Lok Sabha Question No. 4210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Job Creation and Financial Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y, Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND    MARCH, 2021

## JOB CREATION AND FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES

4210.  SHRI Y.DEVENDRAPPA SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P DR.NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any clear framework to increase job creation and financial opportunities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  areas  identified  for  job  creation  and  creative  financial  opportunities  and  the  time limit to implement the framework;
- (c) the number of jobs created in the public sector/ private sector since 2014 till February, 2021,  year-wise  and  the  number  of  jobs  created  in  the  private  sector,  since  2014  till February, 2021, year-wise;
- (d) the number of people laid-off from jobs in the public and private sector, since 2014 till February, 2021, year-wise;
- (e) the number of people laid off from jobs in the public and private sector from March, 2020 to March 2021, sector-wise;
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  generate  employment opportunities in the country under various schemes and the number of job opportunities created in the last three years; and
- (g) whether  the  Government  has  taken  adequate  steps  to  generate  more  employment opportunities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (g): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government.  Government is providing fiscal stimulus of more than rupees twenty seven lakh crore as part of the  Aatmanirbhar  financial  Package.  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  package comprises of various long term schemes/ programmes/ policies for making the country selfreliant and to create employment opportunities.

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has taken a number of initiatives for promoting  employment  generation  in  the  country.  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojana (ABRY) Scheme has been introduced to incentivize creation of new employment along with social  security  benefits  and  restoration  of  loss  of  employment  during  COVID-19  pandemic. This scheme being implemented through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), reduces the financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries and encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, Government of India is crediting for a period of two years   both the employees' share (12% of wages) and employers share' (12% of wages) of contribution payable or only the employees' share, depending on employment strength of the EPFO  registered  establishments.  As  on  9 th   March,  2021,  16.49  lakh  employees  were registered for availing the benefits.

Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), Government of India has  contributed both  12%  employer's  share  and  12%  employee's  share  under  Employees  Provident  Fund (EPF),  totaling  24%  of  the  wage  for  the  wage  month  from  March  to  August,  2020  for    the establishments having upto 100 employees with 90% of such employees earning less than Rs.  15000/-.  Under  the  PMGKY  scheme  Rs  2567.66  crore  was  credited  in  EPF  accounts  of 38.82 lakhs eligible employees.

Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) in the country since 2016 with the objective to incentivise employers for creation of new employment with social  security  benefits.  Under  the  scheme,  Government  of  India  is  paying  Employer's  full contribution i.e. 12% towards EPF and EPS both (as admissible from time to time) for a period of three years to the new employees through EPFO w.e.f. 01.04.2018. The terminal date for registration  of  beneficiary  through  establishment  was  31 st   March  2019.  The  beneficiaries registered upto 31st March, 2019 will continue to receive the benefits for 3 years from the date of registration under the scheme. As on 3 rd  March, 2021, benefits have been provided to 1.21 crore beneficiaries through 1.52 lakh establishments.

Besides  above,  Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  generating  employment  in  the country  like  encouraging  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 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.  The  details  of  these  schemes  are  available  on  the  website  of  concerned Ministry/ Department.

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.

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 2018-19, the estimated Worker Population Ratio on usual status (principal status+subsidiary status) basis for the persons age 15 years and above is 46.8% and 47.3% respectively.

The number of persons laid off in public and private sector in the Central Sphere is as under:

| Year            | Number of workers laid   | Sector   |
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------|
|                 | off                      |          |
| 2014            | Nil                      | Nil      |
| 2015            | Nil                      | Nil      |
| 2016            | Nil                      | Nil      |
| 2017            | 179                      | Mines    |
| 2018            | 27                       | Mines    |
| 2019            | Nil                      | Nil      |
| 2020            | Nil                      | Nil      |
| 2021(Till Feb.) | 466                      | Textile  |