Lok Sabha Question No. 2100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Increasing Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND  DECEMBER, 2019

## INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT

2100.  SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  unemployment  is  increasing  in  the country ;
- (b) if  so,  the  details thereof along with the reasons ascertained prima facie for the increase in unemployment?
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  for  employment  generation  in  the country;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  successful  programme implemented by the Government in this regard during the last five years and the current year;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  provided  employment  in  public  sector  in  the country; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  Department-wise  and  State-wise  during  the  last  five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): 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 surveys conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  the  estimated unemployment rate on usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis for the persons age 15 years and above to the extent available is given below:

| Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Survey                     | All-India                  |
| 2017-18 (PLFS)             | 6.0%                       |
| 2015-16 (Labour Bureau)    | 3.7%                       |
| 2013-14 (Labour Bureau)    | 3.4%                       |

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

(c) & (d):  Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority 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 such as  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  Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  by  Government  inter alia for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans uptoRs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities.

Government has implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide  online  platform  for  the  job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content to job seekers.

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme known as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across  the  country  for four years i.e. 2016-2020 with an outlay of 12,000 crore. As on 11.11.2019, 69.03 lakh (approx.) candidates have been trained in the country under PMKVY 2016-20.

(e) & (f): The  manpower  planning  and  employment  in  Central  Public  Sector Enterprises  (CPSEs)  is  aligned  to  the  objective  and  targets  of  their  business  plans, prevailing business conditions & requirements and other factors like future operations, expansion/investment  plan,  retirement,  attrition  etc.  As  per  the  Public  Enterprises Survey conducted by Department of Public Enterprises, M/o Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, the Industry-wise and State-wise employment during last five years to the extent available is given at Annexure-I & II.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) & (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2100 due for reply on 02-12-2019.

Industry-wise details of employment in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)

(Employment in Numbers)

| Sl. No.   | Industry Group                                         |   2017-18 |   2016- 17 |   2015- 16 |   2014- 15 |   2013- 14 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1         | Agro Based Industries                                  |      3131 |       3188 |       2864 |       3119 |       2290 |
| 2         | Coal                                                   |    294657 |     306136 |     318365 |     328994 |     342991 |
| 3         | Crude Oil                                              |     41319 |      43173 |      43754 |      43269 |      44865 |
| 4         | Other Minerals & Metals                                |     29088 |      30137 |      31203 |      31912 |      33032 |
| 5         | Steel                                                  |     96137 |     102397 |     108397 |     113514 |     118440 |
| 6         | Petroleum (Refinery & Marketing)                       |     60013 |      60473 |      64757 |      64893 |      66257 |
| 7         | Fertilizers                                            |      9977 |      10563 |      11217 |      11894 |      12706 |
| 8         | Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals                            |      5504 |       6042 |       6283 |       5397 |       5969 |
| 9         | Heavy & Medium Engineering                             |    104440 |     109495 |      90742 |      96507 |     104506 |
| 10        | Transportation Vehicle & Equipment                     |      7722 |       8221 |      55521 |      57841 |      60409 |
| 11        | Industrial And Consumer Goods                          |     31887 |      31317 |      17816 |      18761 |      20142 |
| 12        | Textiles                                               |      8871 |       8957 |       9017 |       9573 |      10165 |
| 13        | Power Generation                                       |     60034 |      62095 |      64700 |      66890 |      69282 |
| 14        | Power Transmission                                     |      8940 |       8924 |       8298 |       8501 |       8781 |
| 15        | Trading & Marketing                                    |     27242 |      28937 |      78981 |      84581 |      85221 |
| 16        | Transport And Logistic Services                        |     54197 |      49133 |      41426 |      47144 |      51673 |
| 17        | Contract & Construction and Tech. Consultancy Services |     26957 |      27061 |      28735 |      28698 |      29206 |
| 18        | Hotel And Tourist Services                             |      3297 |       3978 |       4004 |       4515 |       4868 |
| 19        | Financial Services                                     |      3099 |       3140 |       3246 |       3237 |       3278 |
| 20        | Telecommunication & Information Technology             |    210216 |     225894 |     242835 |     259921 |     275412 |
| 21        | Enterprises Under Construction                         |      1412 |       1579 |       1457 |       2013 |       1813 |
|           | Grand Total :                                          |   1088140 |    1130840 |    1233618 |    1291174 |    1351306 |

Source:Public Enterprises Survey, M/o Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e & f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2100 due for reply on 02-12-2019.

