Lok Sabha Question No. 768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Unemployment Allowance
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY, 2018

## UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE

768.  SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

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

- (a) the  details  of  unemployed  persons  registered  with  the  Employment Exchanges in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to announce/implement unemployment  allowance  to  each  eligible  unemployed  persons  across the country; and
- (c) If so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the  number  of  job seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  with employment exchanges in the country in 2015 was 4.35 crore (Provisional). Data for the year 2016 & 2017 is not available. State/UT-wise detail is given at Annexure.

(b) & (c): Government of India is not providing unemployment allowance to the unemployed persons.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 768 due for reply on 23-07-2018.

Number of Job-seekers registered with Live Register of employment exchanges in the country as on Dec. 2015 (Provisional).

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Job-seekers (in thousand)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 901.3                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 75.3                        |
| 3         | Assam             | 1813.0                      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 675.6                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1794.5                      |
| 6         | Delhi             | 1262.6                      |
| 7         | Goa               | 132.8                       |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 677.4                       |
| 9         | Haryana           | 737.7                       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 820.1                       |
| 11        | Jammu And Kashmir | 279.4                       |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 569.8                       |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 352.7                       |
| 14        | Kerala            | 3616.2                      |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1715.3                      |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 3686.5                      |
| 17        | Manipur           | 741.1                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 42.5                        |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 31.7                        |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 72.6                        |
| 21        | Odisha            | 1031.0                      |
| 22        | Punjab            | 356.0                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 580.3                       |
| 24        | Sikkim*           | -                           |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 7750.6                      |
| 26        | Telangana         | 1008.9                      |
| 27        | Tripura           | 276.4                       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 794.5                       |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3504.7                      |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 7890.6                      |
| 31        | A. & N. Islands   | 40.2                        |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 23.6                        |
| 33        | D. & N. Haveli    | 8.8                         |
| 34        | Daman And Diu     | 10.5                        |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 18.9                        |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 209.4                       |
|           | Total             | 43502.7                     |

Note: * No employment exchange is functioning in this state.