Lok Sabha Question No. 1282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Registration of Unemployed Persons
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1282

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## REGISTRATION OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

## 1282.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) the State-wise number of unemployed persons registered presently in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has started special scheme recently to reduce unemployment;
- (c) if  so,  the  State-wise  and  district-wise  details  of  the  target  set  for employment generation; and
- (d) the details of the schemes specially for the employment of less educated and illiterate youths by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the  number  of  job seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  on  live register  of  employment  exchanges  in  the  country  to  the  extent  available  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 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. Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  known  as  the  Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (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 upto  Rs.  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 to job seekers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1282 due for reply on 10-02-2020.

State/UT-wise  details  of  Job  seekers  registered  on  live  register  of  employment exchanges in the country to the extent available at end of December-2017.

| Sl. No.             | State/UTs         | Job seekers* (in Lakh)   |
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh    | 9.23                     |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 1.03                     |
| 3                   | Assam             | 19.07                    |
| 4                   | Bihar             | 7.90                     |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh      | 23.11                    |
| 6                   | Delhi             | 12.63                    |
| 7 Goa               |                   | 1.19                     |
| 8                   | Gujarat           | 5.32                     |
| 9 Haryana           |                   | 6.24                     |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh |                   | 8.35                     |
| 11 Jammu & Kashmir  | 2.33              |                          |
| 12 Jharkhand        |                   | 4.79                     |
| 13                  | Karnataka         | 3.39                     |
| 14                  | Kerala            | 35.00                    |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh   | 19.56             |                          |
| 16 Maharashtra      |                   | 37.15                    |
| 17                  | Manipur           | 3.73                     |
| 18                  | Meghalaya         | 0.41                     |
| 19                  | Mizoram           | 0.36                     |
| 20                  | Nagaland          | 0.69                     |
| 21                  | Odisha            | 10.08                    |
| 22                  | Punjab            | 3.14                     |
| 23                  | Rajasthan         | 5.67                     |
| 24                  | Sikkim#           | -                        |
| 25 Tamil            | Nadu              | 74.70                    |
| 26 Telangana        |                   | 9.57                     |
| 27                  | Tripura           | 2.89                     |
| 28                  | Uttarakhand       | 9.10                     |
| 29 Uttar            | Pradesh           | 27.11                    |
| 30 West Bengal      |                   | 77.61                    |
| 31 A. & N.          | Islands           | 0.43                     |
| 32                  | Chandigarh        | 0.19                     |
| 33 D. & N. Haveli   |                   | 0.09                     |
| 34 Daman And        | Diu               | 0.10                     |
| 35                  | Lakshadweep       | 0.19                     |
| 36                  | Puducherry        | 2.12                     |
|                     | Total@            | 424.45                   |

Source: Employment Exchange Statistics, Directorate General of Employment

Note: #No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State; * Provisional @Total may not tally due to rounding off.