Lok Sabha Question No. 290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Educated Unemployed Persons
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 290

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  JUNE, 2019

## EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

## 290.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

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

- (a) the State-wise total number of registered educated/uneducated unemployed persons in the country at present especially women, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of youths who got jobs during the last three years, State/yearwise;
- (c) whether  employment  opportunities  have  not  increased  in  the  country  in the recent years; and
- (d) if so, the sector-wise details of targets fixed and achieved for employment generation during 2017-18?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  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.  The  State/UT-wise  job  seekers,  all  of  whom  may  not necessarily be unemployed, registered on the portal is given at Annexure-I.

(b) to (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,  fasttracking 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 Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).  Details  of  the  employment  generated  through  these  schemes/ programmes are given at Annexures - II, III, IV& V.

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  has  been  launched  by  the Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  for  incentivising  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 3 years. Till 31-05-2019, the scheme has covered 151579 establishments and 1.21 crore beneficiaries.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been initiated since April, 2015 by  Government  for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY  collateral  free loans uptoRs. 10 lakh, are extended to small/micro business enterprises and to individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business  activities.  18.26 crore loans (on cumulative  basis) have  been  sanctioned  till 31 st March, 2019under this scheme.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 290 due for reply on 24-06-2019

State/UT-wise  details  of  active  Job  Seeker  Registered  on  National  Career  Service Portal (as on 31 st   May, 2019)

(in thousands)

| Sl. No.   | State Name                  | Male     | Female   |   Trans Gender | Total*    |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------|----------|----------------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1.79     | 1.25     |           0    | 3.04      |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh              | 63.59    | 37.10    |           0.04 | 100.73    |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0.53     | 0.45     |           0    | 0.99      |
| 4.        | Assam                       | 10.34    | 3.37     |           0.01 | 13.71     |
| 5.        | Bihar                       | 782.78   | 185.26   |           0.17 | 968.21    |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                  | 8.63     | 5.77     |           0    | 14.41     |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                | 70.45    | 37.06    |           0.06 | 107.57    |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.66     | 0.58     |           0    | 1.24      |
| 9.        | Daman and Diu               | 0.07     | 0.01     |           0    | 0.08      |
| 10.       | Goa                         | 30.00    | 19.03    |           0    | 49.04     |
| 11.       | Gujarat                     | 75.13    | 21.15    |           0.04 | 96.32     |
| 12.       | Haryana                     | 23.18    | 8.39     |           0.01 | 31.58     |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh            | 9.52     | 4.78     |           0.01 | 14.31     |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 21.88    | 6.26     |           0.01 | 28.15     |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                   | 18.91    | 5.02     |           0.01 | 23.94     |
| 16.       | Karnataka                   | 52.68    | 21.33    |           0.02 | 74.03     |
| 17.       | Kerala                      | 33.78    | 19.69    |           0.02 | 53.49     |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep                 | 1.06     | 1.28     |           0    | 2.35      |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh              | 65.22    | 26.10    |           0.02 | 91.35     |
| 20.       | Maharashtra                 | 2,919.70 | 1,010.38 |           0.66 | 3,930.74  |
| 21.       | Manipur                     | 2.81     | 1.26     |           0    | 4.07      |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                   | 0.58     | 0.17     |           0    | 0.75      |
| 23.       | Mizoram                     | 1.07     | 1.05     |           0    | 2.12      |
| 24.       | Nagaland                    | 0.19     | 0.07     |           0    | 0.26      |
| 25.       | Nct Of Delhi                | 33.75    | 10.99    |           0.01 | 44.75     |
| 26.       | Odisha                      | 31.10    | 8.43     |           0.01 | 39.54     |
| 27.       | Puducherry                  | 37.08    | 39.09    |           0    | 76.17     |
| 28.       | Punjab                      | 43.51    | 24.21    |           0.02 | 67.74     |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                   | 419.51   | 162.63   |           0.02 | 582.15    |
| 30.       | Sikkim                      | 0.47     | 0.45     |           0    | 0.92      |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                  | 54.68    | 21.72    |           0.03 | 76.43     |
| 32.       | Telangana                   | 70.46    | 40.05    |           0.01 | 110.52    |
| 33.       | Tripura                     | 87.21    | 58.91    |           0.03 | 146.15    |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh               | 246.79   | 82.17    |           0.13 | 329.09    |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                 | 20.74    | 4.73     |           0.01 | 25.48     |
| 36.       | West Bengal                 | 1,248.39 | 932.08   |           0.87 | 2,181.34  |
| 37.       | State Not Specified         | 452.74   | 296.79   |           0.51 | 750.04    |
|           | All India*                  | 6,940.99 | 3,099.07 |           2.72 | 10,042.78 |

