Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  117

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

## 117.  DR.P.K.BIJU:

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

- (a) the  details  of  number  of  employment  opportunities  created  by  the Government during the last four years and the current year, year-wise and sector-wise;
- (b) the details of number of unemployed people in the country during each of the last four years;
- (c) whether the number of such people is increasing every year;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  Government  has  set  any  target  to  control  the  increasing unemployment in the country; and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the  priority  of  the  Government.  The  Government  is  implementing  various programs in this direction 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  Deendayal  Antodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)  etc. The details of employment generated through these major schemes are 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 (person in lakh) | 3.23                   | 4.08                   | 3.87                   | 2.85 (till 30.11.18)   |
| Persondays Generated under MGNREGS ( in Crore)              | 235.14                 | 235.65                 | 234.22                 | 163.22 (till 30/11/18) |
| Candidates placed in jobs after training DDU- GKY (in lakh) | 1.09                   | 1.48                   | 0.76                   | 0.96 (till 03.12.18)   |
| Skill Trained Persons given Placement DAY- NULM (in lakh)   | 3.37                   | 1.52                   | 1.15                   | 0.95 (till 05/12/18)   |

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been initiated by Government  for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY  collateral  free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to small/micro business enterprises and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business activities.  Till  25th  January,  2019,  total  15.59  crore  loans  have  been sanctioned under the Scheme.

Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) has been launched by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  for  incentivizing  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 three years. Till 21.01.2019, more than 1.04 crore   employees have been benefitted through 1.28 lakh establishments under this scheme.

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.

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