Lok Sabha Question No. 133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Analysis of Data on Job Growth and Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  133

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBURARY, 2019

## ANALYSIS OF DATA ON JOB GROWTH AND UNEMPLOYMENT

133. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  measure  or  policy  to  collect  and analyse data on job growth and unemployment level in the unorganized sector which counts for the maximum jobs available in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  impact  of  demonetisation  on  the  employment  in  the  unorganized sector since 2016;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in favour of job growth;
- (d) the  details  of  hurdles  being  faced  by  the  unorganized  sector  due  to GST; and
- (e) whether  the  contribution  of  the  unorganized  sector  to  the  country's GDP  decreased  or  increased  after  demonetization  in  2016,  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has initiated the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). The primary objective of PLFS is to measure quarterly changes of key Labour Force Indicators (such as Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and  Unemployment  Rate  (UR)  in  urban  area  as  well  as  to  generate  the annual estimates of different labour force indicators both in rural and urban areas.

(b):  Information  related  to  impact  of  demonetization  on  employment  in unorganized sector is not maintained centrally.

(c):  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  of  the  Government.  The  Government  is  implementing  various programs  in  this  direction  like  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  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNULM).

(d): Goods and Services Tax (GST) has provided a significant opportunity to improve  economic  growth  momentum  by  removing  barriers  to  trade, business  and  related  economic  activities.  The  Goods  and  Services  Tax (GST) was rolled out from 1st July, 2017. It is expected that this will lead to greater economic growth and consequent increase in employment generation  opportunities  for  the  vast  pool  of  young  population  of  the country.

(e): There is no separate published data for unorganised sector as a whole or  data  for  time  points  exactly  before  or  after  demonetisation.  However, the Gross Value Added (GVA) of household sector, which can be considered as  a  closed  approximation  of  the  unorganised  sector    at  current  prices increased  from  Rs.  54,67,086  crore  in  2015-16  to  Rs.  59,74,226  crore  in 2016-17.

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