Source: National Career Service Portal; Note: *Total may not tally due to rounding off.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b to d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 290 due for reply on 24-06-2019

State-wise  Employment  Generated  under  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme (PMEGP)

|         |                           | Estimated Employment Generated (No. of persons)   | Estimated Employment Generated (No. of persons)   | Estimated Employment Generated (No. of persons)   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UTs                 | 2016-17                                           | 2017-18                                           | 2018-19 (As on 31.12.2018)                        |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1398                                              | 1744                                              | 1104                                              |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 14148                                             | 12216                                             | 9728                                              |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1984                                              | 1672                                              | 1504                                              |
| 4       | Assam                     | 31498                                             | 18256                                             | 16752                                             |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 25872                                             | 18456                                             | 11688                                             |
| 6       | Chandigarh                | 376                                               | 360                                               | 0136                                              |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              | 12856                                             | 11704                                             | 12896                                             |
| 8       | Delhi                     | 952                                               | 920                                               | 424                                               |
| 9       | Goa                       | 660                                               | 400                                               | 304                                               |
| 10      | Gujarat*                  | 11629                                             | 15008                                             | 15720                                             |
| 11      | Haryana                   | 11016                                             | 13744                                             | 9232                                              |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh          | 6916                                              | 7088                                              | 6296                                              |
| 13      | Jammu and Kashmir         | 11691                                             | 30024                                             | 31160                                             |
| 14      | Jharkhand                 | 10400                                             | 8888                                              | 5032                                              |
| 15      | Karnataka                 | 30286                                             | 16920                                             | 16624                                             |
| 16      | Kerala                    | 13068                                             | 10776                                             | 10624                                             |
| 17      | Lakshadweep               | 0                                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh            | 15520                                             | 14432                                             | 9040                                              |
| 19      | Maharashtra**             | 17799                                             | 26632                                             | 24496                                             |
| 20      | Manipur                   | 8419                                              | 4800                                              | 4864                                              |
| 21      | Meghalaya                 | 2632                                              | 600                                               | 1496                                              |
| 22      | Mizoram                   | 3400                                              | 1992                                              | 3600                                              |
| 23      | Nagaland                  | 7783                                              | 7440                                              | 3432                                              |
| 24      | Odisha                    | 20392                                             | 19192                                             | 12976                                             |
| 25      | Puducherry                | 699                                               | 352                                               | 384                                               |
| 26      | Punjab                    | 9858                                              | 12160                                             | 7936                                              |
| 27      | Rajasthan                 | 13408                                             | 12614                                             | 10296                                             |
| 28      | Sikkim                    | 201                                               | 296                                               | 232                                               |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu                | 25764                                             | 32760                                             | 23408                                             |
| 30      | Telangana                 | 6445                                              | 9520                                              | 8376                                              |
| 31      | Tripura                   | 17961                                             | 8928                                              | 3120                                              |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh             | 36315                                             | 43456                                             | 27600                                             |
| 33      | Uttarakhand               | 9890                                              | 12904                                             | 10144                                             |
| 34      | West Bengal               | 26604                                             | 10928                                             | 11352                                             |
|         | Total                     | 407840                                            | 387182                                            | 311976                                            |

