Lok Sabha Question No. 3546 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Periodic Census of Central Government Employees
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3546 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2020

## PERIODIC CENSUS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

3546.  SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has discontinued the periodic Census of Central Government Employees;
- (b)
- if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) if  not,  the  year  when  the  last  census  was  undertaken  and  the  time  by which the next census is likely to be undertaken?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b):   No, Sir
- (c) The last report on Census of Central Government Employees (as on 31.03.2011) was brought in 2014. The decision for bringing out of next report will be taken after obtaining views from Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
- (b):    Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority of the Government. Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country like encouraging private sector of economy, fasttracking  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:
- (c): As per the results of annual Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted by NSO and  employment-unemployment survey conducted by Labour Bureau,  the State-wise  estimated  unemployment  rate  to  the  extent  available  is  given  at Annexure-I.
- (d): The State-wise detail of employment generated through major employment generation schemes such as Prime Minister's Employment

| Schemes/Year                                         |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (in lakh) |      3.57 |      3.23 |      4.08 |      3.87 |      5.87 |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( in crore)       |    166.17 |    235.12 |    235.64 |    233.74 |    268    |
| Candidates placed under DDU-GKY (in lakh)            |      0.21 |      1.09 |      1.48 |      0.76 |      1.36 |
| Placement under DAY-NULM (in lakh)                   |      0.63 |      0.34 |      1.52 |      1.15 |      1.63 |

Source: Concerned Ministries.

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) in country to the extent available is given at Annexure- II, III, IV and V respectively.