  work.  It  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme.  Hence,  no targets/milestones are set under the scheme. Details of Persondays generated during the

last  three  years  and  current  Financial  Year  2019-20  (as  on  28.01.2020)  against  the agreed to labour budget, under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, is at Annexure-I.

- ii. Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  is  being  implemented  by  this Ministry since 2017-18 to help the rural poor to set-up enterprises at village level in non-agriculture  Sector.  As  on  31 st December,  2019,  a  total  of  137  projets  have  been approved to support 2.14 lakh enterprises. The year wise number of enterprises formed and employment generated is at Annexure-II(a) & II(b) . In addition to this, two other schemes  in  the  field  of  skill  development  for  rural  poor  youth,  under  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) are also being implemented in the country, which are as follows:-
2.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  which  is  a placement linked skill development program for wage employment.
3.  Skill  development  through  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes (RSETIs)  enabling  a  trainee  to  take  bank  credit  and  start  his/her  own  Microenterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.

The  State-wise  number  of  candidates  trained  and  placed  in  jobs/settled  under DDU-GKY and RSETI during the last three  years and current  year is at AnnexureIII(a) & III (b).

- iii. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), through better access to markets and urban/semi-urban growth centers, has improved employment opportunities available to the  rural  population.  The  details  of  road  length  target  fixed  and  achievement  made during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure-IV .

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

The number  of persondays generated under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during Financial Years 2016-17 to 2019-20:

(Figures are in Lakh)

