Lok Sabha Question No. 4748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Employment through Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4748

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

4748.   SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL: SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA

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

- (a) the number of the Employment Exchanges in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  persons  whom  call  letters  have  been  issued  by  the Employment Exchanges in the country during the last five years and the current year, State/UT/District-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  registration  rate  has  reduced/increased  in  Employment Exchanges during the last five years, if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of employment  exchanges  functioning  in  the  country  are  997.  The  State/UTwise detail of the number of job-seekers, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed, who got registered themselves in employment exchanges and job-seekers  placed  through  employment  exchanges  in  the  country    to  the extent available is given at Annexure.

## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4748 due for reply on 22-07-2019.

State/UT-wisenumber  of  employment  exchanges,  registration  of  Job-seekerand  placement  through employment exchanges in the country to the extent available

(in thousand)

|         |                          | Number of Employ   | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UTs                | ment Exchang es    | 2012           | 2013           | 2014           | 2015*          | 2016*          | 2012        | 2013        | 2014        | 2015*       | 2016*       |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           | 17                 | 101.8          | 101.0          | 87.0           | 55.7           | 65.6           | 0.4         | 0.6         | 0.4         | 0.2         | 0.5         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 12                 | 5.8            | 5.2            | 3.1            | 9.1            | 7.4            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 3       | Assam                    | 52                 | 153.8          | 192.0          | 269.3          | 262.8          | 208.8          | 0.7         | 0.5         | 1.1         | 0.9         | 0.6         |
| 4       | Bihar                    | 47                 | 154.5          | 123.7          | 126.0          | 133.2          | 258.5          | 2.1         | 2.2         | 0.1         | 1.1         | 1.9         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             | 26                 | 244.8          | 212.5          | 218.9          | 216.0          | 375.6          | 0.3         | 0.5         | 0.9         | 3.2         | 0.2         |
| 6       | Delhi                    | 14                 | 0.0            | 159.3          | 147.7          | 64.4           | 0.0            | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.2         | 0.2         | 0.0         |
| 7       | Goa                      | 1                  | 23.8           | 21.5           | 21.8           | 19.0           | 17.5           | 1.8         | 0.9         | 2.1         | 2.9         | 1.1         |
| 8       | Gujarat                  | 48                 | 444.0          | 434.3          | 444.3          | 474.1          | 446.8          | 246.0       | 271.6       | 290.8       | 336.7       | 330.1       |
| 9       | Haryana                  | 59                 | 98.3           | 86.3           | 111.0          | 127.3          | 119.1          | 12.3        | 0.7         | 0.2         | 0.3         | 0.4         |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh         | 15                 | 126.9          | 188.9          | 149.2          | 169.5          | 149.6          | 4.1         | 1.9         | 2.3         | 1.1         | 1.5         |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir          | 17                 | 22.3           | 9.9            | 10.3           | 7.6            | 3.4            | 0.5         | 0.1         | 0.4         | 0.1         | 0.2         |
| 12      | Jharkhand                | 42                 | 64.0           | 84.7           | 63.2           | 160.1          | 69.1           | 12.1        | 3.4         | 1.1         | 2.9         | 2.5         |
| 13      | Karnataka                | 40                 | 56.2           | 70.6           | 63.8           | 62.5           | 65.2           | 2.6         | 3.9         | 2.1         | 0.8         | 0.7         |
| 14      | Kerala                   | 89                 | 454.3          | 497.6          | 541.5          | 442.5          | 621.0          | 9.4         | 7.9         | 8.0         | 8.2         | 11.3        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh           | 49                 | 429.4          | 335.1          | 312.3          | 392.9          | 162.0          | 8.5         | 2.7         | 0.2         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 16      | Maharashtra              | 47                 | 481.5          | 324.7          | 686.2          | 613.3          | 628.1          | 103.8       | 18.6        | 9.5         | 22.9        | 37.6        |
| 17      | Manipur                  | 11                 | 11.2           | 25.5           | 17.5           | 18.8           | 60.2           | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 18      | Meghalaya                | 12                 | 14.7           | 8.2            | 6.2            | 14.0           | 8.0            | @           | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.0         |
| 19      | Mizoram                  | 3                  | 5.8            | 4.3            | 3.9            | 8.3            | 4.9            | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 20      | Nagaland                 | 8                  | 14.4           | 13.7           | 13.0           | 28.7           | 10.9           | 0.2         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 21      | Odisha                   | 40                 | 154.0          | 169.1          | 168.4          | 132.7          | 133.6          | 2.8         | 1.4         | 0.7         | 1.3         | 3.8         |
| 22      | Punjab                   | 47                 | 80.8           | 131.0          | 65.6           | 115.0          | 91.0           | 2.7         | 2.5         | 2.4         | 1.7         | 2.6         |
| 23      | Rajasthan                | 38                 | 142.6          | 175.0          | 123.8          | 85.7           | 113.3          | 0.5         | 0.3         | 0.4         | 0.4         | 0.1         |
| 24      | Sikkim#                  | 0                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | -              | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu               | 35                 | 1477.7         | 1317.8         | 1361.8         | 1527.3         | 1215.8         | 10.8        | 20.9        | 8.8         | 7.7         | 6.2         |
| 26      | Telangana**              | 14                 | -              | -              | -              | 198.0          | 47.3           | -           | -           | -           | 0.5         | 0.5         |
| 27      | Tripura                  | 5                  | 28.7           | 31.0           | 30.5           | 24.8           | 9.7            | 0.4         | 0.4         | 2.4         | 0.4         | 0.2         |
| 28      | Uttarakhand              | 24                 | 142.7          | 130.6          | 180.9          | 191.8          | 181.3          | 1.2         | 0.6         | 0.6         | 0.2         | 0.3         |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh            | 100                | 4409.8         | 524.2          | 356.4          | 1008.1         | 593.3          | 1.6         | 4.0         | 1.3         | 0.4         | 1.5         |
| 30      | West Bengal              | 77                 | 339.4          | 554.3          | 336.4          | 333.2          | 246.1          | 2.2         | 1.4         | 1.5         | 0.5         | 1.2         |
| 31 32   | A & N Islands Chandigarh | 1 2                | 7.7 5.2        | 10.5 4.7       | 8.1            | 11.1           | 7.0 14.0       | 0.1 0.1     | 0.1 0.1     | 0.1 0.1     | 0.1 0.1     | 0.4 0.2     |
|         |                          |                    |                |                | 4.7            | 4.1            |                |             |             |             |             |             |
| 33      | D & N Haveli             | 1                  | 0.6            | 1.0            | 1.4            | 0.5            | 0.7            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 34      | Daman And Diu            | 2                  | 0.5            | 0.3            | 0.0            | 0.7            | 0.0            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              | 1                  | 2.0            | 1.5            | 0.8            | 0.2            | 2.2            | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 36      | Puducherry               | 1                  | 23.4           | 19.3           | 22.1           | 26.3           | 22.7           | 0.3         | 1.2         | 0.3         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
|         | Total @                  | 997                | 9722.2         | 5969.4         | 5957.2         | 6939.4 5959.9  |                | 427.6       | 348.5       | 338.5       | 395.0       | 405.5       |

Source: Employment Exchange Statistics, Directorate General of Employment

Note:     #No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State;

*Provisional;

** Figures for the period during 2012 to 2014 included in combined Andhra Pradesh. @Total may not tally due to rounding off.