Lok Sabha Question No. 2478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Youth registered with Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Ajay Kumar Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  JULY, 2019

## YOUTH REGISTERED WITH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

2478.  DR. NISHIKANT  DUBEY: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

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

- (a) the  number  of  unemployed  persons  including  educated,  uneducated, rural  and  urban  youth  registered  with  Employment  Exchanges  in  the country  including  Bihar  and  Jharkhand  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government for creating additional employment opportunities in various sectors and provide employment to all unemployed youths in the country;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to launch any Centrally Sponsored Scheme for providing jobs to the youth in the country, especially Bihar and Jharkhand keeping in view the growing unemployment there; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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, who got registered themselves  in  employment  exchanges  in  the  country  including    Bihar  and Jharkhand is given below. The State/UT-wise details are given to the extent available at annexure.

| Year   |   Registration of job seekers (in Lakh) |
|--------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2014   |                                   59.57 |
| 2015*  |                                   69.39 |
| 2016*  |                                   59.6  |

(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 (including Bihar and Jharkhand) like encouraging private sector of economy,  fast-tracking 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 (DAY-NULM).

Pradhan Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMRPY)  has  been  launched by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  for  incentivising  employers  for promoting employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is paying entire employer's contribution (12% or as admissible) towards EPF and EPS for all eligible new employees for all sectors for 3 years.

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 to job seekers.

Start-up  India  is  a  flagship  initiative  of  the  Government  of  India, intended  to  build  a  strong  ecosystem  that  is  conducive  for  the  growth  of start-up  businesses,  to  drive  sustainable  economic  growth  and  generate large scale employment opportunities.

Besides these initiatives, flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission, Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation,  Housing  for  All, Infrastructure  development  and  Industrial  corridors  have  the  potential  to generate  productive  employment  opportunities.  Ministries/  Departments/ States run skill development schemes across various sectors to improve the employability of youth and also facilitate placements. Schemes such as the National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  wherein  Government reimburses 25 percent of the stipend payable to apprentices also enhances employability of the youth to access employment.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2478 due for reply on 08-07-2019.

State/UT-wise Job-seekers registered in Employment Exchanges in the country

(in thousand)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Job-seeker registered on live register   | Job-seeker registered on live register   | Job-seeker registered on live register   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|           |                   | 2014                                     | 2015*                                    | 2016*                                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 87.0                                     | 55.7                                     | 65.6                                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 3.1                                      | 9.1                                      | 7.4                                      |
| 3         | Assam             | 269.3                                    | 262.8                                    | 208.8                                    |
| 4         | Bihar             | 126.0                                    | 133.2                                    | 258.5                                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 218.9                                    | 216.0                                    | 375.6                                    |
| 6         | Delhi             | 147.7                                    | 64.4                                     | 0.0                                      |
| 7         | Goa               | 21.8                                     | 19.0                                     | 17.5                                     |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 444.3                                    | 474.1                                    | 446.8                                    |
| 9         | Haryana           | 111.0                                    | 127.3                                    | 119.1                                    |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 149.2                                    | 169.5                                    | 149.6                                    |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 10.3                                     | 7.6                                      | 3.4                                      |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 63.2                                     | 160.1                                    | 69.1                                     |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 63.8                                     | 62.5                                     | 65.2                                     |
| 14        | Kerala            | 541.5                                    | 442.5                                    | 621.0                                    |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 312.3                                    | 392.9                                    | 162.0                                    |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 686.2                                    | 613.3                                    | 628.1                                    |
| 17        | Manipur           | 17.5                                     | 18.8                                     | 60.2                                     |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 6.2                                      | 14.0                                     | 8.0                                      |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 3.9                                      | 8.3                                      | 4.9                                      |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 13.0                                     | 28.7                                     | 10.9                                     |
| 21        | Odisha            | 168.4                                    | 132.7                                    | 133.6                                    |
| 22        | Punjab            | 65.6                                     | 115.0                                    | 91.0                                     |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 123.8                                    | 85.7                                     | 113.3                                    |
| 24        | Sikkim#           | -                                        | -                                        | -                                        |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 1361.8                                   | 1527.3                                   | 1215.8                                   |
| 26        | Telangana**       | -                                        | 198.0                                    | 47.3                                     |
| 27        | Tripura           | 30.5                                     | 24.8                                     | 9.7                                      |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 180.9                                    | 191.8                                    | 181.3                                    |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 356.4                                    | 1008.1                                   | 593.3                                    |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 336.4                                    | 333.2                                    | 246.1                                    |
| 31        | A & N Islands     | 8.1                                      | 11.1                                     | 7.0                                      |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 4.7                                      | 4.1                                      | 14.0                                     |
| 33        | D & N Haveli      | 1.4                                      | 0.5                                      | 0.7                                      |
| 34        | Daman And Diu     | 0.0                                      | 0.7                                      | 0.0                                      |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 0.8                                      | 0.2                                      | 2.2                                      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 22.1                                     | 26.3                                     | 22.7                                     |
|           | Total @           | 5957.2                                   | 6939.4                                   | 5959.9                                   |

Source: Employment Exchange Statistics, Directorate General of Employment

Note: #No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State;

*Provisional;

** Figures for the period 2014 included in combined Andhra Pradesh;

@Total may not tally due to rounding off.