Lok Sabha Question No. 3117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Employment Scenario
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2021

## EMPLOYMENT SCENARIO

## 3117.  SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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

- (a) whether unemployment is increasing in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the Government  is  working on formulating any all-inclusive National  Employment  Policy  keeping  in  view  the  present  situation  of employment in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  assess  and  monitor employment scenario in the country on immediate basis?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  Annual  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  on  employment  and unemployment  is  conducted  by  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of Statistics and Programme Implementation. As per the results of annual PLFS, the unemployment rate for persons of 15 years and above on usual status (principal status  +  subsidiary  status)  basis  in  the  country  during  2017-18  &  2018-19  was 6.0% and 5.8% respectively.

(c)  to  (e):  The  Government has notified four Labour Codes namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code,  2020, the Code  on  Social  Security, 2020 and  the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of 29 Central Labour laws. Codification of the Labour Laws will inter alia, reduce multiplicity of definitions  &  authorities,  facilitate  implementation  &  use  of  technology  in in enforcement which would promote setting up of more enterprises, thus catalysing the creation of employment opportunities in the country. It would promote setting up  of  industries  by  reducing  rigidity  of  labour  market  and  facilitate  hassle  free compliance, paving the way for realizing the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat. It will also  harmonize  needs  of  workers  and  industry  and  will  prove  an  important enforcement of labour laws, and bring transparency & accountability milestone for welfare of the workers. Government  is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project which provides employment related services and also have a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform for the job seekers and employers for jobmatching in a dynamic manner.All services on NCS are free of cost. To assess the employment-unemployment situation in the country, annual Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  on  employment  and  unemployment  is conducted  by  National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics  and Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI).  Estimates  of  Labour  Force  Participation Rate  (LFPR),  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  and  Unemployment  rate  (UR)  are presented through this survey. It is a comprehensive household survey providing labour  force  statistics  in  India.  The  reports  of  PLFS  surveys  are  available  at MoSPI website www.mospi.gov.in. The  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  self-reliant  and  to  create  employment  opportunities  for organised and unorganised sectors.

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