Lok Sabha Question No. 2423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Survey to Collect Data Regarding Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2423 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## SURVEY TO COLLECT DATA REGARDING EMPLOYMENT

†2423. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a)whether the Government has conducted/is considering to conduct a big survey to collect correct data regarding employment/unemployment from across the country;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  actual  job  opportunities created since 2014 and the basis on which the said survey is likely to be conducted and the persons likely to be covered under it;
- (c)whether as per Government data growth rate is lowest during the last five years and we are now lagging behind China in this regard;
- (d)if  so,  the  steps  being  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the
- Government to tackle the said challenge; and
- (e)the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir.  Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has launched  a  new  regular  employment-unemployment  survey,  namely, Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  during  2017-18  with  certain changes  in  survey  methodology,  data  collection  mechanism  and sampling design. In PLFS, information on employment and unemployment particulars from all the members of selected households are collected. The survey covered the whole of the India.

(b):   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  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 Deendyal Antodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM). Details of the employment generated through these schemes/ programmes are given at Annexure-I.

(c) to (e): As  per  the  estimates  of  Central  Statistics  Office  (CSO), growth of Indian economy was 7.2% in 2017-18 and 6.8% in 2018-19. It was  higher  as  compared  to  the  growth  of  Chinese  economy  which stood at 6.8 % in 2017 and 6.6 % in 2018 (as per the World Economic Outlook, April 2019). The GDP growth rates (%) at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices for the last 5 years is given at Annexure-II.

Economic growth is  high  on  the  agenda  of  the  Government.  Various reforms are being undertaken by the government in many spheres to improve  GDP  growth.  The  key  reforms  in  government's  new  term include expansion to all farmers the cash transfer scheme 'PM-Kisan' providing an income support of Rs.6000/- per year, which was earlier limited to farmers with a land holding of less than 2 hectares. Along with this, government has also launched voluntary pension scheme for small  and  marginal  farmers  and  small  shopkeepers  or  retail  traders. Further to give focused attention to issues of growth, the Government has constituted a five-member cabinet committee on investment and growth chaired by Hon'ble Prime Minister. Earlier measures taken by the  government  for  growth  promotion,  inter-alia,  include  historic support  and  outreach  programme  for  the  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises  (MSME)  sector,  expansion  and  facilitation  of  MSMEs across the country, fillip to manufacturing via Make in India programme, measures to improve ease of doing business, comprehensive  reforms  in  the  foreign  direct  investment  policy,  and introduction of the Goods and Services Tax.

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Annexure-I

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No 2423 to be answered on 08/07/2019 raised by Shri Rajan Vichare and Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu' regarding 'Survey to Collect Data Regarding Employment'

| Employment Generated                                 | Employment Generated   | Employment Generated   | Employment Generated   | Employment Generated   |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Schemes/Year                                         | 2015-16                | 2016-17                | 2017-18                | 2018-19                |
| Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (in lakh) | 3.23                   | 4.08                   | 3.87                   | 5.87 (till 31-03-2019) |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( in crore)       | 235.14                 | 235.64                 | 233.74                 | 267.9 (till May -2019) |
| Candidates placed under DDU- GKY (in lakh)           | 1.09                   | 1.48                   | 0.76                   | 1.36 (till May-2019)   |
| Placement under DAY-NULM (in lakh)                   | 0.34                   | 1.52                   | 1.15                   | 1.63 (till 18-06-2019) |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2423 to be answered on 08/07/2019 raised by Shri Rajan Vichare and Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu' regarding 'Survey to Collect Data Regarding Employment'. Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  Growth  Rates  (%)  at  Constant  (2011-12)  and  Current

Prices for the last 5 years

| Year    |   At Constant (2011-12) Prices |   At Current Prices |
|---------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
| 2014-15 |                            7.4 |                11   |
| 2015-16 |                            8   |                10.5 |
| 2016-17 |                            8.2 |                11.5 |
| 2017-18 |                            7.2 |                11.3 |
| 2018-19 |                            6.8 |                11.2 |

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