Source: M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

* including Daman & Diu ** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b to d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 290 due for reply on 24-06-2019

## State-wise Persondays Generated under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

| Sl. No.   |                      | Persondays Generated (in crore)   | Persondays Generated (in crore)   | Persondays Generated (in crore)   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | 2016-17                           | 2017-18                           | 2018-19 (as on 30/01/2019)        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 20.60                             | 21.20                             | 20.23                             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.85                              | 0.43                              | 0.42                              |
| 3         | Assam                | 4.66                              | 4.82                              | 3.28                              |
| 4         | Bihar                | 8.58                              | 8.18                              | 9.57                              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 8.86                              | 11.99                             | 10.33                             |
| 6         | Goa                  | 0.013                             | 0.010                             | 0.001                             |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 2.71                              | 3.53                              | 3.25                              |
| 8         | Haryana              | 0.85                              | 0.90                              | 0.59                              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     | 2.37                              | 2.20                              | 2.35                              |
| 10        | Jammu And Kashmir    | 3.16                              | 3.78                              | 2.49                              |
| 11        | Jharkhand            | 7.07                              | 5.93                              | 4.20                              |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 9.14                              | 8.58                              | 8.02                              |
| 13        | Kerala               | 6.85                              | 6.20                              | 7.09                              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 11.30                             | 16.23                             | 16.60                             |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 7.09                              | 8.25                              | 6.41                              |
| 16        | Manipur              | 1.19                              | 0.61                              | 0.51                              |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | 2.83                              | 2.92                              | 2.27                              |
| 18        | Mizoram              | 1.68                              | 1.44                              | 1.35                              |
| 19        | Nagaland             | 2.91                              | 2.37                              | 0.79                              |
| 20        | Odisha               | 7.74                              | 9.22                              | 6.79                              |
| 21        | Punjab               | 1.58                              | 2.23                              | 1.53                              |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 25.96                             | 23.98                             | 19.16                             |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 0.46                              | 0.35                              | 0.26                              |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 39.99                             | 23.89                             | 18.89                             |
| 25        | Telangana            | 10.82                             | 11.47                             | 10.71                             |
| 26        | Tripura              | 4.61                              | 1.76                              | 2.09                              |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 15.75                             | 18.17                             | 17.48                             |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 2.37                              | 2.23                              | 1.69                              |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 23.56                             | 31.26                             | 31.00                             |
| 30        | Andaman And Nicobar  | 0.04                              | 0.02                              | 0.13                              |
| 31        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                |
| 32        | Daman & Diu          | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                |
| 33        | Lakshadweep          | 0.00001                           | 0.00059                           | 0.0008                            |
| 34        | Puducherry           | 0.05                              | 0.07                              | 0.06                              |
|           | Total                | 235.64                            | 234.22                            | 209.54                            |

Source: M/o Rural Development

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b to d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 290 due for reply on 24-06-2019

State/UT-wise details of total number of candidates placed in jobs after training under Pt. DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushlyaYojana (DDU-GKY)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | No. of candidates placed   | No. of candidates placed   | No. of candidates placed   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2016-17                    | 2017-18                    | 2018-19 (as on 10.01.2019) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 18966                      | 10954                      | 21620                      |
| 2         | Assam             | 1479                       | 3464                       | 5257                       |
| 3         | Bihar             | 4216                       | 4859                       | 5019                       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      | 1987                       | 539                        | 2193                       |
| 5         | Gujarat           | 2075                       | 160                        | 928                        |
| 6         | Haryana           | 586                        | 5832                       | 4065                       |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                          | 0                          | 245                        |
| 8         | Jammu and Kashmir | 6453                       | 1424                       | 152                        |
| 9         | Jharkhand         | 2355                       | 2375                       | 1767                       |
| 10        | Karnataka         | 4432                       | 4752                       | 4148                       |
| 11        | Kerala            | 5598                       | 4175                       | 7534                       |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3546                       | 1823                       | 1650                       |
| 13        | Maharashtra       | 3694                       | 7390                       | 2404                       |
| 14        | Meghalaya         | 0                          | 0                          | 202                        |
| 15        | Odisha            | 45726                      | 14035                      | 23672                      |
| 16        | Punjab            | 0                          | 563                        | 1372                       |
| 17        | Rajasthan         | 3397                       | 693                        | 2782                       |
| 18        | Sikkim            | 70                         | 0                          | 0                          |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu        | 30780                      | 765                        | 121                        |
| 20        | Telangana         | 9150                       | 9048                       | 13123                      |
| 21        | Tripura           | 342                        | 526                        | 1320                       |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh     | 2052                       | 892                        | 2973                       |
| 23        | Uttarakhand       | 0                          | 0                          | 157                        |
| 24        | West Bengal       | 979                        | 1518                       | 2362                       |
|           | Total             | 147883                     | 75787                      | 105066                     |

