Lok Sabha Question No. 409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Creating New Jobs for Unemployed Youths
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 409 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  JUNE, 2019

## CREATING NEW JOBS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS

409.   SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a)  the  progress  made  by  the  Government  in  creating  new  jobs  for  the unemployed youths in the country;
- (b) the details of number of jobs created through the various programmes and schemes in the country during the last three years, year and State-wise;
- (c) whether it is true that job growth of the current year is at the lowest level in a decade; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Employment generation coupled with improving employability of the youth is the priority concern of the Government. 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  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban  Affairs.  Details  of  the  employment  generated  through  these  schemes/

programmes are given at Annexure.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been initiated by Government inter alia for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business  activities.  Upto  31st  March, 2019, 18.26 crore loans were sanctioned under the scheme.

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  ProtsahanYojana  (PMRPY)  has  been  launched  by  the Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  for  incentivising  employers  for  promoting employment  generation.  Under  this  scheme,  Government  is  paying  entire employer's  contribution  (12%  or  as  admissible)  towards  EPF  and  EPS  for  all eligible new employees for all sectors for 3 years. Till 16th June, 2019, benefits have been given to 1.21 crore beneficiaries.

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STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  409  FOR  24.06.2019  REGARDING  CREATING  NEW  JOBS  FOR  UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS

(a) Year -wise /State-wise details of Estimated Employment Generated (No. of Persons) under Prime Minister's Employment Genaration Programme (PMEGP)

| Sl. No.   | State                     | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (As on 31.03.2019)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 293       | 1398      | 1744      | 1832                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            | 7740      | 14148     | 12216     | 17648                        |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 104       | 1984      | 1672      | 2240                         |
| 4         | Assam                     | 9026      | 31498     | 18256     | 29896                        |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 19624     | 25872     | 18456     | 26424                        |
| 6         | Chandigarh                | 323       | 376       | 360       | 224                          |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              | 9496      | 12856     | 11704     | 24696                        |
| 8         | Delhi                     | 2048      | 952       | 920       | 1048                         |
| 9         | Goa                       | 500       | 660       | 400       | 624                          |
| 10        | Gujarat*                  | 14960     | 11629     | 15008     | 27984                        |
| 11        | Haryana                   | 7232      | 11016     | 13744     | 17320                        |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh          | 5134      | 6916      | 7088      | 11192                        |
| 13        | Jammu and Kashmir         | 12115     | 11691     | 30024     | 60232                        |
| 14        | Jharkhand                 | 12873     | 10400     | 8888      | 14360                        |
| 15        | Karnataka                 | 17284     | 30286     | 16920     | 29176                        |
| 16        | Kerala                    | 9653      | 13068     | 10776     | 19824                        |
| 17        | Lakshadweep               | -         | -         | -         | -                            |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh            | 16497     | 15520     | 14432     | 20176                        |
| 19        | Maharashtra**             | 20161     | 17799     | 26632     | 45040                        |
| 20        | Manipur                   | 2715      | 8419      | 4800      | 10328                        |
| 21        | Meghalaya                 | 4824      | 2632      | 600       | 3112                         |
| 22        | Mizoram                   | 9072      | 3400      | 1992      | 8984                         |
| 23        | Nagaland                  | 4998      | 7783      | 7440      | 9664                         |
| 24        | Odisha                    | 17629     | 20392     | 19192     | 24544                        |
| 25        | Puducherry                | 447       | 699       | 352       | 608                          |
| 26        | Punjab                    | 7762      | 9858      | 12160     | 14408                        |
| 27        | Rajasthan                 | 14537     | 13408     | 12614     | 18856                        |
| 28        | Sikkim                    | 397       | 201       | 296       | 440                          |
| 30        | Telangana                 | 7761      | 6445      | 9520      |                              |
|           |                           |           |           |           | 16336                        |
| 31        | Tripura                   | 5355      | 17961     | 8928      | 9424                         |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh             | 43059     | 36315     | 43456     | 41928                        |
| 33        | Uttarakhand               | 6161      | 9890      | 12904     | 17440                        |
| 34        | West Bengal               | 12746     | 26604     | 10928     | 19280                        |
|           | Total                     | 323362    | 407840    | 387184    | 586728                       |

Source: M/o Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

(b) State-wise/UT-wise  employment  Generated  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)

|                     | Persondays Generated under MGNREGA (in crore)   | Persondays Generated under MGNREGA (in crore)   | Persondays Generated under MGNREGA (in crore)   | Persondays Generated under MGNREGA (in crore)   | Persondays Generated under MGNREGA (in crore)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| States              | 2014-15                                         | 2015-16                                         | 2016-17                                         | 2017-18                                         | 2018-19                                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | 15.59                                           | 19.92                                           | 20.59                                           | 21.21                                           | 24.46                                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 0.19                                            | 0.50                                            | 0.85                                            | 0.43                                            | 0.69                                            |
| ASSAM               | 2.11                                            | 4.86                                            | 4.66                                            | 4.81                                            | 5.34                                            |
| BIHAR               | 3.52                                            | 6.71                                            | 8.58                                            | 8.17                                            | 12.34                                           |
| CHHATTISGARH        | 5.56                                            | 10.14                                           | 8.86                                            | 11.99                                           | 13.86                                           |
| GOA                 | 0.02                                            | 0.01                                            | 0.01                                            | 0.01                                            | 0.00                                            |
| GUJARAT             | 1.81                                            | 2.25                                            | 2.71                                            | 3.53                                            | 4.20                                            |
| HARYANA             | 0.62                                            | 0.48                                            | 0.85                                            | 0.90                                            | 0.78                                            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 1.91                                            | 1.78                                            | 2.37                                            | 2.20                                            | 2.85                                            |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 1.21                                            | 3.16                                            | 3.16                                            | 3.71                                            | 3.71                                            |
| JHARKHAND           | 4.53                                            | 5.86                                            | 7.07                                            | 5.93                                            | 5.37                                            |
| KARNATAKA           | 4.33                                            | 5.98                                            | 9.14                                            | 8.57                                            | 10.46                                           |
| KERALA              | 5.89                                            | 7.42                                            | 6.85                                            | 6.20                                            | 9.75                                            |
| MADHYA PRADESH      | 11.75                                           | 12.37                                           | 11.30                                           | 16.22                                           | 20.30                                           |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 6.14                                            | 7.63                                            | 7.09                                            | 8.25                                            | 8.46                                            |
| MANIPUR             | 1.01                                            | 0.75                                            | 1.19                                            | 0.61                                            | 1.17                                            |
| MEGHALAYA           | 1.67                                            | 2.00                                            | 2.83                                            | 2.92                                            | 3.42                                            |
| MIZORAM             | 0.43                                            | 1.31                                            | 1.68                                            | 1.44                                            | 1.81                                            |
| NAGALAND            | 0.90                                            | 2.12                                            | 2.91                                            | 2.00                                            | 1.33                                            |
| ODISHA              | 5.35                                            | 8.94                                            | 7.74                                            | 9.22                                            | 8.31                                            |
| PUNJAB              | 0.65                                            | 1.44                                            | 1.58                                            | 2.23                                            | 2.04                                            |
| RAJASTHAN           | 16.86                                           | 23.41                                           | 25.97                                           | 23.98                                           | 29.42                                           |
| SIKKIM              | 0.24                                            | 0.44                                            | 0.46                                            | 0.35                                            | 0.34                                            |
| TAMIL NADU          | 26.80                                           | 36.87                                           | 39.99                                           | 23.89                                           | 25.77                                           |
| TELANGANA           | 10.32                                           | 14.18                                           | 10.82                                           | 11.48                                           | 11.76                                           |
| TRIPURA             | 5.12                                            | 5.39                                            | 4.61                                            | 1.76                                            | 2.53                                            |
| UTTAR PRADESH       | 13.12                                           | 18.22                                           | 15.75                                           | 18.15                                           | 21.26                                           |
| UTTARAKHAND         | 1.47                                            | 2.24                                            | 2.37                                            | 2.23                                            | 2.22                                            |
| WEST BENGAL         | 16.96                                           | 28.65                                           | 23.56                                           | 31.26                                           | 33.85                                           |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0.0517                                          | 0.0268                                          | 0.0412                                          | 0.0190                                          | 0.0194                                          |
| LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.00125                                         | 0.00032                                         | 0.00001                                         | 0.00059                                         | 0.00102                                         |
| PUDUCHERRY          | 0.04                                            | 0.06                                            | 0.05                                            | 0.07                                            | 0.07                                            |
| Total               | 166.18                                          | 235.14                                          | 235.64                                          | 233.74                                          | 267.90                                          |

Source: M/o Rural Development

- (c) Year  wise  and  State-wise  DDUGKY  Physical  achievement  under  Pt.  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushlya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

(d) Year wise DDUGKY Physical achievement

| S.No.               | State                |        | FY 17-18   | FY 17-18   | FY 18-19   | FY 18-19   | FY 19-20 till May, 2019   | FY 19-20 till May, 2019   |
|---------------------|----------------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S.No.               | Trained              | Placed | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained                   | Placed                    |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh 12787 | 18966  | 17341      | 10954      | 26128      | 24841      | 1266                      | 1040                      |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                         | 0                         |
| 3 Assam             | 8202                 | 1479   | 9936       | 3464       | 15568      | 7281       | 634                       | 2403                      |
| 4 Bihar             | 8608                 | 4216   | 6972       | 4859       | 10526      | 5841       | 824                       | 1218                      |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 7355                 | 1987   | 3111       | 539        | 6841       | 2583       | 1227                      | 1354                      |
| 6 Gujarat           | 2254                 | 2075   | 528        | 160        | 4985       | 1486       | 337                       | 352                       |
| 7 Haryana           | 10512                | 586    | 2281       | 5832       | 1734       | 4122       | 329                       | 672                       |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh  | 0                    | 0      | 350        | 0          | 2550       | 582        | 204                       | 27                        |
| 9 Jammu and Kashmir | 7300                 | 6453   | 1137       | 1424       | 4176       | 569        | 762                       | 275                       |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 8360                 | 2355   | 5526       | 2375       | 7929       | 3421       | 951                       | 634                       |
| 11 Karnataka        | 10909                | 4432   | 8871       | 4752       | 7290       | 5411       | 758                       | 1494                      |
| 12 Kerala           | 11246                | 5598   | 10587      | 4175       | 13763      | 9656       | 2216                      | 2060                      |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 10974                | 3546   | 5353       | 1823       | 9139       | 2098       | 1004                      | 165                       |
| 14 Maharashtra      | 4140                 | 3694   | 7082       | 7390       | 16061      | 4458       | 1526                      | 2305                      |
| 15 Manipur          | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                         | 0                         |
| 16 Meghalaya        | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 831        | 253        | 82                        | 234                       |
| 17 Mizoram          | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 157        | 0          | 79                        | 0                         |
| 18 Nagaland         | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 203        | 0          | 26                        | 59                        |
| 19 Odisha           | 32108                | 45726  | 23520      | 14035      | 41172      | 31658      | 7000                      | 4644                      |
| 20 Punjab           | 0                    | 0      | 4987       | 563        | 2782       | 1443       | 348                       | 354                       |
| 21 Rajasthan        | 3837                 | 3397   | 2599       | 693        | 9613       | 3381       | 1141                      | 345                       |
| 22 Sikkim           | 0                    | 70     | 0          | 0          | 64         | 64         | 67                        | 0                         |
| 23 Tamil Nadu       | 113                  | 30780  | 519        | 765        | 2820       | 185        | 1441                      | 10                        |
| 24 Telangana        | 8969                 | 9150   | 12470      | 9048       | 15569      | 15591      | 943                       | 1408                      |
| 25 Tripura          | 1197                 | 342    | 1530       | 526        | 1816       | 2093       | 344                       | 61                        |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh    | 11203                | 2052   | 4795       | 892        | 17573      | 4839       | 3257                      | 698                       |
| 27 Uttarakhand      | 0                    | 0      | 0          | 0          | 1144       | 253        | 172                       | 62                        |
| 28 West Bengal      | 2512                 | 979    | 2032       | 1518       | 8521       | 3700       | 981                       | 1024                      |
| Total               | 162586               | 147883 | 131527     | 75787      | 228955     | 135809     | 27919                     | 22898                     |

Source: M/o Rural Development

## (d) Details  of  no.  of  skill  trained  candidates  placed  under  (EST&P),  year  wise,  state-wise progress under DAY-NULM since 2014-15 till 2018-19

As on 18.06.2019

| Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   | Number of Skill Trained Candidates Placed   |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                      | States/UTs                                  | FY 2014-15                                  | FY 2015-16                                  | FY 2016-17                                  | FY 2017-18                                  | FY 2018-19                                  | Cumulative                                  |
| 1                                           | Andhra Pradesh                              | 182                                         | 3116                                        | 35882                                       | 12010                                       | 54610                                       | 105800                                      |
| 2                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 113                                         | 622                                         | 735                                         |
| 3                                           | Assam                                       | 0                                           | 0                                           | 293                                         | 1284                                        | 443                                         | 2020                                        |
| 4                                           | Bihar                                       | 0                                           | 90                                          | 176                                         | 1546                                        | 546                                         | 2358                                        |
| 5                                           | Chhattisgarh                                | 655                                         | 3513                                        | 5858                                        | 6476                                        | 4942                                        | 21444                                       |
| 6                                           | Goa                                         | 0                                           | 0                                           | 66                                          | 639                                         | 1255                                        | 1960                                        |
| 7                                           | Gujarat                                     | 0                                           | 226                                         | 3920                                        | 6388                                        | 12804                                       | 23338                                       |
| 8                                           | Haryana                                     | 282                                         | 0                                           | 0                                           | 685                                         | 2080                                        | 3047                                        |
| 9                                           | Himachal Pradesh                            | 0                                           | 196                                         | 86                                          | 100                                         | 389                                         | 771                                         |
| 10                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                             | 0                                           | 254                                         | 0                                           | 25                                          | 106                                         | 385                                         |
| 11                                          | Jharkhand                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 2700                                        | 20795                                       | 5317                                        | 28812                                       |
| 12                                          | Karnataka                                   | 0                                           | 3527                                        | 637                                         | 898                                         | 0                                           | 5062                                        |
| 13                                          | Kerala                                      | 0                                           | 0                                           | 443                                         | 2413                                        | 4378                                        | 7234                                        |
| 14                                          | Madhya Pradesh                              | 2337                                        | 4307                                        | 38060                                       | 3039                                        | 31633                                       | 79376                                       |
| 15                                          | Maharashtra                                 | 0                                           | 0                                           | 11768                                       | 6083                                        | 20482                                       | 38333                                       |
| 16                                          | Manipur                                     | 0                                           | 6                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 78                                          | 84                                          |
| 17                                          | Meghalaya                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 317                                         | 111                                         | 23                                          | 451                                         |
| 18                                          | Mizoram                                     | 0                                           | 0                                           | 147                                         | 91                                          | 1363                                        | 1601                                        |
| 19                                          | Nagaland                                    | 1866                                        | 691                                         | 341                                         | 1749                                        | 0                                           | 4647                                        |
| 20                                          | Odisha                                      | 0                                           | 0                                           | 2467                                        | 776                                         | 0                                           | 3243                                        |
| 21                                          | Punjab                                      | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 1139                                        | 1369                                        | 2508                                        |
| 22                                          | Rajasthan                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 33                                          | 2765                                        | 2798                                        |
| 23                                          | Sikkim                                      | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 248                                         | 248                                         |
| 24                                          | Tamil Nadu                                  | 52988                                       | 6262                                        | 0                                           | 1156                                        | 2620                                        | 63026                                       |
| 25                                          | Telangana                                   | 2628                                        | 3718                                        | 1861                                        | 10013                                       | 4908                                        | 23128                                       |
| 26                                          | Tripura                                     | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 2                                           | 225                                         | 227                                         |
| 27                                          | Uttar Pradesh                               | 0                                           | 0                                           | 42174                                       | 30058                                       | 348                                         | 72580                                       |
| 28                                          | Uttarakhand                                 | 0                                           | 0                                           | 1731                                        | 0                                           | 1061                                        | 2792                                        |
| 29                                          | West Bengal                                 | 2083                                        | 6322                                        | 2691                                        | 6919                                        | 8741                                        | 26756                                       |
| 30                                          | A & N Islands                               | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 31                                          | Chandigarh                                  | 94                                          | 1436                                        | 283                                         | 875                                         | 0                                           | 2688                                        |
| 32                                          | D & N Haveli                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |                                             | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 33                                          |                                             |                                             |                                             |                                             | 0                                           |                                             |                                             |
|                                             | Daman & Diu                                 | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 34                                          | Delhi                                       | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 21                                          | 21                                          |
| 35                                          | Puducherry Total                            | 0 63115                                     | 0 33664                                     | 0 151901                                    | 0 115416                                    | 0 163377                                    | 0 527473                                    |

Source: M/o Housing and Urban Affairs