Lok Sabha Question No. 2229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Creation of Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2229 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2229.  SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) the total number of employment opportunities created in the organised and unorganised sectors of the country as on date;
- (b) the  number  of  people  provided  employment  in  the  organised  and unorganised sectors of the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the percentage of unemployed male and female in urban and rural areas of the country; and
- (d) the steps being taken or proposed to be taken by the Government for the  security  and  welfare  of  the  workers  engaged  in  the  unorganised sector?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the  priority  of  the  Government.  The  Government  is  implementing  various programs in this direction 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), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendayal  Antodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). The details of employment  generated  through  these  schemes  are  placed  at  Annexure I,II,III and IV.

(c):  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  conducted employment-unemployment surveys in 2015-16.  As per the survey results, the findings are as given below:

| For persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country (in %)   | For persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country (in %)   | For persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country (in %)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Category of persons                                                               | Category of persons                                                               | Unemployment Rate                                                                 |
| Rural                                                                             | Male                                                                              | 2.9                                                                               |
| Rural                                                                             | Female                                                                            | 4.7                                                                               |
| Rural                                                                             | Person                                                                            | 3.4                                                                               |
| Urban                                                                             | Male                                                                              | 3.0                                                                               |
| Urban                                                                             | Female                                                                            | 10.9                                                                              |
| Urban                                                                             | Person                                                                            | 4.4                                                                               |
|                                                                                   | Male                                                                              | 3.0                                                                               |
| Rural + Urban                                                                     | Female                                                                            | 5.8                                                                               |
| Rural + Urban                                                                     | Person                                                                            | 3.7                                                                               |

(d): The Government has enacted to provide social security benefits to the workers  in  the  unorganised  sector,  the  Unorganised  Workers'  Social Security Act, 2008 to provide welfare schemes in matters relating to (a) life and disability cover (b) health and maternity benefits (c) old age protection and (d) any other benefits to the unorganised workers. Various Ministries/Departments of the Central Government are implementing such social  security  schemes  like  Indira  Gandhi  National  Old  Age  Pension Scheme (Ministry of Rural Development); National Family Benefit Scheme (Ministry of Rural Development); health and maternity schemes (Ministry of Health  and  Family  Welfare).  The  Central  Government  has  also  converged the  social  security  scheme  of  Aam  Aadmi  Bima  Yojana  (AABY)  with Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana  (PMJJBY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) to provide life  and disability coverage to the unorganised workers depending upon their eligibility. Government has recently launched Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)  during  the  year  2018-19  to  cover  over  10  crore  poor  and vulnerable  families  (approx..  50  crore  beneficiaries)  based  on  deprivation and occupational criteria.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2229 FOR 24-12-2018 REGARDING CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Year -wise /State-wise details of  Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

| Sl. No.   | State                     |         |         |         |                            |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                     | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (As on 30.11.2018) |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 293     | 1398    | 1744    | 1064                       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            | 7740    | 14148   | 12216   | 9008                       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 104     | 1984    | 1672    | 1496                       |
| 4         | Assam                     | 9026    | 31498   | 18256   | 16424                      |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 19624   | 25872   | 18456   | 10776                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh                | 323     | 376     | 360     | 128                        |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              | 9496    | 12856   | 11704   | 11792                      |
| 8         | Delhi                     | 2048    | 952     | 920     | 384                        |
| 9         | Goa                       | 500     | 660     | 400     | 232                        |
| 10        | Gujarat*                  | 14960   | 11629   | 15008   | 14488                      |
| 11        | Haryana                   | 7232    | 11016   | 13744   | 8024                       |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh          | 5134    | 6916    | 7088    | 5528                       |
| 13        | Jammu and Kashmir         | 12115   | 11691   | 30024   | 27752                      |
| 14        | Jharkhand                 | 12873   | 10400   | 8888    | 4472                       |
| 15        | Karnataka                 | 17284   | 30286   | 16920   | 15360                      |
| 16        | Kerala                    | 9653    | 13068   | 10776   | 9520                       |
| 17        | Lakshadweep               | 00      | 00      | 00      | 0                          |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh            | 16497   | 15520   | 14432   | 8040                       |
| 19        | Maharashtra**             | 20161   | 17799   | 26632   | 21960                      |
| 20        | Manipur                   | 2715    | 8419    | 4800    | 4680                       |
| 21        | Meghalaya                 | 4824    | 2632    | 600     | 1472                       |
| 22        | Mizoram                   | 9072    | 3400    | 1992    | 3336                       |
| 23        | Nagaland                  | 4998    | 7783    | 7440    | 3296                       |
| 24        | Odisha                    | 17629   | 20392   | 19192   | 11808                      |
| 25        | Puducherry                | 447     | 699     | 352     | 368                        |
| 26        | Punjab                    | 7762    | 9858    | 12160   | 7288                       |
| 27        | Rajasthan                 | 14537   | 13408   | 12614   | 9616                       |
| 28        | Sikkim                    | 397     | 201     | 296     | 200                        |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                | 20836   | 25764   | 32760   | 20344                      |
| 30        | Telangana                 | 7761    | 6445    | 9520    | 7440                       |
| 31        | Tripura                   | 5355    | 17961   | 8928    | 2904                       |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh             | 43059   | 36315   | 43456   | 25888                      |
| 33        | Uttarakhand               | 6161    | 9890    | 12904   | 9240                       |
| 34        | West Bengal               | 12746   | 26604   | 10928   | 10528                      |
|           | Total                     | 323362  | 407840  | 387184  | 284856                     |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2229  FOR 24-12-2018 REGARDING CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Year-wise/ State-wise details of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS)

