Lok Sabha Question No. 33 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Unemployment in Haryana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 33 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN HARYANA

## 33.  SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has compiled data related to unemployment, State-wise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the total number of persons including people from Haryana provided employment directly and indirectly during the last three years and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Labour Force surveys on employment and unemployment are conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation. The last such survey, annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was conducted during 2017-18.  As per the result  of  PLFS,  the  State/UT-wise,  estimated  unemployment  rate  on  usual  status  (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available is given at Annexure.

(c):  As per the results of annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during 2017-18 and annual employment-unemployment survey conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and  Employment,  the  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on  usual  status  (principal status  +  subsidiary  status)  basis  for  the  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  to  the  extent available is given below:

| Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Survey*                          | Haryana                          | All-India                        |
| 2017-18 (PLFS)                   | 41.7%                            | 46.8%                            |
| 2015-16 (Labour Bureau)          | 44.7%                            | 50.5%                            |
| 2013-14 (Labour Bureau)          | 45.5%                            | 53.7%                            |

(Note: * Survey methodology and sample selection are different in PLFS and Labour Bureau survey)

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 33 due for reply on 18-11-2019

State/UT-wise details of Unemployment Rate for persons of age 15 years and above according to  usual  status  (principal  status  +  subsidiary  status)  basis  during  2017-18  to  the  extent available

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         |   Unemployment Rate (%) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |                     4.5 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |                     5.8 |
| 3.        | Assam             |                     7.9 |
| 4.        | Bihar             |                     7   |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |                     3.3 |
| 6.        | Delhi             |                     9.4 |
| 7.        | Goa               |                    13.9 |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |                     4.8 |
| 9.        | Haryana           |                     8.4 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                     5.5 |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                     5.4 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand         |                     7.5 |
| 13.       | Karnataka         |                     4.8 |
| 14.       | Kerala            |                    11.4 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                     4.3 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra       |                     4.8 |
| 17.       | Manipur           |                    11.5 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya         |                     1.6 |
| 19.       | Mizoram           |                    10.1 |
| 20.       | Nagaland          |                    21.4 |
| 21.       | Odisha            |                     7.1 |
| 22.       | Punjab            |                     7.7 |
| 23.       | Rajasthan         |                     5   |
| 24.       | Sikkim            |                     3.5 |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu        |                     7.5 |
| 26.       | Telangana         |                     7.6 |
| 27.       | Tripura           |                     6.8 |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand       |                     7.6 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh     |                     6.2 |
| 30.       | West Bengal       |                     4.6 |
| 31.       | A & N Islands     |                    15.8 |
| 32.       | Chandigarh        |                     9   |
| 33.       | Dadra & Nagar     |                     0.4 |
| 34.       | Daman & Diu       |                     3.1 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep       |                    21.3 |
| 36.       | Puducherry        |                    10.3 |
|           | All-India         |                     6   |

Source:    Annual  Report  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey,  2017-18;  M/o  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation;