Lok Sabha Question No. 1233 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Unemployment data
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1233

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2022

## UNEMPLOYMENT DATA

## 1233.  KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

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

- (a) whether the Government compiles State-wise data related to unemployment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the  number  of  persons  who  have  been  provided  employment  directly  and indirectly in the country including Uttar Pradesh during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : The data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June of the next year. As per the latest available Annual PLFS report 2020-21,  State/UT-wise  estimated  Unemployment  Rate (UR)  on  usual  status for persons of age 15 years and above during 2020-21 is at Annexure.

The  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  for  persons  of  age  15 years  and  above  indicating  employment  during  the  last  three  years  is  as follows:

| Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Years                            | All India                        | Uttar Pradesh                    |
| 2018-19                          | 47.3                             | 40.8                             |
| 2019-20                          | 50.9                             | 45.1                             |
| 2020-21                          | 52.6                             | 48.0                             |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1233 due for reply on 25.07.2022

## State/UT-wise details of Unemployment Rate (UR) for persons of age 15 years and above during 2020-21

| States/UTs                         |   Unemployment Rate (in %) |
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                        4.1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                        5.7 |
| Assam                              |                        4.1 |
| Bihar                              |                        4.6 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                        2.5 |
| Delhi                              |                        6.3 |
| Goa                                |                       10.5 |
| Gujarat                            |                        2.2 |
| Haryana                            |                        6.3 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                        3.3 |
| Jharkhand                          |                        3.1 |
| Karnataka                          |                        2.7 |
| Kerala                             |                       10.1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                        1.9 |
| Maharashtra                        |                        3.7 |
| Manipur                            |                        5.6 |
| Meghalaya                          |                        1.7 |
| Mizoram                            |                        3.5 |
| Nagaland                           |                       19.2 |
| Odisha                             |                        5.3 |
| Punjab                             |                        6.2 |
| Rajasthan                          |                        4.7 |
| Sikkim                             |                        1.1 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                        5.2 |
| Telangana                          |                        4.9 |
| Tripura                            |                        3.2 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                        6.9 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                        4.2 |
| West Bengal                        |                        3.5 |
| Andaman & N. Island                |                        9.1 |
| Chandigarh                         |                        7.1 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |                        4.2 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    |                        5.9 |
| Ladakh                             |                        2.9 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                       13.4 |
| Puducherry                         |                        6.7 |
| All India                          |                        4.2 |

Source : PLFS, MoSPI