| Sl No   |                                 | 2016-17                       | 2016-17              | 2017-18                       | 2017-18              | 2018-19                       | 2018-19              | 2019-20 (as on 28.01.2020)    | 2019-20 (as on 28.01.2020)   |
|---------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl No   | States                          | Labour Budget (in Persondays) | Persondays generated | Labour Budget (in Persondays) | Persondays generated | Labour Budget (in Persondays) | Persondays generated | Labour Budget (in Persondays) | Persondays generated         |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH                  | 1653.24                       | 2060.90              | 2000.00                       | 2120.92              | 2470.48                       | 2465.48              | 2000.00                       | 1577.52                      |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH               | 50.00                         | 85.38                | 50.00                         | 42.80                | 100.00                        | 68.70                | 100.00                        | 56.63                        |
| 3       | ASSAM                           | 408.00                        | 466.09               | 500.00                        | 480.86               | 500.00                        | 533.08               | 500.00                        | 454.97                       |
| 4       | BIHAR                           | 1425.00                       | 858.36               | 1250.00                       | 817.20               | 1400.00                       | 1233.83              | 1600.00                       | 1028.31                      |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH                    | 900.00                        | 885.94               | 1000.00                       | 1199.29              | 1100.00                       | 1386.02              | 1300.00                       | 1020.27                      |
| 6       | GOA                             | 2.00                          | 1.26                 | 1.50                          | 0.99                 | 2.00                          | 0.15                 | 2.00                          | 0.15                         |
| 7       | GUJARAT                         | 333.50                        | 271.06               | 500.00                        | 353.09               | 425.00                        | 419.61               | 400.00                        | 277.08                       |
| 8       | HARYANA                         | 98.00                         | 84.91                | 100.00                        | 90.34                | 100.00                        | 77.86                | 100.00                        | 65.21                        |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                | 218.49                        | 236.61               | 250.00                        | 220.06               | 270.00                        | 285.20               | 283.00                        | 200.95                       |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR               | 263.65                        | 315.59               | 300.00                        | 370.90               | 400.00                        | 368.90               | 360.00                        | 149.47                       |
| 11      | JHARKHAND                       | 700.00                        | 707.44               | 700.00                        | 592.74               | 700.00                        | 536.64               | 700.00                        | 538.69                       |
| 12      | KARNATAKA                       | 1000.00                       | 914.06               | 1000.00                       | 856.99               | 1000.00                       | 1045.00              | 1200.00                       | 932.53                       |
| 13      | KERALA                          | 603.11                        | 684.48               | 450.00                        | 619.50               | 700.00                        | 975.13               | 700.00                        | 609.78                       |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH                  | 1427.27                       | 1130.39              | 1550.00                       | 1622.47              | 2000.00                       | 2029.73              | 2000.00                       | 1590.80                      |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA                     | 850.00                        | 708.94               | 800.00                        | 825.32               | 900.00                        | 846.01               | 1000.00                       | 493.67                       |
| 16      | MANIPUR                         | 207.72                        | 119.03               | 100.00                        | 61.25                | 160.00                        | 117.39               | 260.00                        | 162.48                       |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA                       | 200.00                        | 282.54               | 300.00                        | 291.88               | 350.00                        | 342.15               | 350.00                        | 235.34                       |
| 18      | MIZORAM                         | 126.38                        | 168.23               | 149.00                        | 144.38               | 150.00                        | 181.22               | 197.00                        | 163.14                       |
| 19      | NAGALAND                        | 175.17                        | 290.71               | 250.00                        | 200.03               | 127.01                        | 132.85               | 125.50                        | 95.29                        |
| 20      | ODISHA                          | 800.00                        | 774.48               | 900.00                        | 922.11               | 950.00                        | 830.30               | 1000.00                       | 791.44                       |
| 21      | PUNJAB                          | 137.56                        | 157.73               | 218.00                        | 223.11               | 200.00                        | 204.47               | 200.00                        | 193.22                       |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN                       | 2300.00                       | 2595.93              | 2200.00                       | 2397.05              | 2500.00                       | 2941.52              | 3000.00                       | 2798.12                      |
| 23      | SIKKIM                          | 40.00                         | 46.12                | 40.00                         | 34.61                | 40.00                         | 33.55                | 40.00                         | 22.13                        |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU                      | 3155.03                       | 3999.42              | 2500.00                       | 2388.81              | 2500.00                       | 2576.97              | 2500.00                       | 2103.71                      |
| 25      | TELANGANA                       | 1000.00                       | 1082.19              | 1200.00                       | 1147.73              | 1300.00                       | 1177.29              | 1200.00                       | 975.41                       |
| 26      | TRIPURA                         | 450.85                        | 460.52               | 227.53                        | 175.97               | 300.00                        | 253.02               | 400.00                        | 275.88                       |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH                   | 1500.00                       | 1575.01              | 1800.00                       | 1815.15              | 2000.00                       | 2121.39              | 2500.00                       | 1986.43                      |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND                     | 180.00                        | 236.71               | 182.00                        | 223.02               | 200.00                        | 221.81               | 215.00                        | 132.38 1638.45               |
| 29 30   | WEST BENGAL ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 1877.61 4.07                  | 2355.46 4.12         | 2600.00 2.79                  | 3125.55 1.90         | 2800.00 3.80                  | 3382.99 1.94         | 2800.00 2.67                  | 1.77                         |
| 31      | LAKSHADWEEP                     | 0.19                          | 0.00                 | 0.20                          | 0.06                 | 0.19                          | 0.10                 | 0.17                          | 0.03                         |
| 32      | PUDUCHERRY                      | 5.90                          | 5.37                 | 10.00                         | 7.26                 | 8.00                          | 6.64                 | 8.00                          | 6.13                         |
|         | Total                           | 22092.74                      | 23565.00             | 23131.02                      | 23373.36             | 25656.48                      | 26796.95             | 27043.34                      | 20577.37                     |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

