Lok Sabha Question No. 3591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Unemployment in Odisha
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3591 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2020

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN ODISHA

3591.  SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that unemployment position has substantially increased in Odisha during the last Five years and the current year;
- (b) the position of unemployment in Odisha as compared to other States;
- (c) the number of educated, skilled and unskilled unemployed persons registered with the live registers of employment exchanges as on date;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  conducting  special  recruitment  programmes  in order to curb the unemployment situation in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  results  of  annual  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during 2017-18 and annual employment-unemployment survey  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  the estimated unemployment rate in Odisha and comparison with other States on usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis for the persons of age 15 years and above to the extent available is given at Annexure.

(c):  As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of job seekers including  educated,  skilled  and  unskilled,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be unemployed, registered on live register of employment exchanges in the country to the extent available were  4.24 crore at the end of Dec, 2017 and 10.08 lakh were in Odisha during the same year.

(d)  &  (e):  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 (DDUGKY)  and  Deendyal  Antodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNULM).

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has  implemented  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. 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. 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 for job seekers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3591 due for reply on  16-03-2020.

State/UT-wise  details  of  Unemployment  Rate  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above according to usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Survey by Labour Bureau    | Survey by Labour Bureau    | Survey by NSO (PLFS)       |
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2013-14                    | 2015-16                    | 2017-18                    |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2.9                        | 3.5                        | 4.5                        |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 6.7                        | 3.9                        | 5.8                        |
| 3.        | Assam             | 2.9                        | 4.0                        | 7.9                        |
| 4.        | Bihar             | 5.6                        | 4.4                        | 7.0                        |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      | 2.1                        | 1.2                        | 3.3                        |
| 6.        | Delhi             | 4.4                        | 3.1                        | 9.4                        |
| 7.        | Goa               | 9.6                        | 9.0                        | 13.9                       |
| 8.        | Gujarat           | 0.8                        | 0.6                        | 4.8                        |
| 9.        | Haryana           | 2.9                        | 3.3                        | 8.4                        |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.8                        | 10.2                       | 5.5                        |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 8.2                        | 6.6                        | 5.4                        |
| 12.       | Jharkhand         | 1.8                        | 2.2                        | 7.5                        |
| 13.       | Karnataka         | 1.7                        | 1.4                        | 4.8                        |
| 14.       | Kerala            | 9.3                        | 10.6                       | 11.4                       |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh    | 2.3                        | 3.0                        | 4.3                        |
| 16.       | Maharashtra       | 2.2                        | 1.5                        | 4.8                        |
| 17.       | Manipur           | 3.4                        | 3.4                        | 11.5                       |
| 18.       | Meghalaya         | 2.6                        | 4.0                        | 1.6                        |
| 19.       | Mizoram           | 2.0                        | 1.5                        | 10.1                       |
| 20.       | Nagaland          | 6.7                        | 5.6                        | 21.4                       |
| 21.       | Odisha            | 4.3                        | 3.8                        | 7.1                        |
| 22.       | Punjab            | 5.4                        | 5.8                        | 7.7                        |
| 23.       | Rajasthan         | 3.1                        | 2.5                        | 5.0                        |
| 24.       | Sikkim            | 7.1                        | 8.9                        | 3.5                        |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu        | 3.3                        | 3.8                        | 7.5                        |
| 26.       | Telangana         | 3.1                        | 2.7                        | 7.6                        |
| 27.       | Tripura           | 6.2                        | 10.0                       | 6.8                        |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand       | 5.5                        | 6.1                        | 7.6                        |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh     | 4.0                        | 5.8                        | 6.2                        |
| 30.       | West Bengal       | 4.2                        | 3.6                        | 4.6                        |
| 31.       | A & N Islands     | 13.0                       | 12.0                       | 15.8                       |
| 32.       | Chandigarh        | 2.8                        | 3.4                        | 9.0                        |
| 33.       | Dadra & Nagar     | 4.6                        | 2.7                        | 0.4                        |
| 34.       | Daman & Diu       | 6.6                        | 0.3                        | 3.1                        |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep       | 10.5                       | 4.3                        | 21.3                       |
| 36.       | Puducherry        | 8.8                        | 4.8                        | 10.3                       |
|           | All-India         | 3.4                        | 3.7                        | 6.0                        |

Source:  1. Annual Report PLFS, 2017-18 , M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation;

2. Employment-Unemployment  survey,  Labour Bureau.

Note:  Survey  methodology  and  sample  selection  are  different  in  PLFS  and  Labour  Bureau survey.