Lok Sabha Question No. 2446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Schemes for Employment Generation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rama Devi, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2446 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## SCHEMES FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

2446.    SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  conducting  timely  review  of  the  ongoing schemes for employment generation in the agriculture sector, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
- (b) the corrective measures taken by the Government for the success of the
- said schemes;
- (c) whether the Government has done any review with the help of experts to find  out  the  demand  of  the  labourers  in  the  Country,  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  special  programmes  launched  by  the  Government  to enhance the income of labourers for their empowerment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  to  (d):  Government  supports  and  facilitates  development and  progress  of agriculture  sector  through  various  Centrally  Sponsored  and  Central  Sector Schemes. All the schemes are targeted for benefiting farmers and increasing their livelihood opportunities by promoting agro based employment.

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing a  scheme 'Establishment of Agri-Clinics  and Agri-Business  Centers  (AC  &  ABC)'  under 'Sub  Mission  on  Agriculture  Extension'  to  provide  gainful  self-employment opportunities  to  unemployed  youth  who  possess  qualification  in  agriculture and allied science.

Further,  the  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research,  under  the  Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing a project namely, Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) through Krishi Vigyan Kendras in 100 districts of the country since 2015-16. The objective of this project is to empower the youth in rural areas to set-up enterprises in agriculture and allied areas for gainful employment and sustainable income generation.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme  which  provides  for  the enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the  households  in  rural  areas  of  the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed  wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Recently,  Government has launched All-India Quarterly Establishment Based Employment Survey (AQEES) in April, 2021. As per the result of the first round of Quarterly Employment Survey for the period April to June 2021, employment increased to 3.08 crore in the nine selected sectors of the economy against a total of 2.37 crores in these sectors taken collectively, as reported in the sixth Economic  Census  (2013-14)  reflecting  a  growth  rate  of  29%.  The  most impressive  growth  of  152  percent  has  been  recorded  in  the  IT/BPO  sector, while growth rates in Health is 77 percent, in Education it is 39 percent, in Manufacturing it is 22 percent, in Transport it is 68 percent and in Construction it is 42 percent.

To enhance the income of labourers for their empowerment, Government has taken various steps 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), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalyal Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), etc.

Further,  Government  has  launched  Prime  Minister  Street  Vendor's  Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme in June, 2020 to provide working capital loans to Street Vendors, vending in urban areas, to resume their businesses, which were impacted adversely due to COVID-19.

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