|       |                      | No. of Persondays generated (In Crore)   | No. of Persondays generated (In Crore)   | No. of Persondays generated (In Crore)   | No. of Persondays generated (In Crore)   |
|-------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S.No. | State                | 2015-16                                  | 2016-17                                  | 2017-18                                  | 2018-19 as on 30/11/2018                 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh       | 19.92                                    | 20.60                                    | 21.20                                    | 18.58                                    |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.50                                     | 0.85                                     | 0.43                                     | 0.27                                     |
| 3     | Assam                | 4.86                                     | 4.66                                     | 4.82                                     | 2.59                                     |
| 4     | Bihar                | 6.71                                     | 8.58                                     | 8.18                                     | 7.28                                     |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh         | 10.14                                    | 8.86                                     | 11.99                                    | 8.09                                     |
| 6     | Goa                  | 0.011                                    | 0.013                                    | 0.010                                    | 0.0008                                   |
| 7     | Gujarat              | 2.25                                     | 2.71                                     | 3.53                                     | 2.50                                     |
| 8     | Haryana              | 0.48                                     | 0.85                                     | 0.90                                     | 0.41                                     |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh     | 1.78                                     | 2.37                                     | 2.20                                     | 1.73                                     |
| 10    | Jammu And Kashmir    | 3.16                                     | 3.16                                     | 3.78                                     | 1.81                                     |
| 11    | Jharkhand            | 5.86                                     | 7.07                                     | 5.93                                     | 3.97                                     |
| 12    | Karnataka            | 5.98                                     | 9.14                                     | 8.58                                     | 5.39                                     |
| 13    | Kerala               | 7.42                                     | 6.85                                     | 6.20                                     | 4.94                                     |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh       | 12.37                                    | 11.30                                    | 16.23                                    | 12.74                                    |
| 15    | Maharashtra          | 7.63                                     | 7.09                                     | 8.25                                     | 5.32                                     |
| 16    | Manipur              | 0.75                                     | 1.19                                     | 0.61                                     | 0.44                                     |
| 17    | Meghalaya            | 2.00                                     | 2.83                                     | 2.92                                     | 1.54                                     |
| 18    | Mizoram              | 1.31                                     | 1.68                                     | 1.44                                     | 1.11                                     |
| 19    | Nagaland             | 2.12                                     | 2.91                                     | 2.37                                     | 0.53                                     |
| 20    | Odisha               | 8.94                                     | 7.74                                     | 9.22                                     | 6.18                                     |
| 21    | Punjab               | 1.44                                     | 1.58                                     | 2.23                                     | 1.12                                     |
| 22    | Rajasthan            | 23.41                                    | 25.96                                    | 23.98                                    | 14.69                                    |
| 23    | Sikkim               | 0.44                                     | 0.46                                     | 0.35                                     | 0.20                                     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu           | 36.87                                    | 39.99                                    | 23.89                                    | 13.04                                    |
| 25    | Telangana            | 14.18                                    | 10.82                                    | 11.47                                    | 10.45                                    |
| 26    | Tripura              | 5.39                                     | 4.61                                     | 1.76                                     | 1.46                                     |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh        | 18.22                                    | 15.75                                    | 18.17                                    | 13.22                                    |
| 28    | Uttarakhand          | 2.24                                     | 2.37                                     | 2.23                                     | 1.28                                     |
| 29    | West Bengal          | 28.65                                    | 23.56                                    | 31.26                                    | 22.26                                    |
| 30    | Andaman And Nicobar  | 0.03                                     | 0.04                                     | 0.02                                     | 0.009                                    |
| 31    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NR                                       | NR                                       | NR                                       | NR                                       |
| 32    | Daman & Diu          | NR                                       | NR                                       | NR                                       | NR                                       |
| 33    | Lakshadweep          | 0.00032                                  | 0.00001                                  | 0.00059                                  | 0.0006                                   |
| 34    | Puducherry           | 0.06                                     | 0.05                                     | 0.07                                     | 0.05                                     |
|       | Total                | 235.14                                   | 235.65                                   | 234.22                                   | 163.22                                   |

Source:M/o Rural Development

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2229 FOR 24-12-2018  REGARDING  CREATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Year  wise  /state  wise  details  of  Pt.Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDUGKY)

| Sl.No.   | State             | FY 15-16   | FY 16-17   | FY 17-18   | FY 18-19 till Nov'18 as on 03.12.18 (as per MPR)   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|          |                   | Placed     | Placed     | Placed     | Placed                                             |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1989       | 18966      | 10954      | 20134                                              |
| 2        | Assam             | 3022       | 1479       | 3464       | 4487                                               |
| 3        | Bihar             | 3685       | 4216       | 4859       | 4267                                               |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 4463       | 1987       | 539        | 2000                                               |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 5083       | 2075       | 160        | 780                                                |
| 6        | Haryana           | 8807       | 586        | 5832       | 3950                                               |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0          | 0          | 0          | 149                                                |
| 8        | Jammu and Kashmir | 16524      | 6453       | 1424       | 152                                                |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 1314       | 2355       | 2375       | 1494                                               |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 5443       | 4432       | 4752       | 3099                                               |
| 11       | Kerala            | 2446       | 5598       | 4175       | 6994                                               |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | 3954       | 3546       | 1823       | 1504                                               |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 0          | 3694       | 7390       | 2235                                               |
| 14       | Manipur           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                                                  |
| 15       | Meghalaya         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 202                                                |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                                                  |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                                                  |
| 18       | Odisha            | 18001      | 45726      | 14035      | 21562                                              |
| 19       | Punjab            | 0          | 0          | 563        | 1273                                               |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | 12844      | 3397       | 693        | 2744                                               |
| 21       | Sikkim            | 205        | 70         | 0          | 0                                                  |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 9375       | 30780      | 765        | 121                                                |
| 23       | Telangana         | 1830       | 9150       | 9048       | 12541                                              |
| 24       | Tripura           | 75         | 342        | 526        | 875                                                |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 8552       | 2052       | 892        | 2710                                               |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 155                                                |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 1900       | 979        | 1518       | 2212                                               |
|          | Total             | 109512     | 147883     | 75787      | 95640                                              |

Source:M/o Rural Development

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2229 FOR 24-12-2018  REGARDING  CREATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Details  of  skill  trained  candidates  placed    year  wise/  state-wise    under    Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

As on 05.12.2018

| S.No.       | States/UTs       | FY 2015-16   |   FY 2016-17 |   FY 2017-18 |   FY 2018-19 |
|-------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh   | 3116         |        35882 |        12010 |        38100 |
| 2 Arunachal | Pradesh 0        |              |            0 |          113 |          297 |
| 3           | Assam            | 0            |          293 |         1284 |          258 |
| 4           | Bihar            | 90           |          176 |         1546 |          108 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh     | 3513         |         5858 |         6476 |         2800 |
| 6           | Goa              | 0            |           66 |          639 |          833 |
| 7           | Gujarat          | 226          |         3920 |         6388 |         6741 |
| 8           | Haryana          | 0            |            0 |          685 |          494 |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh | 196          |           86 |          100 |          116 |
| 10 Jammu &  | Kashmir          | 254          |            0 |           25 |           60 |
| 11          | Jharkhand        | 0            |         2700 |        20795 |         2093 |
| 12          | Karnataka        | 3527         |          637 |          898 |            0 |
| 13          | Kerala           | 0            |          443 |         2413 |         1570 |
| 14 Madhya   | Pradesh          | 4307         |        38060 |         3039 |        19936 |
| 15          | Maharashtra      | 0            |        11768 |         6083 |        10656 |
| 16 Manipur  |                  | 6            |            0 |            0 |           41 |
| 17          | Meghalaya        | 0            |          317 |          111 |            7 |
| 18          | Mizoram          | 0            |          147 |           91 |          684 |
| 19          | Nagaland         | 691          |          341 |         1749 |            0 |
| 20          | Odisha           | 0            |         2467 |          776 |            0 |
| 21          | Punjab           | 0            |            0 |         1139 |          893 |
| 22          | Rajasthan        | 0            |            0 |           33 |         1345 |
| 23          | Sikkim           | 0            |            0 |            0 |          187 |
| 24 Tamil    | Nadu             | 6262         |            0 |         1156 |         1849 |
| 25          | Telangana        | 3718         |         1861 |        10013 |         4078 |
| 26          | Tripura          | 0            |            0 |            2 |          101 |
| 27 Uttar    | Pradesh          | 0            |        42174 |        30058 |           11 |
| 28          | Uttarakhand      | 0            |         1731 |            0 |          663 |
| 29 West     | Bengal           | 6322         |         2691 |         6919 |          832 |
| 30 A & N    | Islands          | 0            |            0 |            0 |            0 |
| 31          | Chandigarh       | 1436         |          283 |          875 |            0 |
| 32 D & N    | Haveli           | 0            |            0 |            0 |            0 |
| 33 Daman &  | Diu              | 0            |            0 |            0 |            0 |
| 34          | Delhi            | 0            |            0 |            0 |            0 |
| 35          | Puducherry       | 0            |            0 |            0 |            0 |
|             | Total            | 33664        |       151901 |       115416 |        94753 |

Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.