The  number  of  enterprises  setup  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  during Financial Years 2017-18 to 2019-20:

| No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20 (upto December, 2019)   |
|-------|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh | 3,084     | 1,783     | 2,315                           |
| 2     | Bihar          | 3,889     | 3,167     | 1,971                           |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   | 1,758     | 3,179     | 2,141                           |
| 4     | Gujarat        | 268       | 356       | 1,081                           |
| 5     | Haryana        | 857       | 1,283     | 1,385                           |
| 6     | Jammu &Kashmir | 296       | 575       | 191                             |
| 7     | Jharkhand      | 673       | 3,437     | 1,657                           |
| 8     | Kerala         | 799       | 2,808     | 5,295                           |
| 9     | Madhya Pradesh | 2,177     | 2,901     | 2,756                           |
| 10    | Maharashtra    | 1,818     | 1,527     | 785                             |
| 11    | Nagaland       | 1,109     | 1,417     | 1,304                           |
| 12    | Odisha         | 1,096     | 2,404     | 1,357                           |
| 13    | Punjab         | 0         | 146       | 429                             |
| 14    | Rajasthan      | 864       | 1,140     | 691                             |
| 15    | Tamil Nadu     | 0         | 0         | 472                             |
| 16    | Telangana      | 257       | 858       | 1,727                           |
| 17    | Uttar Pradesh  | 957       | 1,808     | 1,554                           |
| 18    | West Bengal    | 1,168     | 912       | 1,624                           |
|       | Total          | 21,070    | 29,701    | 28,735                          |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

The  estimated  number  of  employment  generated  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme (SVEP) during Financial Years 2017-18 to 2019-20:

| No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20 (upto December, 2019)   |
|-------|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh | 6,384     | 3,691     | 4,792                           |
| 2     | Bihar          | 8,050     | 6,556     | 4,080                           |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   | 3,639     | 6,581     | 4,432                           |
| 4     | Gujarat        | 555       | 737       | 2,238                           |
| 5     | Haryana        | 1,774     | 2,656     | 2,867                           |
| 6     | Jammu &Kashmir | 613       | 1,190     | 395                             |
| 7     | Jharkhand      | 1,393     | 7,115     | 3,430                           |
| 8     | Kerala         | 1,654     | 5,813     | 10,961                          |
| 9     | Madhya Pradesh | 4,506     | 6,005     | 5,705                           |
| 10    | Maharashtra    | 3,763     | 3,161     | 1,625                           |
| 11    | Nagaland       | 2,296     | 2,933     | 2,699                           |
| 12    | Odisha         | 2,269     | 4,976     | 2,809                           |
| 13    | Punjab         | 0         | 302       | 888                             |
| 14    | Rajasthan      | 1,788     | 2,360     | 1,430                           |
| 15    | Tamil Nadu     | 0         | 0         | 977                             |
| 16    | Telangana      | 532       | 1,776     | 3,575                           |
| 17    | Uttar Pradesh  | 1,981     | 3,743     | 3,217                           |
| 18    | West Bengal    | 2,418     | 1,888     | 3,362                           |
|       | Total          | 43,615    | 61,481    | 59,481                          |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

State/UT-wise Physical Achievement under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) during Financial Years 2016-17 to 2019-20:

| Sl. No.   | State             | FY 16-17   | FY 16-17   | FY 17-18   | FY 17-18   | FY 18-19   | FY 18-19   | FY 19-20 till December 2019   | FY 19-20 till December 2019   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|           |                   | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained                       | Placed                        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 12787      | 18966      | 17341      | 10954      | 26383      | 24894      | 10223                         | 6106                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                             | 0                             |
| 3         | Assam             | 8202       | 1479       | 9936       | 3464       | 16752      | 7397       | 9080                          | 11842                         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 8608       | 4216       | 6972       | 4859       | 10776      | 5851       | 9497                          | 4381                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 7355       | 1987       | 3111       | 539        | 6939       | 2583       | 7068                          | 3396                          |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 2254       | 2075       | 528        | 160        | 5146       | 1482       | 2446                          | 1896                          |
| 7         | Haryana           | 10512      | 586        | 2281       | 5832       | 1734       | 3596       | 1642                          | 5657                          |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 0          | 0          | 350        | 0          | 2845       | 526        | 1468                          | 651                           |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir | 7300       | 6453       | 1137       | 1424       | 4283       | 631        | 7083                          | 1203                          |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 8360       | 2355       | 5526       | 2375       | 9736       | 3585       | 9037                          | 6681                          |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 10909      | 4432       | 8871       | 4752       | 7542       | 5411       | 3580                          | 5048                          |
| 12        | Kerala            | 11246      | 5598       | 10587      | 4175       | 13736      | 9656       | 8815                          | 5751                          |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 10974      | 3546       | 5353       | 1823       | 9350       | 2094       | 7478                          | 1732                          |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 4140       | 3694       | 7082       | 7390       | 18805      | 4500       | 8966                          | 7113                          |
| 15        | Manipur           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 574        | 0          | 864                           | 466                           |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 829        | 253        | 1033                          | 424                           |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 157        | 0          | 396                           | 302                           |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 304        | 0          | 797                           | 353                           |
| 19        | Odisha            | 32108      | 45726      | 23520      | 14035      | 41690      | 31481      | 32870                         | 26072                         |
| 20        | Punjab            | 0          | 0          | 4987       | 563        | 2782       | 1443       | 1596                          | 972                           |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 3837       | 3397       | 2599       | 693        | 10291      | 3381       | 10895                         | 4338                          |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 0          | 70         | 0          | 0          | 64         | 64         | 328                           | 32                            |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 113        | 30780      | 519        | 765        | 3152       | 185        | 7423                          | 1958                          |
| 24        | Telangana         | 8969       | 9150       | 12470      | 9048       | 16722      | 15604      | 5161                          | 6131                          |
| 25        | Tripura           | 1197       | 342        | 1530       | 526        | 1816       | 2093       | 1231                          | 304                           |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 11203      | 2052       | 4795       | 892        | 18260      | 4839       | 19165                         | 4701                          |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1145       | 253        | 838                           | 551                           |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 2512       | 979        | 2032       | 1518       | 8625       | 3700       | 5806                          | 2801                          |
|           | Total             | 162586     | 147883     | 131527     | 75787      | 240438     | 135502     | 174786                        | 110862                        |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

State/UT-wise  Physical  Achievement  under  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes (RSETIs) during Financial Years 2016-17 to 2019-20:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State     | FY 2016-17   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20 (up to December 2019)   | FY 2019-20 (up to December 2019)   |
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State     | Trained      | Settled      | Trained      | Settled      | Trained      | Settled      | Trained                            | Settled                            |
| 1         | UT Andaman &N.Islands | 365          | 310          | 497          | 439          | 494          | 270          | 353                                | 290                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh        | 12640        | 9606         | 12465        | 10683        | 10645        | 8790         | 7520                               | 4506                               |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh     | 485          | 360          | 345          | 153          | 360          | 70           | 127                                | 281                                |
| 4         | Assam                 | 15057        | 11278        | 14262        | 11305        | 13087        | 9678         | 8886                               | 5371                               |
| 5         | Bihar                 | 30543        | 23682        | 28411        | 24863        | 26688        | 19255        | 17996                              | 10501                              |
| 6         | Chattisgarh           | 13320        | 8702         | 12651        | 9707         | 12735        | 9981         | 8904                               | 6003                               |
| 7         | UT D & N Haveli       | 763          | 581          | 606          | 406          | 775          | 553          | 595                                | 107                                |
| 8         | Goa                   | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 8         | Gujarat               | 24211        | 27346        | 22359        | 22219        | 21470        | 16755        | 14663                              | 8811                               |
| 9         | Haryana               | 15126        | 12534        | 15496        | 11032        | 15267        | 8702         | 10030                              | 6185                               |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh      | 5765         | 6258         | 5753         | 4727         | 5499         | 4085         | 3647                               | 2459                               |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir       | 7462         | 5958         | 9504         | 7498         | 9308         | 6727         | 5536                               | 2958                               |
| 12        | Jharkhand             | 19607        | 14249        | 17660        | 14596        | 17969        | 12033        | 11387                              | 9029                               |
| 13        | Karnataka             | 34504        | 29135        | 27515        | 26914        | 26041        | 20434        | 19509                              | 12089                              |
| 14        | Kerala                | 14129        | 11449        | 11582        | 11282        | 10532        | 9422         | 7847                               | 6324                               |
| 15        | UT Lakshadweep        | 3            | 0            | 10           | 0            | 0            | 0            | 10                                 | 0                                  |
| 16        | UT Ladhak             | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 177                                | 56                                 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh        | 34769        | 26113        | 36179        | 24612        | 35194        | 22858        | 22315                              | 12481                              |
| 18        | Maharashtra           | 26582        | 24083        | 26143        | 23436        | 25671        | 19612        | 17621                              | 13299                              |
| 19        | Manipur               | 355          | 304          | 465          | 310          | 382          | 268          | 352                                | 276                                |
| 20        | Meghalaya             | 2244         | 1421         | 1851         | 1042         | 1470         | 1287         | 1281                               | 643                                |
| 21        | Mizoram               | 408          | 439          | 453          | 523          | 502          | 365          | 736                                | 724                                |
| 22        | Nagaland              | 336          | 218          | 380          | 294          | 355          | 517          | 300                                | 106                                |
| 23        | Odisha                | 25456        | 19567        | 22173        | 18927        | 21803        | 17117        | 14800                              | 9428                               |
| 24        | UT Pondicherry        | 788          | 566          | 782          | 859          | 850          | 626          | 553                                | 437                                |
| 25        | Punjab                | 11861        | 9227         | 11582        | 10706        | 10516        | 6797         | 6664                               | 4070                               |
| 26        | Rajasthan             | 33369        | 29486        | 30641        | 22322        | 28602        | 21553        | 20498                              | 13309                              |
| 27        | Sikkim                | 484          | 304          | 432          | 314          | 389          | 206          | 290                                | 178                                |

