Lok Sabha Question No. 3133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Impact of Demonetisation and GST on Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST  DECEMBER, 2018

## IMPACT OF DEMONETISATION AND GST ON EMPLOYMENT 3133. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  impact  of  demonetisation  and GST on the workers engaged in organized/ unorganized sector, agricultural and contractual labourers in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the extent to which the labour force has been affected due to NGT norms in the country;
- (d) whether the Government has any policy to provide alternative employment to those labourers who were affected due to above reasons; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the other measures taken or being taken by the Government to provide employment to such labourers in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  :  No,  Madam.  However,  Labour    Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  & Employment    has  been  conducting  Quarterly  Quick  Employment  Surveys  in eight sectors namely Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Accommodation and Restaurant, IT/BPO, Education and Health. The change in employment in 8 selected sectors from July 2016 to October 2017 is given at Annex-I.

(c):  The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while passing any order or decision or award, is guided by the principles of sustainable development, the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle. In its directions the NGT seeks  to  promote  economic  development  with  environmental  well-being  to ensure  that  economic  development  is  consistent  with  long  term  sustainable development.

(d)  &  (e):  Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. The Government is implementing various programs in this direction like  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).

Pradhan  Mantri  Rozgar  Protshan  Yojana  (PMRPY)  has  been  initiated  by  the Ministry of Labour  &  Employment  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivizing employers by paying their entire contribution of 12% (or as admissible) towards the EPS and EPF for all sectors w.e.f. 01.04.2018 to all eligible new employees and is applicable for all sectors for the three years. Till 17.12.2018 more than 94.58 lakh employees have been benefitted through 1.18 lakh establishments under this scheme.

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Annex-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133 FOR 31-12-2018 REGARDING IMPACT OF DEMONETISATION AND GST ON EMPLOYMENT. SECTOR-WISE  CHANGE  IN  EMPLOYMENT  IN  EIGHT  SECTORS  AS  PER  QUARTERLY

QUICK EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY LABOUR BUREAU.

| S.No.   | Sector                     |   1 st Jul 16 over 1 st Apr'16 |   1 st Oct 16 over 1 st Jul'16 |   1 st Jan'17 over 1 st Oct'16 |   1 st Apr'17 over 1 st Jan'17 |   1 st Jul'17 over 1 st Apr'17 |   1 st Oct.'17 over 1 st July'17 |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Manufacturing              |                          -0.12 |                           0.24 |                           0.83 |                           1.02 |                          -0.87 |                             0.89 |
| 2       | Construction               |                          -0.23 |                          -0.01 |                          -0.01 |                           0.02 |                           0.1  |                            -0.22 |
| 3       | Trade                      |                           0.26 |                          -0.07 |                           0.07 |                           0.29 |                           0.07 |                             0.14 |
| 4       | Transport                  |                           0.17 |                           0    |                           0.01 |                           0.03 |                          -0.03 |                             0.2  |
| 5       | Accommodation & Restaurant |                           0.01 |                          -0.08 |                           0    |                           0.03 |                           0.05 |                             0.02 |
| 6       | IT/BPO                     |                          -0.16 |                           0.26 |                           0.12 |                           0.13 |                           0.02 |                             0.01 |
| 7       | Education                  |                           0.51 |                          -0.02 |                           0.18 |                           0.02 |                           0.99 |                             0.21 |
| 8       | Health                     |                           0.33 |                           0    |                           0.02 |                           0.31 |                           0.31 |                             0.11 |
|         | Total                      |                           0.77 |                           0.32 |                           1.22 |                           1.85 |                           0.64 |                             1.36 |

*Source:Labour Bureau

( in lakhs)