Source: M/o Rural Development

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b to d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 290 due for reply on 24-06-2019

State/UT-wise details of total number of candidates placed in jobs after training under DeendayalAntyodayaYojana -National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)

| Sl. N.         | State/UT          | No. of Skill Trained Persons given Placement   | No. of Skill Trained Persons given Placement   | No. of Skill Trained Persons given Placement   |
|----------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. N.         | State/UT          | 2016-17                                        | 2017-18                                        | 2018-19 (as on 23.01.2019)                     |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    | 35882                                          | 12010                                          | 39148                                          |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                              | 113                                            | 297                                            |
| 3              | Assam             | 293                                            | 1284                                           | 261                                            |
| 4              | Bihar             | 176                                            | 1546                                           | 354                                            |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      | 5858                                           | 6476                                           | 3675                                           |
| 6              | Goa               | 66                                             | 639                                            | 1115                                           |
| 7              | Gujarat           | 3920                                           | 6388                                           | 8981                                           |
| 8              | Haryana           | 0                                              | 685                                            | 556                                            |
| 9 Himachal     | Pradesh 86        |                                                | 100                                            | 149                                            |
| 10 Jammu &     | Kashmir 0         |                                                | 25                                             | 60                                             |
| 11             | Jharkhand         | 2700                                           | 20795                                          | 3334                                           |
| 12 Karnataka   | 637               |                                                | 898                                            | 0                                              |
| 13             | Kerala            | 443                                            | 2413                                           | 2566                                           |
| 14 Madhya      | Pradesh           | 38060                                          | 3039                                           | 22913                                          |
| 15 Maharashtra | 11768             |                                                | 6083                                           | 12036                                          |
| 16             | Manipur           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 62                                             |
| 17             | Meghalaya         | 317                                            | 111                                            | 7                                              |
| 18 Mizoram     |                   | 147                                            | 91                                             | 934                                            |
| 19             | Nagaland          | 341                                            | 1749                                           | 0                                              |
| 20             | Odisha            | 2467                                           | 776                                            | 0                                              |
| 21             | Punjab            | 0                                              | 1139                                           | 1049                                           |
| 22             | Rajasthan         | 0                                              | 33                                             | 1633                                           |
| 23             | Sikkim            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 228                                            |
| 24 Tamil       | Nadu              | 0                                              | 1156                                           | 1911                                           |
| 25             | Telangana         | 1861                                           | 10013                                          | 4249                                           |
| 26             | Tripura           | 0                                              | 2                                              | 214                                            |
| 27 Uttar       | Pradesh           | 42174                                          | 30058                                          | 28                                             |
| 28 Uttarakhand |                   | 1731                                           | 0                                              | 733                                            |
| 29             | West Bengal       | 2691                                           | 6919                                           | 1257                                           |
| 30             | Chandigarh        | 283                                            | 875                                            | 0                                              |
|                | Total             | 151901                                         | 115416                                         | 107750                                         |

Source: M/o Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation