Lok Sabha Question No. 4332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Employment in Engineering/Medical Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ajay Bhatt

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4332 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2021

## EMPLOYMENT IN ENGINEERING/MEDICAL SECTOR

4332. SHRI AJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) the details of the existing training related and other schemes for creation of  employment  and  whether  these  schemes  are  helping  in  providing employment to the people;
- (b) whether  employment  opportunities  have  declined  in  engineering  and medical sector; and
- (c) the  number  of  fresh  young  persons  who  seek  employment  in  public  and private  sector  each  year  after  completing  their  education  including  the
- statistics of their success rate?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Government is implementing various schemes for providing skill development  training  to  the  youth  of  the  country.  The  Ministry  of  Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  the  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme and  the  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  for  short-term training, and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through the Industrial Training Institutes  (ITIs)  for  long-term  training.  In  addition,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development  is  implementing  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs) schemes, while the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing the NULM).  The  number  of  candidates  trained  and  reported  placed  under  the

Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYabove schemes since 2016-17 is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Schemes    |   Candidates trained (in lakh) | Candidates placed (in lakh)   |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | PMKVY      |                         106.96 | 18.95                         |
|         2 | JSS*       |                          10.96 | -                             |
|         3 | NAPS*      |                           9.9  | -                             |
|         4 | CTS*       |                          52.98 | -                             |
|         5 | DDU GKY    |                           7.84 | 5.49                          |
|         6 | RSETIs     |                          17.67 | 13.92                         |
|         7 | DAY-NULM** |                           4.72 | 2.74                          |

*JSS, NAPS and CTS schemes do not monitor placement of candidates ** Figures are from FY 2018-19 to 2020-21

The  details  of  number  of  Engineering  Graduates  who  have  graduated  from various  AICTE  affiliated  Government  &  Private  Engineering  Colleges  and Institutes in the country along with percentage of graduates who secured jobs in campus recruitment procedure during the last three years is at Annexure.

(c):  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  and  2018-19,  the  estimated  unemployment rate for the persons aged 15 years and above on usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis in the country is 6.0% and 5.8% respectively.

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## Annexure

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4332 DUE FOR REPLY ON 22.03.2021

| Institution                                                   | Number Graduates   | of      | Engineering   | Percentage of who secured jobs in campus recruitment procedure   |         | Graduates   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------------|
|                                                               | 2016-17            | 2017-18 | 2018-19       | 2016-17                                                          | 2017-18 | 2018-19     |
| AICTE affiliated Government Engineering Colleges/ Institution | 102,454            | 106,231 | 103,483       | 33.02                                                            | 32.17   | 46.09       |
| AICTE affiliated Private Engineering Colleges/ Institution    | 768,158            | 705,533 | 701,302       | 45.43                                                            | 36.80   | 53.52       |