Lok Sabha Question No. 2366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Jobs through Employment Exchange
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  JULY, 2019

## JOBS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE

## 2366.  SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  job  seekers  who  registered  themselves  in  employment exchanges  and  were  provided  employment  or  those  who  received  call letters  for  jobs  through  Employment Exchanges in the country during the last  five  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  including  Jharkhand; and
- (b) whether  the  number  of  registrations  with  Employment  Exchanges  has increased, if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  said  period,  State/UT-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): 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  and  job-seekers  placed through  employment  exchanges  in  the  country  including  Jharkhand  is  given below. The State/UT-wise details are given to the extent available at annexure.

| Year   |   Registration (in Lakh) |   Placement (in Lakh) |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
| 2012   |                    97.22 |                  4.28 |
| 2013   |                    59.69 |                  3.49 |
| 2014   |                    59.57 |                  3.39 |
| 2015*  |                    69.39 |                  3.95 |
| 2016*  |                    59.6  |                  4.05 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2366 due for reply on 08-07-2019.

State/UT-wise Job-seekers' registration and placement through employment exchanges in the country (in thousand)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Registration   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2012           | 2013           | 2014           | 2015*          | 2016*          | 2012        | 2013        | 2014        | 2015*       | 2016*       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 101.8          | 101.0          | 87.0           | 55.7           | 65.6           | 0.4         | 0.6         | 0.4         | 0.2         | 0.5         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 5.8            | 5.2            | 3.1            | 9.1            | 7.4            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 3         | Assam             | 153.8          | 192.0          | 269.3          | 262.8          | 208.8          | 0.7         | 0.5         | 1.1         | 0.9         | 0.6         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 154.5          | 123.7          | 126.0          | 133.2          | 258.5          | 2.1         | 2.2         | 0.1         | 1.1         | 1.9         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 244.8          | 212.5          | 218.9          | 216.0          | 375.6          | 0.3         | 0.5         | 0.9         | 3.2         | 0.2         |
| 6         | Delhi             | 0.0            | 159.3          | 147.7          | 64.4           | 0.0            | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.2         | 0.2         | 0.0         |
| 7         | Goa               | 23.8           | 21.5           | 21.8           | 19.0           | 17.5           | 1.8         | 0.9         | 2.1         | 2.9         | 1.1         |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 444.0          | 434.3          | 444.3          | 474.1          | 446.8          | 246.0       | 271.6       | 290.8       | 336.7       | 330.1       |
| 9         | Haryana           | 98.3           | 86.3           | 111.0          | 127.3          | 119.1          | 12.3        | 0.7         | 0.2         | 0.3         | 0.4         |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 126.9          | 188.9          | 149.2          | 169.5          | 149.6          | 4.1         | 1.9         | 2.3         | 1.1         | 1.5         |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 22.3           | 9.9            | 10.3           | 7.6            | 3.4            | 0.5         | 0.1         | 0.4         | 0.1         | 0.2         |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 64.0           | 84.7           | 63.2           | 160.1          | 69.1           | 12.1        | 3.4         | 1.1         | 2.9         | 2.5         |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 56.2           | 70.6           | 63.8           | 62.5           | 65.2           | 2.6         | 3.9         | 2.1         | 0.8         | 0.7         |
| 14        | Kerala            | 454.3          | 497.6          | 541.5          | 442.5          | 621.0          | 9.4         | 7.9         | 8.0         | 8.2         | 11.3        |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 429.4          | 335.1          | 312.3          | 392.9          | 162.0          | 8.5         | 2.7         | 0.2         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 481.5          | 324.7          | 686.2          | 613.3          | 628.1          | 103.8       | 18.6        | 9.5         | 22.9        | 37.6        |
| 17        | Manipur           | 11.2           | 25.5           | 17.5           | 18.8           | 60.2           | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 14.7           | 8.2            | 6.2            | 14.0           | 8.0            | @           | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.0         |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 5.8            | 4.3            | 3.9            | 8.3            | 4.9            | 0.0         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 14.4           | 13.7           | 13.0           | 28.7           | 10.9           | 0.2         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 21        | Odisha            | 154.0          | 169.1          | 168.4          | 132.7          | 133.6          | 2.8         | 1.4         | 0.7         | 1.3         | 3.8         |
| 22        | Punjab            | 80.8           | 131.0          | 65.6           | 115.0          | 91.0           | 2.7         | 2.5         | 2.4         | 1.7         | 2.6         |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 142.6          | 175.0          | 123.8          | 85.7           | 113.3          | 0.5         | 0.3         | 0.4         | 0.4         | 0.1         |
| 24        | Sikkim#           | -              | -              | -              | -              | -              | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 1477.7         | 1317.8         | 1361.8         | 1527.3         | 1215.8         | 10.8        | 20.9        | 8.8         | 7.7         | 6.2         |
| 26        | Telangana**       | -              | -              | -              | 198.0          | 47.3           | -           | -           | -           | 0.5         | 0.5         |
| 27        | Tripura           | 28.7           | 31.0           | 30.5           | 24.8           | 9.7            | 0.4         | 0.4         | 2.4         | 0.4         | 0.2         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 142.7          | 130.6          | 180.9          | 191.8          | 181.3          | 1.2         | 0.6         | 0.6         | 0.2         | 0.3         |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 4409.8         | 524.2          | 356.4          | 1008.1         | 593.3          | 1.6         | 4.0         | 1.3         | 0.4         | 1.5         |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 339.4          | 554.3          | 336.4          | 333.2          | 246.1          | 2.2         | 1.4         | 1.5         | 0.5         | 1.2         |
| 31        | A & N Islands     | 7.7            | 10.5           | 8.1            | 11.1           | 7.0            | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.4         |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 5.2            | 4.7            | 4.7            | 4.1            | 14.0           | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.1         | 0.2         |
| 33        | D & N Haveli      | 0.6            | 1.0            | 1.4            | 0.5            | 0.7            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 34        | Daman And Diu     | 0.5            | 0.3            | 0.0            | 0.7            | 0.0            | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 2.0            | 1.5            | 0.8            | 0.2            | 2.2            | 0.1         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         | 0.0         |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 23.4           | 19.3           | 22.1           | 26.3           | 22.7           | 0.3         | 1.2         | 0.3         | 0.1         | 0.1         |
|           | Total@            | 9722.2         | 5969.4         | 5957.2         | 6939.4         | 5959.9         | 427.6       | 348.5       | 338.5       | 395.0       | 405.5       |

Source: Employment Exchange Statistics, Directorate General of Employment

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

*Provisional;

** Figures for the period during 2012 to 2014 included in combined Andhra Pradesh.

@Total may not tally due to rounding off.