Lok Sabha Question No. 1249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Statistics of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1249

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT

1249.  ADV. A. M. ARIFF:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  maintains  statistics  about  employment  in private sector, organized and unorganized sectors;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of employment provided in  organized  and  unorganized  sectors  during  the  last  three  years  and the current year, year-wise, sector-wise and State-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor and the efforts made by the Government to collect statistics of employment in organized and unorganized sectors; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  number  of  people  who  have  gone  abroad  for employment during the said period, State/UT-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to    (c):    The  quinquennial  labour  force  surveys  on  employment  and unemployment were conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation.  The  last  such  survey  was conducted during 2011-12. Now, NSO has switched to the annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which was conducted during 2017-18. As per the PLFS, 2017-18 the estimated workforce in organized sector was 19.2% and  in  unorganised  sector  was  80.8%.  Further,  the  estimated  percentage distribution of usually working persons by broad industry division on usual status  (principal  status  +  subsidiary  status)  basis  in  the  country  is  given below:

| Workforce by Major sectors   | 2017-18   |
|------------------------------|-----------|
| Primary                      | 44.1%     |
| Secondary                    | 24.8%     |
| Tertiary                     | 31.1%     |

State/UT-wise estimated worker population ratio which includes organised and  unorganised  sector  for  above  survey  periods  ratio  for  persons  of  all ages according to usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available is given at Annexure-I.

(d):  The  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  maintains  the  data  in  respect  of Emigration Check Required(ECR) passport holders, travelling legally to any of  the  18  ECR  countries  for  overseas  employment.  The  18  countries  are namely  United  Arab  Emirates,  Kuwait,  Afghanistan,  Malaysia,  Lebanon, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand,  Yemen, Libya,  South  Sudan.  The  number  of  people  gone  abroad during the above period State-wise is placed at Annexure II.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1249  FOR  10-02-2020  REGARDING  STATISTICS  OF EMPLOYMENT.

State/UT-wise details of worker population ratio for persons of all ages according to usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available.

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs         |   Worker Population Ratio (in %) 2017-18 (PLFS) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                            45   |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            30.7 |
|         3 | Assam             |                                            32.9 |
|         4 | Bihar             |                                            23.6 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                            45.7 |
|         6 | Delhi             |                                            32.8 |
|         7 | Goa               |                                            34.7 |
|         8 | Gujarat           |                                            36.2 |
|         9 | Haryana           |                                            30.5 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                            46.4 |
|        11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                            38.6 |
|        12 | Jharkhand         |                                            28.8 |
|        13 | Karnataka         |                                            38.1 |
|        14 | Kerala            |                                            32.4 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                            40   |
|        16 | Maharashtra       |                                            39.2 |
|        17 | Manipur           |                                            32.1 |
|        18 | Meghalaya         |                                            41.5 |
|        19 | Mizoram           |                                            36   |
|        20 | Nagaland          |                                            25.9 |
|        21 | Odisha            |                                            33.8 |
|        22 | Punjab            |                                            33.8 |
|        23 | Rajasthan         |                                            34.2 |
|        24 | Sikkim            |                                            47   |
|        25 | Tamil Nadu        |                                            40.5 |
|        26 | Telangana         |                                            39.3 |
|        27 | Tripura           |                                            33.8 |
|        28 | Uttarakhand       |                                            30.7 |
|        29 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                            28.7 |
|        30 | West Bengal       |                                            37.3 |
|        31 | A & N Islands     |                                            37.4 |
|        32 | Chandigarh        |                                            35.6 |
|        33 | Dadra & Nagar     |                                            45.8 |
|        34 | Daman & Diu       |                                            50.9 |
|        35 | Lakshadweep       |                                            26   |
|        36 | Puducherry        |                                            30.1 |

Source:  Annual Report, PLFS, 2017-18 M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation;

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1249 FOR 10-02-2020 REGARDING STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT

State-wise Emigration Clearances (ECs) obtained by RAs and Direct Recruitment by FEs for Years 2017, 2018 and 2019.

| SNo   | STATE                |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|-------|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar    |     13 |     12 |     11 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh       |  17725 |  15528 |  18005 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh    |      3 |      0 |      5 |
| 4     | Assam                |   2557 |   1667 |   2632 |
| 5     | Bihar                |  69426 |  59181 |  55423 |
| 6     | Chandigarh           |    139 |    101 |    125 |
| 7     | Chattisgarh          |    123 |    109 |    120 |
| 8     | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |     11 |      3 |      8 |
| 9     | Daman & Diu          |     25 |     37 |     20 |
| 10    | Delhi                |   1211 |   1107 |   1485 |
| 11    | Goa                  |    666 |    641 |    627 |
| 12    | Gujarat              |   4266 |   3314 |   3688 |
| 13    | Haryana              |   1548 |   1382 |   1475 |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh     |    666 |    399 |    431 |
| 15    | Jammu & Kashmir      |   2089 |   2704 |   4540 |
| 16    | Jharkhand            |   3930 |   3664 |   3348 |
| 17    | Karnataka            |   5231 |   4267 |   5316 |
| 18    | Kerala               |  16643 |  14496 |  19173 |
| 19    | Lakshadweep          |      5 |      0 |      1 |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh       |    995 |    974 |   1145 |
| 21    | Maharashtra          |   7851 |   7449 |   7666 |
| 22    | Manipur              |     18 |     12 |     10 |
| 23    | Meghalaya            |      9 |      5 |      7 |
| 24    | Mizoram              |      2 |      1 |      3 |
| 25    | Nagaland             |      2 |      5 |      3 |
| 26    | Odissa               |  11200 |   9832 |   7476 |
| 27    | Puducherry           |    336 |    312 |    281 |
| 28    | Punjab               |  27607 |  19777 |  14665 |
| 29    | Rajasthan            |  32184 |  30272 |  28982 |
| 30    | Sikkim               |      7 |     13 |      7 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu           |  38341 |  31588 |  27783 |
| 32    | Telangana            |  17609 |  13085 |  13388 |
| 33    | Tripura              |   1365 |   1218 |   1643 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh        |  88450 |  86273 | 116251 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand          |   2172 |   2081 |   3323 |
| 36    | West Bengal          |  36599 |  28648 |  28982 |
|       | Total                | 391024 | 340157 | 368048 |

Note 1. State Wise Data comprises Emigration Clearance taken by RA(Recruiting Agents), PE(Project Exporters)or through direct recruitment by FE.

2.  RA  can  obtain  the  Emigration  Clearance  only  from  the  PoE  office  under  whose jurisdiction Registered Office of that RA is located.

Source: Ministry of External Affairs, Overseas Employment Division.