Lok Sabha Question No. 1071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Data on Employment and Job Loss
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1071 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## DATA ON EMPLOYMENT AND JOB LOSS

1071. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

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

- (a) whether the Government has collected data on the unemployment and job loss occurred during the last five years
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has been able to provide 2 crore new jobs per year as promised; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):      As  per  the  results  of  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS) conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office,  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme Implementation during 2017-18, 2018-19 and Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of  Labour  and  Employment,  the  estimated  unemployment  rate  for  the persons  aged  15  years  and  above  on  usual  status(  principal  status  + subsidiary  status)  basis  to  the  extent  available  in  the  country  is  given below:

| Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Survey                     | All-India                  |
| 2018-19(PLFS)              | 5.8%                       |
| 2017-18 (PLFS)             | 6.0%                       |
| 2016-17 (Labour Bureau)    | 3.9%                       |
| 2015-16 (Labour Bureau)    | 3.7%                       |
| 2013-14(Labour Bureau)     | 3.4%                       |

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

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  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 (DDUGKY) and Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, respectively.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojna (ABRY) Scheme has been launched to incentivize employers for creation of new employment along with social security  benefits  and  restoration  of  loss  of  employment  during  COVID-19 pandemic. This  scheme being implemented through the Employees' Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO),  reduces  the  financial  burden  of  the employers  of  various  sectors/industries  including  MSME  and  encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, the Government of India is bearing both the employees' share (12% of wages) and employers' share (12% of wages) of contribution payable or only the employees' share, depending on employee strength of the EPFO registered establishments.

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