Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Rise in the Number of Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.15 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04TH FEBURARY, 2019

## RISE IN THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

## 15.  SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the number of unemployed youths are on the rise in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the extent to which employment has been generated in various sectors by the Government;
- (d) the number of jobs/employment provided to unemployed youths by employment exchanges during the said period, sector-wise, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to generate employment/ provide jobs to unemployed youths in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  results  of  available  labour  force  surveys  on  EmploymentUnemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, the estimated  unemployment  rate  for  persons  aged  15  years  and  above  on  usual  status basis  in  the  country  in  2012-13,  2013-14  and  2015-16    was  4.0%,  3.4%  and  3.7% respectively.  The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I.
- (c): Government has taken various steps towards generating  of  employment  in  the country  like  encouraging  private  sector  of  economy,  fast-tracking  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). The progress of these schemes is given below:

| 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                   | 2.85 (till 30-11-2018)   |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( in crore)       | 235.14                 | 235.64                 | 234.26                 | 163.22 (till 30-11-2018) |
| Candidates placed under DDU-GKY(in lakh)             | 1.09                   | 1.48                   | 0.76                   | 0.96 (till 03-12-2018)   |
| Placement under DAY-NULM (in lakh)                   | 0.34                   | 1.52                   | 1.15                   | 0.95 (till 05-12-2018)   |

(d): As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of job seekers placed  through  employment  exchanges  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  is  given  at Annexure-II.

(e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government.    Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  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.

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.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  the  flagship  scheme  of  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE).  The  objective  of  this  Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industryrelevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 15 due for reply on 04-02-2019

State/UT-wise  details  of  Unemployment  Rate  for  persons  aged  15  years  &  above according to Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach

| Sl. No.        | State/UTs            | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.        | State/UTs            | 2012-13                    | 2013-14                    | 2015-16                    |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh       | 2.3                        | 2.9                        | 3.5                        |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh    | 10.2                       | 6.7                        | 3.9                        |
| 3              | Assam                | 4.3                        | 2.9                        | 4.0                        |
| 4              | Bihar                | 5.8                        | 5.6                        | 4.4                        |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh         | 1.3                        | 2.1                        | 1.2                        |
| 6              | Delhi                | 5.3                        | 4.4                        | 3.1                        |
| 7              | Goa                  | 9.9                        | 9.6                        | 9.0                        |
| 8              | Gujarat              | 2.3                        | 0.8                        | 0.6                        |
| 9              | Haryana              | 4.3                        | 2.9                        | 3.3                        |
| 10 Himachal    | Pradesh              | 2.8                        | 1.8                        | 10.2                       |
| 11             | Jammu & Kashmir      | 8.2                        | 8.2                        | 6.6                        |
| 12             | Jharkhand            | 5.9                        | 1.8                        | 2.2                        |
| 13             | Karnataka            | 1.8                        | 1.7                        | 1.4                        |
| 14             | Kerala               | 9.6                        | 9.3                        | 10.6                       |
| 15 Madhya      | Pradesh              | 1.8                        | 2.3                        | 3.0                        |
| 16             | Maharashtra          | 3.2                        | 2.2                        | 1.5                        |
| 17             | Manipur              | 2.2                        | 3.4                        | 3.4                        |
| 18             | Meghalaya            | 3.5                        | 2.6                        | 4.0                        |
| 19             | Mizoram              | 2.2                        | 2.0                        | 1.5                        |
| 20             | Nagaland             | 6.2                        | 6.7                        | 5.6                        |
| 21             | Odisha               | 5.1                        | 4.3                        | 3.8                        |
| 22             | Punjab               | 4.7                        | 5.4                        | 5.8                        |
| 23             | Rajasthan            | 2.3                        | 3.1                        | 2.5                        |
| 24             | Sikkim               | 12.2                       | 7.1                        | 8.9                        |
| 25             | Tamil Nadu           | 3.6                        | 3.3                        | 3.8                        |
| 26             | Telangana            | -                          | 3.1                        | 2.7                        |
| 27             | Tripura              | 8.4                        | 6.2                        | 10.0                       |
| 28 Uttarakhand |                      | 4.5                        | 5.5                        | 6.1                        |
| 29             | Uttar Pradesh        | 4.9                        | 4.0                        | 5.8                        |
| 30             | West Bengal          | 5.9                        | 4.2                        | 3.6                        |
| 31 A           | & N Islands          | 9.8                        | 13.0                       | 12.0                       |
| 32             | Chandigarh           | 5.6                        | 2.8                        | 3.4                        |
| 33             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1.2                        | 4.6                        | 2.7                        |
| 34             | Daman & Diu          | 1.2                        | 6.6                        | 0.3                        |
| 35             | Lakshadweep          | 10.2                       | 10.5                       | 4.3                        |
| 36             | Puducherry           | 10.1                       | 8.8                        | 4.8                        |
|                | All India            | 4.0                        | 3.4                        | 3.7                        |

Source: Employment-Unemployment Surveys of Labour Bureau

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 15 due for reply on 04-02-2019

State/UT-wise  number  of  placement  made  through  employment  exchanges  in  the country

| Sl. No.             | State/UTs         | Placement (in thousand)   | Placement (in thousand)   | Placement (in thousand)   |
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|                     |                   | 2013                      | 2014                      | 2015#                     |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.6                       | 0.4                       | 0.2                       |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 3                   | Assam             | 0.5                       | 1.1                       | 0.9                       |
| 4                   | Bihar             | 2.2                       | 0.1                       | 1.1                       |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh      | 0.5                       | 0.9                       | 3.2                       |
| 6                   | Delhi             | 0.1                       | 0.2                       | 0.2                       |
| 7                   | Goa               | 0.9                       | 2.1                       | 2.9                       |
| 8                   | Gujarat           | 271.6                     | 290.8                     | 336.7                     |
| 9                   | Haryana           | 0.7                       | 0.2                       | 0.3                       |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh |                   | 1.9                       | 2.3                       | 1.1                       |
| 11                  | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.1                       | 0.4                       | 0.1                       |
| 12                  | Jharkhand         | 3.4                       | 1.1                       | 2.9                       |
| 13                  | Karnataka         | 3.9                       | 2.1                       | 0.8                       |
| 14                  | Kerala            | 7.9                       | 8.0                       | 8.2                       |
| 15 Madhya           | Pradesh           | 2.7                       | 0.2                       | 0.1                       |
| 16                  | Maharashtra       | 18.6                      | 9.5                       | 22.9                      |
| 17                  | Manipur           | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 18 Meghalaya        |                   | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.1                       |
| 19                  | Mizoram           | 0.1                       | 0.1                       | 0.0                       |
| 20                  | Nagaland          | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 21                  | Odisha            | 1.4                       | 0.7                       | 1.3                       |
| 22                  | Punjab            | 2.5                       | 2.4                       | 1.7                       |
| 23                  | Rajasthan         | 0.3                       | 0.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 24                  | Sikkim*           | -                         | -                         | -                         |
| 25 Tamil            | Nadu              | 20.9                      | 8.8                       | 7.7                       |
| 26                  | Telangana         | -                         | -                         | 0.5                       |
| 27                  | Tripura           | 0.4                       | 2.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 28                  | Uttarakhand       | 0.6                       | 0.6                       | 0.2                       |
| 29                  | Uttar Pradesh     | 4.0                       | 1.3                       | 0.4                       |
| 30                  | West Bengal       | 1.4                       | 1.5                       | 0.5                       |
| 31 A                | & N Islands       | 0.1                       | 0.1                       | 0.1                       |
| 32                  | Chandigarh        | 0.1                       | 0.1                       | 0.1                       |
| 33                  | D & N Haveli      | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 34 Daman And        | Diu               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 35                  | Lakshadweep       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 36                  | Puducherry        | 1.2                       | 0.3                       | 0.1                       |
|                     | Total             | 348.5                     | 338.5                     | 395.0                     |

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

Total may not tally due to rounding off.