State-wise details of employment in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)

(Employment in Numbers)

| Sl. No.   | State / CPSE              |   2017-18 |   2016-17 |   2015-16 |   2014-15 | 2013-14   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |      1124 |       983 |      1227 |      1366 | 1250      |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |     50174 |     51472 |     58017 |     62502 | 78938     |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |      1494 |      1563 |      8237 |      1629 | 2390      |
| 4.        | Assam                     |     35938 |     36647 |     35752 |     42722 | 43691     |
| 5.        | Bihar                     |     12254 |     13015 |     15201 |     16246 | 17200     |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                |       582 |       582 |       941 |      1132 | 1049      |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              |     77365 |     81464 |     79056 |     82319 | 85485     |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |        77 |        81 |        88 |        60 | 82        |
| 9.        | Daman And Diu             |        50 |        22 |        21 |        43 | 11        |
| 10.       | Delhi                     |     55935 |     53824 |     58640 |     57797 | 77816     |
| 11.       | Goa                       |      3457 |      3221 |      3432 |      3473 | 3341      |
| 12.       | Gujrat                    |     34640 |     34923 |     36181 |     36954 | 38720     |
| 13.       | Haryana                   |     16779 |     17339 |     20798 |     21777 | 19571     |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh          |      6323 |      6429 |      6773 |      7301 | 7640      |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |      5840 |      5762 |      6770 |      7096 | 7696      |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                 |    127252 |    133107 |    140036 |    147122 | 152427    |
| 17.       | Karnataka                 |     57435 |     58214 |     62280 |     64153 | 67407     |
| 18.       | Kerala                    |     27906 |     26011 |     29208 |     30506 | 32843     |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep               |       154 |         0 |         0 |         1 | 5         |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh            |     63448 |     66160 |     78735 |     82249 | 85826     |
| 21.       | Maharashtra               |    125404 |    130355 |    144687 |    152452 | 145398    |
| 22.       | Manipur                   |       589 |       612 |       571 |       636 | 712       |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                 |      1071 |      1101 |      1250 |      1282 | 1382      |
| 24.       | Mizoram                   |       236 |       210 |       216 |       231 | 251       |
| 25.       | Nagaland                  |       553 |       415 |       701 |       907 | 944       |
| 26.       | Orissa                    |     60034 |     60856 |     64287 |     65351 | 67027     |
| 27.       | Others & Unallocated      |     28655 |     51979 |     23730 |     25332 | 31557     |
| 28.       | Pondicherry               |      2013 |      1897 |      1848 |      1646 | 1844      |
| 29.       | Punjab                    |     14525 |     15016 |     27715 |     29747 | 30899     |
| 30.       | Rajasthan                 |     18796 |     19171 |     21625 |     22672 | 22943     |
| 31.       | Sikkim                    |       513 |       522 |       553 |       606 | 625       |
| 32.       | Tamilnadu                 |     64772 |     57110 |     73615 |     79442 | 84608     |
| 33.       | Telangana                 |     17916 |     18375 |     18564 |     19172 | -         |
| 34.       | Tripura                   |      1674 |      1502 |      1610 |      1549 | 1544      |
| 35.       | Uttar Pradesh             |     47989 |     57563 |     65440 |     69175 | 73509     |
| 36.       | Uttaranchal               |     13372 |     13953 |     15607 |     16233 | 17338     |
| 37.       | West Bengal               |    111801 |    109384 |    130206 |    138293 | 147337    |
|           | Grand Total               |   1088140 |   1130840 |   1233618 |   1291174 | 1351306   |

Source: Public Enterprises Survey, M/o Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises