Lok Sabha Question No. 830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Unemployment Among Youths
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 830 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23RD JULY, 2018

## UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTHS

## 830. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the population of youths aspiring for employment is increasing each year along with the increase in population of the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  estimated  increase  in  the  number  of  job  aspirant  youths  in  the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  new  employment  opportunities  are  being  created  in  sync  with  the number of these job aspirants;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  average  number  of  new  job opportunities created per annum; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  results  of  last  four  available  labour  force  surveys  of Employment-Unemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, the Unemployment Rate (UR) based on usual status approach for persons aged 15 Years & above are 3.3% in 2011-12, 4.0% in 2012-13, 3.4% in 2013-14 and 3.7% in 2015-16.
- (c)  to  (e):  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  concern  of  the  Government.    Government  has  taken  various  steps  for generating 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)  run  by  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) schemes run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  run  by  Ministry  of  Housing  & Urban Poverty Alleviation. The Make in India, Skill India, Digital India schemes are being  implemented  by  the  Government  and  these  are  likely  to  enhance  the employment base. MUDRA  and  START  UPS  scheme  are  initiated by the Government for facilitating self employment. In order to improve the employability of youth, around 22 Ministries/Departments run skill development schemes across various sectors. Government  has  implemented  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  which comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  national-wide  online  platform  for  the job-seeker and employers for job matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career contact. Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  has  been  initiated  by  the  Ministry  of Labour  and  Employment  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivizing industry for promoting employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is paying the entire employer's contribution (12 % or as admissible) towards the EPS and EPF for all sectors w.e.f. 01.04.2018  to all eligible new employees and is applicable for  all  sectors  for  the  next  3  years  from  the  date  of  registration  of  the  new employee. Till 16 July, 2018 status of the progress of the scheme is as follows: (i) Benefits have been given to 73,150 Establishments covering 58.75  lakh  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana (PMRPY). 2.65 lakh beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

- (ii) Benefits have been given to 786 Establishments covering (PMPRPY).

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