Lok Sabha Question No. 2432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Workers-Population Ratio
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2432

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## WORKERS-POPULATION RATIO

2432. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

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

- (a)the  details  of  Workers-Population  Ratio  during  the  last  five  years and the current year, year-wise and State-wise;
- (b)whether it is true that Workers-Population Ratio is going up, except during pandemic;
- (c)if so, the reasons behind coming down annual growth rate of gross national income from 7.1% in 2017- 18 to 4% in 2020-21;
- (d)the  extent  to  which  the  Labour  Codes  help  in  addressing  this problem and create more and more employment opportunities; and (e)the time by which labour laws are likely to be notified?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), the estimates of Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status has shown an increasing trend during the last three years i.e it stood at 46.8% (July, 2017-June, 2018), 47.3% (July, 2018- June, 2019) and  50.9%  (July,  2019  -  June,  2020)                respectively.  State-wise estimates of WPR are Annexed.

Contd..2/-

(c): As per estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) released by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation  on  31.08.2021,  India's  real    GDP  growth (year-on-year) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021-22 is estimated at 20.1 per  cent,  recovering  more  than  90  per  cent  of  the  pre-pandemic  Q1 output of 2019-20.

(d) & (e): The enactment of four Labour Codes, namely, the Code on wages  2019,  the  Industrial  Relations  Code  2020,  the  Occupational Safety,  Health  and  Working  Conditions  Code  2020,  and  the  Code  on Social  Security    2020;  inter  alia  aims  at  making  the  Labour  Laws flexible  for  enhancing  the  efficiency  in  output  and  growth.  The  four codes will also facilitate ease of doing business/setting up of enterprises  and  catalyze  creation  of  employment  opportunities  while ensuring  the  protection  available  to  labourers,  including  unorganized workers, in terms of statutory minimum  wage, social security protection and healthcare of workers.

'Labour'  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and under the four Labour Codes, rules are required to be framed by the Central Government as well as by the State Governments. The Central Government has pre-published rules under four Labour codes.

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## Annexure Referred to in reply to  part  (a) &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No  2432  for 13.12.2021.

## State-Wise details of Worker Population Ratio for persons aged 15 years and above

|                     | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| State/UTs           | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 57.2                             | 54.8                             | 55.5                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 42.3                             | 40.9                             | 44.3                             |
| Assam               | 43.7                             | 43.4                             | 43.2                             |
| Bihar               | 35.5                             | 36.4                             | 39.7                             |
| Chhattisgarh        | 62.4                             | 61.2                             | 65.4                             |
| Delhi               | 42.7                             | 44.5                             | 43.3                             |
| Goa                 | 42.9                             | 45.9                             | 47.3                             |
| Gujarat             | 47.4                             | 49.7                             | 54.7                             |
| Haryana             | 41.7                             | 41.9                             | 42.9                             |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 58.9                             | 63.9                             | 70.5                             |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 51.0                             | 52.9                             | 52.5                             |
| Jharkhand           | 41.7                             | 44.9                             | 53.6                             |
| Karnataka           | 49.1                             | 49.3                             | 53.1                             |
| Kerala              | 41.2                             | 44.9                             | 45.3                             |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 54.3                             | 52.3                             | 57.7                             |
| Maharashtra         | 50.5                             | 50.6                             | 55.7                             |
| Manipur             | 42.5                             | 44.3                             | 45.5                             |
| Meghalaya           | 62.3                             | 61.8                             | 58.6                             |
| Mizoram             | 46.4                             | 45.6                             | 50.7                             |
| Nagaland            | 32.8                             | 38.1                             | 44.8                             |
| Odisha              | 44.9                             | 47.6                             | 51.9                             |
| Punjab              | 42.9                             | 44.2                             | 47.8                             |
| Rajasthan           | 48.2                             | 50.0                             | 55.0                             |
| Sikkim              | 58.7                             | 61.1                             | 68.8                             |
| Tamil Nadu          | 51.0                             | 51.4                             | 55.3                             |
| Telangana           | 49.8                             | 50.6                             | 55.7                             |
| Tripura             | 42.0                             | 41.9                             | 49.6                             |
| Uttarakhand         | 40.6                             | 41.4                             | 49.5                             |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 41.8                             | 40.8                             | 45.1                             |
| West Bengal         | 47.8                             | 49.7                             | 49.7                             |
| A &NIslands         | 48.7                             | 49.1                             | 49.8                             |
| Chandigarh          | 46.9                             | 47.3                             | 45.5                             |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 66.3                             | 68.6                             | 72.2                             |
| Daman &Diu          | 63.2                             | 55.1                             | 64.5                             |
| Lakshadweep         | 34.4                             | 29.5                             | 48.0                             |
| Puducherry          | 37.8                             | 47.8                             | 47.7                             |
| Ladakh              | -                                | -                                | 62.7                             |
| All-India           | 46.8                             | 47.3                             | 50.9                             |

Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation.

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