Lok Sabha Question No. 3451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Sougata Ray, Krupal Balaji Tumane, Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3451

TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

## 3451.  SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that after some improvement in May, unemployment rate again soared in June to 7.80 percent, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)'s latest data and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of the above data released by CMIE, if so, the measures taken by the Government to address the issue of rising unemployment in rural areas;
- (c) the  details  of  rising  unemployment  rate  in  the  country  during  the  last three years, month-wise and the details of steps taken to generate more employment opportunities in rural India;
- (d) the details of employment opportunities generated in the country since the last three years, State-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  give  incentives  to  the private players for generating employment opportunities in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether most of the differently able people residing in the rural areas are unemployed,  if  so,  the  State-wise  details  thereof  particularly  in  Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and
- (g) whether any changes have been made in all India Consumer Price Index for agricultural and rural workers, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (e):  Many  private  companies/bodies/research  organizations  conduct different  surveys  based  on  their  own  methodology,  CMIE  is  one  amongst them.

The official data source on Employment and Unemployment is Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) which is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics &  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI)  since  2017-18.  The  survey  period  of PLFS is July to June of next year. As per the available Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years  and  above  in  the  country  and  rural  areas  during  2018-19  to  2020-21 were as follows:

| Years   |   All India (in %) |   Rural (in %) |
|---------|--------------------|----------------|
| 2018-19 |                5.8 |            5   |
| 2019-20 |                4.8 |            3.9 |
| 2020-21 |                4.2 |            3.3 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The  PLFS  data  indicates  that  the  unemployment  rate  has  a  declining trend in rural areas as well as at all India level. PLFS doesn't release monthly data.

The State-wise details of estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above for last three years are at Annexure.

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority of the Government. Accordingly, the Government of India has taken various steps for generating employment in the country. The Government of India  has  announced  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  package  to  provide  stimulus  to business and to mitigate the adverse impact of Covid 19. Under this package, the  Government  is  providing  fiscal  stimulus  of  more  than  Rupees  Twenty Seven  lakh  crore.  This  package  comprises  of  various  long  term  schemes/ programmes/  policies  for  making  the  country  self-reliant  and  to  create employment opportunities.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide 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.  Under  MGNREGS  wage  has  been increased to Rs. 202 a day from Rs. 182 to benefit 13.62 crore families.

The  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rojgar  Yojana  (ABRY)  was  launched  with effect  from  1st  October,  2020  to  incentivize  employers  for  creation  of  new employment and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic. The  terminal  date  for  registration  of  beneficiaries  was  31.03.2022.  As  on 13.07.2022 benefits have been provided to 59.54 lakh beneficiaries.

Government had launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) of  125  days  on  20th  June,  2020  to  boost  employment  and  livelihood opportunities  for  returnee  migrant  workers  and  similarly  affected  persons including  youth  in  rural  areas,  in  116  selected  districts  across  6  States  of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The Abhiyaan has achieved an employment generation of 50.78 crore person days with a total expenditure of Rs. 39,293 crore.

The  Government  has  implemented  a  programme  for  skilling  of  rural youth for entrepreneurship development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs) and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  a  placement  linked  skill  development  programme  for wage employment.

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a major credit-linked  subsidy  programme  launched  by  the  Government,  aimed  at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of microenterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector  by  helping  traditional  artisans  and unemployed youth

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by the Government for  facilitating  self-employment. Under PMMY, collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. Upto 08.07.2022, 35.94 crore loans were sanctioned under the scheme.

Further, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is  implementing the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to enhance the employability of youth.

Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes of the Government  such  as  Make  in  India,  Start-up  India,  Stand-up  India,  Digital India, Housing for All etc. are also oriented towards generating employment opportunities.

(f):  As  per  National Sample Survey (NSS), 76th round (July-December 2018), conducted by MoSPI, the unemployment rate in usual status among persons with disability (age 15 years and above) was 3.3% in rural areas.

(g):    The  Technical  Advisory  Committee  has  approved  the  revision  of  Base year from 1986-87 with Base year 2019 and also an extended coverage of 34 States/UTs as compared to 20 States/UTs in the present series under the All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply of part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3451 due for reply on 08.08.2022

State/UT-wise details of Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for persons of age 15 years and above according to usual status approach

| States/UTs           | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                      | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          | 2020-21                          |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 54.8                             | 55.5                             | 58.6                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 40.9                             | 44.3                             | 48.5                             |
| Assam                | 43.4                             | 43.2                             | 50.5                             |
| Bihar                | 36.4                             | 39.7                             | 39.9                             |
| Chhattisgarh         | 61.2                             | 65.4                             | 63.6                             |
| Delhi                | 44.5                             | 43.3                             | 42.7                             |
| Goa                  | 45.9                             | 47.3                             | 43.4                             |
| Gujarat              | 49.7                             | 54.7                             | 55                               |
| Haryana              | 41.9                             | 42.9                             | 44                               |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 63.9                             | 70.5                             | 69.5                             |
| Jharkhand            | 44.9                             | 53.6                             | 59.6                             |
| Karnataka            | 49.3                             | 53.1                             | 55.3                             |
| Kerala               | 44.9                             | 45.3                             | 46.1                             |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 52.3                             | 57.7                             | 60.2                             |
| Maharashtra          | 50.6                             | 55.7                             | 53.9                             |
| Manipur              | 44.3                             | 45.5                             | 41                               |
| Meghalaya            | 61.8                             | 58.6                             | 62                               |
| Mizoram              | 45.6                             | 50.7                             | 54.5                             |
| Nagaland             | 38.1                             | 44.8                             | 49.5                             |
| Odisha               | 47.6                             | 51.9                             | 53.5                             |
| Punjab               | 44.2                             | 47.8                             | 47.2                             |
| Rajasthan            | 50.0                             | 55.0                             | 55.3                             |
| Sikkim               | 61.1                             | 68.8                             | 71.3                             |
| Tamil Nadu           | 51.4                             | 55.3                             | 56.9                             |
| Telangana            | 50.6                             | 55.7                             | 57.8                             |
| Tripura              | 41.9                             | 49.6                             | 53.8                             |
| Uttarakhand          | 41.4                             | 49.5                             | 48.7                             |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 40.8                             | 45.1                             | 48                               |
| West Bengal          | 49.7                             | 49.7                             | 53                               |
| Andaman & N. Island  | 49.1                             | 49.8                             | 58.2                             |
| Chandigarh           | 47.3                             | 45.5                             | 43.1                             |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 68.6                             | 72.2                             |                                  |
| Daman & Diu          | 55.1                             | 64.5                             | 54.0                             |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 52.9                             | 52.5                             | 55.5                             |
| Ladakh               | -                                | 62.7                             | 69.1                             |
| Lakshadweep          | 29.5                             | 48.0                             | 40.1                             |
| Puducherry           | 47.8                             | 47.7                             | 48.1                             |
| All India            | 47.3                             | 50.9                             | 52.6                             |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI