Lok Sabha Question No. 1503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Generation of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1503 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT

1503. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  regarding  the
- number of adult unemployed youths and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (b)whether the Government is taking any measures to provide employment
- and social security to them; and

(c)if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Labour  Bureau,  an  attached  office  of  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment had conducted household based Annual Employment Unemployment Surveys (EUS). Five rounds of Annual Employment Unemployment surveys have been conducted in the years 2010-11, 201112,  2012-13,  2013-14  &  2015-16.  The  report  of  5 th   Annual  Employment Unemployment Survey (2015-16) was released in September, 2016.

According to 5 th  EUS report (2015-16), Unemployment Rate (per 1000 persons)  for  persons  of  age  group  '15-17  years','18-29  years'  and  '30 years & above' are 198 persons, 132 persons and 16 persons respectively.

The  Report  for  2016-17  (6th  report)  is  under  finalization.  On  the recommendation of  the  Task  Force  on  Improving  Employment  Data,  this Survey  has been discontinued and replaced by the Periodic Labour Force Survey(PLFS) being conducted by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.

According  to  the  5th  round  of  Employment-Unemployment  Survey (2015-16),  Unemployment  Rate  (per  1000)  for  persons  of  different  age groups according to Usual Principal Status (ps) approach for each State/UT

is placed at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a  priority  concern  of  the  Government.  Further,  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) run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  and  Pt.  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  schemes  run  by  the Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by the  Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

The Make in India, Skill India, Digital India schemes are being implemented  by  the  Government  and  these  are  likely  to  enhance  the employment  base.  MUDRA  and  START  UP  schemes  are  initiated  by  the Government for facilitating self-employment.

Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana has been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivizing  industry  for  promoting  employment  generation.  Under  this scheme, Government is paying the entire employer's contribution (12 % or as  admissible)  towards  the  EPS  and  EPF  w.e.f.  01.04.2018  to  all  eligible new employees and is applicable for all sectors for the next 3 years from the date of registration of the new employee.

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

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## Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1503 FOR 01.07.2019 BY SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY REGARDING GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

Table : Unemployment Rate (per 1000) for persons of different age groups according to Usual Principal Status Approach (ps) for each State/UT under 5th EUS (2015-16)

Rural+Urban

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT/ All India   | 15-17 years   | 15-17 years   | 15-17 years   | 15-17 years   | 18-29   | 18-29   | 18-29   | 18-29   | 30 years &above   | 30 years &above   | 30 years &above   | 30 years &above   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT/ All India   | M             | F             | T             | P             | M       | F       | T       | P       | M                 | F                 | T                 | P                 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                | 100           | 74            | -             | 86            | 112     | 115     | -       | 113     | 7                 | 14                | -                 | 10                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh             | 575           | -             | -             | 575           | 323     | 382     | -       | 347     | 20                | 8                 | -                 | 16                |
| 3         | Assam                         | 230           | 396           | -             | 261           | 116     | 329     | -       | 164     | 9                 | 49                | -                 | 16                |
| 4         | Bihar                         | 312           | 349           | -             | 316           | 154     | 164     | -       | 155     | 8                 | 34                | -                 | 12                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                  | 100           | 52            | -             | 82            | 51      | 48      | -       | 50      | 2                 | 5                 | -                 | 3                 |
| 6         | Delhi                         | 385           | -             | -             | 300           | 70      | 172     | -       | 89      | 8                 | 29                | -                 | 10                |
| 7         | Goa                           | -             | -             | -             | -             | 171     | 318     | -       | 230     | 32                | 28                | -                 | 31                |
| 8         | Gujarat                       | 53            | -             | -             | 37            | 26      | 26      | -       | 26      | 1                 | 6                 | -                 | 2                 |
| 9         | Haryana                       | 196           | 698           | -             | 253           | 105     | 235     | -       | 127     | 12                | 28                | -                 | 14                |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh              | -             | 1000          | -             | 735           | 302     | 364     | -       | 313     | 20                | 73                | -                 | 29                |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir                | 452           | 712           | -             | 577           | 178     | 451     | -       | 246     | 6                 | 79                | -                 | 13                |
| 12        | Jharkhand                     | 212           | 674           | 1000          | 343           | 205     | 301     | 849     | 224     | 7                 | 43                | -                 | 14                |
| 13        | Karnataka                     | 91            | 61            | -             | 82            | 39      | 54      | -       | 43      | 2                 | 5                 | -                 | 3                 |
| 14        | Kerala                        | 451           | 481           | -             | 465           | 148     | 576     | 1000    | 295     | 11                | 215               | 355               | 77                |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                | 107           | 169           | -             | 122           | 72      | 157     | -       | 87      | 17                | 52                | -                 | 23                |
| 16        | Maharashtra                   | 88            | 30            | -             | 69            | 74      | 72      | -       | 73      | 3                 | 7                 | 31                | 4                 |
| 17        | Manipur                       | 662           | 827           | -             | 751           | 176     | 149     | -       | 169     | 16                | 29                | -                 | 20                |
| 18        | Meghalaya                     | 24            | 356           | -             | 105           | 56      | 146     | -       | 92      | 10                | 49                | -                 | 24                |
| 19        | Mizoram                       | -             | 112           | -             | 37            | 86      | 59      | -       | 72      | 8                 | 19                | -                 | 13                |
| 20        | Nagaland                      | 108           | 24            | -             | 75            | 253     | 229     | -       | 242     | 13                | 9                 | -                 | 11                |
| 21        | Odisha                        | 173           | 248           | -             | 186           | 110     | 285     | -       | 146     | 6                 | 34                | -                 | 11                |
| 22        | Punjab                        | 169           | 581           | -             | 222           | 121     | 457     | -       | 171     | 5                 | 59                | -                 | 12                |
| 23        | Rajasthan                     | 234           | 40            | -             | 169           | 131     | 233     | -       | 150     | 20                | 82                | -                 | 33                |
| 24        | Sikkim                        | 101           | 493           | -             | 402           | 442     | 697     | -       | 541     | -                 | 150               | -                 | 34                |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                    | 182           | 225           | -             | 201           | 108     | 207     | 194     | 140     | 5                 | 20                | 57                | 10                |
| 26        | Telangana                     | 70            | 95            | -             | 82            | 69      | 99      | -       | 81      | 1                 | 23                | -                 | 9                 |
| 27        | Tripura                       | 593           | 1000          | -             | 657           | 221     | 618     | -       | 350     | 15                | 435               | -                 | 128               |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                   | -             | -             | -             | -             | 185     | 279     | -       | 204     | 9                 | 39                | -                 | 15                |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh                 | 212           | 438           | 1000          | 255           | 149     | 458     | -       | 184     | 13                | 95                | 12                | 23                |
| 30        | West Bengal                   | 174           | 307           | -             | 196           | 98      | 218     | -       | 121     | 8                 | 41                | -                 | 14                |
| 31        | A &NIslands                   | 442           | 752           | -             | 715           | 117     | 601     | -       | 280     | 23                | 152               | -                 | 55                |
| 32        | Chandigarh                    | -             | -             | -             | -             | 164     | 44      | -       | 143     | 2                 | -                 | -                 | 2                 |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | -             | -             | -             | -             | 48      | 141     | -       | 69      | 1                 | -                 | -                 | 1                 |
| 34 35     | Daman &Diu Lakshadweep        | - -           | - -           | - -           | -             | -       | 38 138  | - -     | 7 253   | - 114             | - 142             | - -               | - 120             |
|           |                               |               |               |               | -             | 313     |         |         | 187     | 3                 | -                 | -                 |                   |
| 36        | Puducherry                    | 567           | 1000          | -             | 628           | 81      | 324     | -       |         |                   |                   |                   | 2                 |
|           | All India                     | 188           | 227           | 285           | 198           | 113     | 200     | 63      | 132     | 9                 | 40                | 30                | 16                |

M-male; F-female; T-transgender; P-person

*The data related to Transgender(T) is collected for the first time in 5 th EUS

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