| 28   | Tamil Nadu    |   26287 |   20224 |   26805 |   22674 |   24226 |   19790 |   20307 |   11424 |
|------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 29   | Tripura       |    3508 |    2125 |    3132 |    1926 |    2788 |    2345 |    1915 |    1454 |
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh |   54737 |   46250 |   54503 |   44515 |   52719 |   36600 |   36289 |   23464 |
| 31   | Uttarakhand   |    6922 |    6600 |    7156 |    5297 |    7322 |    5524 |    5220 |    3835 |
| 32   | West Bengal   |   15248 |   11003 |   14405 |   10574 |   13149 |    8418 |    9730 |    5452 |
| 33   | Telangana     |    7809 |    5158 |    7145 |    5942 |    6864 |    5669 |    5403 |    4116 |
|      | TOTAL :       |  445143 |  364536 |  423343 |  350097 |  403672 |  296307 |  281461 |  179666 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020 REGARDING 'UNEMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS'.

State/UT-wise  Physical  Achievement  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY) during Financial Years 2016-17 to 2019-20:

|      | State                             | 2016-17       | 2016-17           | 2017-18       | 2017-18           | 2018-19       | 2018-19           | 2019-20 (as on 5.02.202 0)   | 2019-20 (as on 5.02.202 0)   |
|------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No | State                             | Target Length | Complete d Length | Target Length | Complete d Length | Target Length | Complete d Length | Target Length                | Completed Length             |
| 1    | Andaman And Nic obar Islands (UT) | 0             | 0                 | 0             | 0                 | 0             | 0                 | 36                           | 0                            |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh                    | 1,350.00      | 733.55            | 500           | 154.057           | 500           | 336.73            | 800                          | 226.214                      |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 650           | 1,360.51          | 1,000.00      | 1,132.02          | 1,400.00      | 1,317.64          | 3,500.00                     | 418.655                      |
| 4    | Assam                             | 750           | 929.515           | 2,000.00      | 1,618.63          | 5,000.00      | 4,300.53          | 5,230.00                     | 1,734.64                     |
| 5    | Bihar                             | 6,540.00      | 6,601.12          | 5,600.00      | 5,221.59          | 5,000.00      | 4,225.63          | 4,300.00                     | 424.776                      |
| 6    | Chhattisgarh                      | 2,750.00      | 1,019.57          | 1,600.00      | 1,901.49          | 3,800.00      | 3,112.36          | 2,500.00                     | 954.555                      |
| 7    | Gujarat                           | 400           | 211.875           | 50            | 50.306            | 50            | 14.39             | 0                            | 0                            |
| 8    | Haryana                           | 52            | 62.845            | 50            | 38.28             | 3             | 4.95              | 0                            | 0                            |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh                  | 500           | 1,429.27          | 1,700.00      | 1,772.53          | 2,400.00      | 1,334.35          | 3,015.00                     | 925.309                      |
| 10   | Jammu And Kash mir                | 1,050.00      | 1,785.16          | 1,800.00      | 1,804.54          | 2,800.00      | 1,622.20          | 3,000.00                     | 1,276.08                     |
| 11   | Jharkhand                         | 3,000.00      | 3,119.52          | 4,500.00      | 4,519.15          | 5,000.00      | 3,571.62          | 2,700.00                     | 546.202                      |
| 12   | Karnataka                         | 800           | 908.14            | 66            | 47.93             | 12            | 6.36              | 0                            | 6                            |
| 13   | Kerala                            | 430           | 314.327           | 434           | 372.971           | 500           | 314.466           | 266                          | 92.395                       |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh                    | 6,200.00      | 5,081.97          | 5,200.00      | 5,222.45          | 4,500.00      | 4,520.84          | 2,400.00                     | 1,590.37                     |
| 15   | Maharashtra                       | 1,900.00      | 2,000.70          | 900           | 569.758           | 500           | 266.828           | 500                          | 55.826                       |
| 16   | Manipur                           | 790           | 1,485.85          | 1,000.00      | 731.199           | 900           | 852.235           | 2,000.00                     | 290.045                      |
| 17   | Meghalaya                         | 400           | 368.865           | 450           | 150.329           | 400           | 211.424           | 1,000.00                     | 133.589                      |
| 18   | Mizoram                           | 200           | 298.08            | 500           | 237.132           | 400           | 266.585           | 600                          | 268.4                        |
| 19   | Nagaland                          | 150           | 395               | 50            | 85                | 200           | 208.99            | 400                          | 181.3                        |
| 20   | Odisha                            | 6,200.00      | 5,796.93          | 7,000.00      | 7,175.61          | 8,000.00      | 8,151.30          | 8,200.00                     | 2,934.53                     |
| 21   | Punjab                            | 450           | 586.53            | 950           | 851.75            | 275           | 246.775           | 50                           | 28.98                        |
| 22   | Rajasthan                         | 3,000.00      | 3,113.10          | 3,200.00      | 3,253.05          | 2,600.00      | 2,528.27          | 150                          | 59.199                       |
| 23   | Sikkim                            | 150           | 247.422           | 400           | 419.155           | 1,000.00      | 351.919           | 800                          | 35.805                       |

| 24   | Tamilnadu     | 800      | 883.189   | 1,500.00   | 1,611.36   | 2,000.00   | 2,166.86   | 1,500.00   | 815.852   |
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| 25   | Tripura       | 400      | 405.622   | 650        | 313.138    | 500        | 169.087    | 450        | 55.734    |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh | 3,900.00 | 3,095.25  | 4,500.00   | 4,106.46   | 1,950.00   | 1,688.27   | 1,000.00   | 313.43    |
| 27   | Uttarakhand   | 1,000.00 | 1,989.32  | 1,500.00   | 1,839.11   | 2,510.00   | 1,756.27   | 2,500.00   | 1,166.03  |
| 28   | West Bengal   | 4,100.00 | 2,825.53  | 3,500.00   | 3,213.11   | 5,000.00   | 5,111.82   | 2,600.00   | 1,438.29  |
| 29   | Telangana     | 900      | 408.644   | 400        | 302.929    | 500        | 381.195    | 600        | 145.628   |
|      | Total         | 48,812   | 47,457.39 | 51,000     | 48,715.03  | 57,700     | 49,039.89  | 50,097     | 16,117.83 |