Lok Sabha Question No. 774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Employment Survey
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Ravindra Kushawaha, Sudheer Gupta, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 774 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## EMPLOYMENT SURVEY

## 774.  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a)whether  as  per  the  quarterly  employment  survey  for  the  third quarter of the current fiscal year 31.0 million jobs were created in the July-September quarter of 2021 in formal employment sector;
- (b)if  so,  the  names  of  the  sector  on  which  the  said  survey  was conducted;
- (c)whether  the  percentage  of  female  workers  in  the  second  quarter has also increased considerably and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  the  four  labour codes, setting up the national social security fund to cover over 38 crore informal sector workers;
- (e)the progress achieved in pushing ahead with the labour codes and the  hiccups  faced  by  the  Government  in  implementing  the  same
- along with the participation of State Governments in it; and
- (f)whether the Government has launched any eShram portal to ensure last mile delivery of benefits of various social security schemes to the informal sector workers and if so, the details thereof along with
- other initiatives for the welfare of workers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As per the result of the first round of Quarterly Employment Survey as part of All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey, for the period April to June 2021, conducted by Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, employment increased to 3.08 crore (approximately) 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%. As per the second round of QES (July- September, 2021) the employment estimates for these 9 selected sectors came out as 3.10 crore approximately.
- The Sector-wise Percentage distribution of total estimated female workers according to QES 1 st  Round (April-June, 2021) and QES
- (c): 2 nd   Round (July-September, 2021) is given at Annexure.
- (d) & (e): The  Government  has  notified  four  Labour  Codes,  namely, the  Code  on  Wages,  2019;  the  Industrial  Relations  Code,  2020;  the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Heath and Working  Conditions  Code,  2020.  The  Code  on  Social  Security,  2020, provides  for  social  security  benefits  for  all  workers  including  in unorganized sectors as well as gig and platform workers and establishes a Social Security Fund for formulating schemes for welfare of the unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers.

Under  the  Codes,  the  power  to  make  rules  has  been entrusted  to  Central  Government,  State  Government  and  appropriate Government and there is a requirement of publication of Rules in their public consultation.   As  a  step  towards  implementation  of  the  four  Labour Codes, the Central Government has published the draft Rules inviting official Gazette for a period of 30 or 45 days for comments of all stakeholders including general public.

"Labour"  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and under the Labour Codes, rules are required to be framed by the Central Government  as  well  as  by  the  State  Governments.     The  Central Government and several States/UTs have pre-published rules under 4

Labour Codes.

- (f): Ministry of Labour & Employment has developed e-SHRAM portal  which  is  a  National  Database  of  the  Unorganised  Workers seeded with Aadhaar. It has been launched on 26.08.2021 and made available    to the States/ UTs for the    registration   of    unorganised

workers  on  e-SHRAM  portal.  As  on  1 st   February,  2022,  24.75  crore workers have been registered on the portal.

The  Government  has  many  ongoing  Social  Security  and Welfare  Schemes  for  unorganized  workers.  For  example,  Life  and disability cover is provided through Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana  (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Surksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) launched  in  2015.  The  health  and  maternity  benefits  are  addressed through Ayushman Bharat Scheme which is a universal health scheme launched  in  2018.  Old  age  protection  is  provided  through  a  pension scheme  namely  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maan-dhan  (PM-SYM) Yojana launched in March, 2019.

Apart  from  these  schemes,  few  more  schemes  such  as Public Distribution System through One Nation One Ration Card under National Food Security Act, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  Gramin  Kaushal Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana,  Gareeb  Kalyan  Rojgar  Yojana, Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Yojana, PMSVANidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-dhan Yojana etc. are also available for the unorganised workers depending upon their eligibility criteria.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 774  for  07.02.2022  raised  by  Shri  Dhairyasheel  Sambhajirao  Mane  and  others regarding 'Employment Survey'.

## Comparison of Sector-wise Percentage Distribution of Total Estimated Workers by Gender

| S.no                 | Sectors       | Percentage of Workers according to QES (1 st Round) (April -June 2021)   | Percentage of Workers according to QES (1 st Round) (April -June 2021)   | Percentage of Workers according to QES(2 nd Round) (July -September 2021)   | Percentage of Workers according to QES(2 nd Round) (July -September 2021)   |
|----------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                      |               | Male                                                                     | Female                                                                   | Male                                                                        | Female                                                                      |
| 1                    | Manufacturing | 78.6                                                                     | 21.4                                                                     | 77.4                                                                        | 22.6                                                                        |
| 2                    | Construction  | 77.5                                                                     | 22.5                                                                     | 83.5                                                                        | 16.5                                                                        |
| 3                    | Trade         | 78.6                                                                     | 21.4                                                                     | 76.4                                                                        | 23.6                                                                        |
| 4                    | Transport     | 85.1                                                                     | 15.0                                                                     | 86.3                                                                        | 13.7                                                                        |
| 5                    | Education     | 56.0                                                                     | 44.0                                                                     | 55.2                                                                        | 44.8                                                                        |
| 6 Health             |               | 60.0                                                                     | 40.0                                                                     | 49.2                                                                        | 50.8                                                                        |
| 7 &Restaurants       | Accommodation | 77.0                                                                     | 23.0                                                                     | 76.5                                                                        | 23.5                                                                        |
| 8 IT                 | /BPOs         | 68.2                                                                     | 31.8                                                                     | 62.4                                                                        | 37.6                                                                        |
| 9 Financial Services | 65.6          |                                                                          | 34.4                                                                     | 61.6                                                                        | 38.4                                                                        |
|                      | Total         | 70.7                                                                     | 29.3                                                                     | 67.9                                                                        | 32.1                                                                        |

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