Lok Sabha Question No. 1288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Annual Employment Growth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

1288.  DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  unemployment  rate  is  on  the  rise  as  a  result  of  drop  in  employment opportunities and if so, the details thereof along with annual employment growth rate recorded during the last five year plan period, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  employment  opportunities  generated  by  big  business  houses,  corporate sector,  Government/non  government  sector  during  the  last  three  years  and thecurrent year, year-wise;
- (c) the details of the targets set and achieved with regard to creation of employment opportunities during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the  various  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  generate  more  employment opportunities  in  the  country  especially  for  the  reserved  category  and  also  to check unemployment growth?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The  quinquennial  labour  force  surveys  on  employment  and  unemployment  were conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The last such survey was conducted during 2011-12. Now, NSO has switched  to  the  annual  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS),  which  was  conducted during  2017-18.  As  per  the  result  of  surveys,  the  estimated  unemployment  rate  on usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis was 2.2% during 2011-12 and 6.1% during 2017-18. The State/UT-wise detail is given at Annexure.

- (b) to (d): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of  the  Government. Government has taken various steps for generating employment across the country like encouraging private sector of economy, fast-tracking various projects involving substantial  investment  and  increasing  public  expenditure  on schemes  such  as  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 Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, respectively.  Employment generated through these schemes/ programmes  in country to the extent available is given below:

| Schemes/Year                                         |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 | 2019-20                  |
|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (in lakh) |      4.08 |      3.87 |      5.87 | 2.12 ( till Oct, 2019)   |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( incrore)        |    235.64 |    233.74 |    267.99 | 207.62 ( till Dec, 2019) |
| Candidates placed under DDU-GKY (in lakh)            |      1.48 |      0.76 |      1.36 | 1.11 (till Dec, 2019)    |
| Placement under DAY-NULM (in lakh)                   |      1.52 |      1.15 |      1.78 | 0.44 (as on 27-1-2020)   |

Source: Concerned Ministries.

The manpower planning and employment in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)  is  aligned  to  the  objective  and  targets  of  their  business  plans,  prevailing business conditions & requirements and other factors like future operations, expansion/investment  plan,  retirement,  attrition  etc.  In  addition,  recruitment  under central government is primarily made by various recruitment agencies namely Union Public  Service  Commission  (UPSC),  Staff  Selection  Commission  (SSC)  and  Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) etc. Besides these, many Ministries/Departments have their own recruitment mechanism for certain posts in their domain. There is no centralized agency  to  collect  data  from  all  recruitment  agencies  and  from  States/UTs.  The Government posts are regularly filled up in accordance with the prescribed recruitment  rules.  The  year-wise  number  of  persons  recruited  through  the  main recruitment  agencies  of  the  Central  Government  and  employment  in  CPSEs  to  the extent available is given below:

| Year    |   No. of candidates recommended by UPSC |   No. of candidates recommended for appointment by SSC |   No. of candidates empanelled/ recruited by RRB | Employment* in Central Public Sector Enterprises (in Lakh)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                                    6877 |                                                  25138 |                                            79803 | 11.85                                                        |
| 2016-17 |                                    5740 |                                                  68880 |                                            26318 | 11.35                                                        |
| 2017-18 |                                    6314 |                                                  45391 |                                            24462 | 10.88                                                        |
| 2018-19 |                                    4422 |                                                  16748 |                                             6493 | Not available                                                |

The above figures do not include recruitments made by the various Ministries/Deptt.  through  their  own  mechanism,  State  Governments,  Banks,  Other Financial Institutions, Universities, Statutory/ Autonomous Bodies and directly by the Ministries/Departments without going through UPSC,  SSC  and other recruiting agencies.

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme known as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across  the  country  for four  years  i.e.  2016-2020.  As  on  17-01-2020,  16.6  lakh  (appx.)  candidates  have  been reported to be placed across the country under PMKVY.

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  by  Government  inter alia for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans uptoRs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. In  addition  to  above  mentioned,  the  Stand-up  India  Scheme  is  launched  to promote  entrepreneurship  among  Scheduled  Caste/Schedule  Tribe  and  Women  for loans  in  the  range  of  Rs.  10  Lakhs  to  Rs.  100  Lakhs.  The  Scheme  is  expected  to benefit large number of such entrepreneurs, as it is intended to facilitate at least two such projects per bank branch (Scheduled Commercial Bank) on an average one for each category of entrepreneur. Government has implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online  platform  for  the  job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content to job seekers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1288 due for replyon 10-02-2020

State/UT-wise details of unemployment rate for persons of all ages according to usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available

| Sl. No.   |                   | Unemployment rate (in %)      | Unemployment rate (in %)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2011-12 (Quinquennial Survey) | 2017-18 (PLFS)*            |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh#   | 2.0                           | 4.5                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.2                           | 5.9                        |
| 3         | Assam             | 4.6                           | 8.1                        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3.4                           | 7.2                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1.4                           | 3.3                        |
| 6         | Delhi             | 3.8                           | 9.7                        |
| 7         | Goa               | 4.9                           | 13.9                       |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 0.5                           | 4.8                        |
| 9         | Haryana           | 2.9                           | 8.6                        |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.3                           | 5.5                        |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3.4                           | 5.3                        |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 2.6                           | 7.7                        |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 1.6                           | 4.8                        |
| 14        | Kerala            | 6.6                           | 11.4                       |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.9                           | 4.5                        |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 1.3                           | 4.9                        |
| 17        | Manipur           | 3.7                           | 11.6                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 0.8                           | 1.5                        |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 3.2                           | 10.1                       |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 17.7                          | 21.4                       |
| 21        | Odisha            | 2.4                           | 7.1                        |
| 22        | Punjab            | 2.2                           | 7.8                        |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 1.2                           | 5.0                        |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 1.2                           | 3.5                        |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 2.3                           | 7.6                        |
| 26        | Telangana         | -                             | 7.6                        |
| 27        | Tripura           | 12.8                          | 6.8                        |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 3.1                           | 7.6                        |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.6                           | 6.4                        |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 3.3                           | 4.6                        |
| 31        | A & N Islands     | 6.5                           | 15.8                       |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 6.0                           | 9.0                        |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar     | 0.0                           | 0.4                        |
| 34        | Daman & Diu       | 0.1                           | 3.1                        |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 13.8                          | 21.3                       |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 2.1                           | 10.3                       |
|           | All-India         | 2.2                           | 6.1                        |

Source:  Annual Report, PLFS, 2017-18 and Employment and Unemployment situation in India, 2011-12; M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation; Note: *For comparability, the results of the PLFS with earlier rounds of NSS surveys need to be understood in the context with which the survey methodology and sample selection has been designed.

# Telangana was included in Andhra Pradesh for 2011-12.