Lok Sabha Question No. 694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Data of Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen, S. Gnanathiraviam

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 694

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## DATA OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

## 694.  DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN: SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

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

- (a) the total number of the educated unemployed persons in the Country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the data of unemployed youth is maintained at district level and if so, the details of said data in Madhya Pradesh during the last three years, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government maintains any data regarding the number of people who got employment district-wise and number of people who went to other States for employment and if so, the details thereof, district-wise particularly in Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d) whether the Union Government along with the State Government is planning  to  make  any  scheme  at  district  level  keeping  in  view  the number of labour class and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   The  data  on  employment/  unemployment  is    collected  through Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  by  National  Statistical Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  &Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI) since 2017-18. As per latest annual PLFS report for 2019-20the State/UTwise details of the estimated  unemployment  rate  among  educated population  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  on  usual  status  basis during 2019-20 are given at Annexure.
- (b) & (c): The district-wise data is not maintained centrally.

(d): 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  Rs. 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.

The Government 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 persondays with a total expenditure of Rs 39,293 crore.

Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  RojgarYojana  (ABRY)  has  been  launched  with effect from 1st October, 2020 as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat package 3.0 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), seeks to reduce the financial burden of the employers and encourages them to hire more workers. The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries has been extended from 30.06.2021 to  31.03.2022.  Benefits  have  been  provided  to  46.89  lakh  beneficiaries through 1.26 lakh establishments till 29.01.2022.

Prime  Minister  Street  Vendor's  AtmaNirbhar  Nidhi  (PM  SVANidhi) Scheme has been launched on June 01, 2020 to provide working capital loans to Street Vendors, vending in urban  areas, to resume  their businesses, which were impacted adversely due to COVID-19. Under this scheme,  amount  of  Rs  2946.68  crore  has  been  disbursed  to  28.95  lakh beneficiaries till 28.01.2022.

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  is  being  implemented  by  the Government for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY, collateral free loans uptoRs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business activities.Upto21.01.2022,  32.12crore  loans  were  sanctioned  under  the scheme. The Production Linked Incentive Schemes being implemented by the Government have potential for creating 60 lakh new jobs.

The  Government  of  India  is  encouraging  various  projects  involving substantial  investment  and  public  expenditure  on  schemes  like  Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)of  the  Ministry  of Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) &Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)of the Ministry of Rural Development, DeenDayalAntodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NULM) of  the Ministry of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  etc.  for employment generation.

PM GatiShakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable  development.  The  approach  is  driven  by  seven  engines, namely, Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways and Logistics  Infrastructure.  This  approach  is  powered  by  Clean  Energy  and SabkaPrayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all.

Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Digital India, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation,  Housing  for  All, Infrastructure  Development  and  Industrial  Corridors  are  also  oriented towards generating employment opportunities.

*****

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.694 due for reply on 07.02.2022

State/UT-wise  details  of  unemployment  rate  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  of different  generaleducation  level  according  to  usual  status  basis  approach  during  2019-20 (PLFS)

## (in percentage)

|                      | General Education level   | General Education level   | General Education level     | General Education level   | General Education level   | General Education level   |
|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| State \ UT           | secondary                 | higher secondary          | diploma/ certificate course | graduate                  | post graduate & above     | all                       |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 3.2                       | 7.3                       | 16.7                        | 24.5                      | 28.7                      | 4.7                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 9.8                       | 10.5                      | 0.0                         | 23.9                      | 36.5                      | 6.7                       |
| Assam                | 7.3                       | 14.9                      | 4.0                         | 20.1                      | 6.6                       | 7.9                       |
| Bihar                | 3.9                       | 6.6                       | 84.9                        | 19.9                      | 12.3                      | 5.1                       |
| Chhattisgarh         | 2.1                       | 6.6                       | 34.1                        | 17.8                      | 12.7                      | 3.3                       |
| Delhi                | 5.4                       | 10.1                      | 14.6                        | 13.5                      | 16.1                      | 8.6                       |
| Goa                  | 6.7                       | 11.6                      | 14.8                        | 15.0                      | 15.3                      | 8.1                       |
| Gujarat              | 1.7                       | 3.5                       | 5.2                         | 5.3                       | 8.8                       | 2.0                       |
| Haryana              | 6.1                       | 10.6                      | 13.1                        | 13.4                      | 8.9                       | 6.4                       |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 0.9                       | 4.5                       | 10.8                        | 17.9                      | 10.8                      | 3.7                       |
| Jharkhand            | 6.2                       | 9.1                       | 24.7                        | 14.0                      | 14.3                      | 4.2                       |
| Karnataka            | 3.0                       | 3.5                       | 9.9                         | 19.8                      | 10.4                      | 4.2                       |
| Kerala               | 6.5                       | 17.5                      | 13.8                        | 28.2                      | 24.2                      | 10.0                      |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 2.5                       | 4.6                       | 17.1                        | 14.7                      | 6.3                       | 3.0                       |
| Maharashtra          | 2.5                       | 6.3                       | 10.9                        | 8.6                       | 2.5                       | 3.2                       |
| Manipur              | 7.7                       | 12.9                      | 9.4                         | 18.2                      | 21.3                      | 9.5                       |
| Meghalaya            | 3.8                       | 10.0                      | 5.9                         | 16.6                      | 19.7                      | 2.7                       |
| Mizoram              | 2.2                       | 12.7                      | 0.0                         | 14.3                      | 22.3                      | 5.7                       |
| Nagaland             | 26.7                      | 34.3                      | 34.5                        | 46.3                      | 56.0                      | 25.7                      |
| Odisha               | 10.7                      | 16.9                      | 28.4                        | 25.3                      | 10.5                      | 6.2                       |
| Punjab               | 5.3                       | 15.8                      | 16.4                        | 14.5                      | 14.1                      | 7.3                       |
| Rajasthan            | 3.0                       | 5.4                       | 14.1                        | 22.8                      | 16.9                      | 4.5                       |
| Sikkim               | 1.8                       | 5.3                       | 13.9                        | 11.1                      | 2.1                       | 2.2                       |
| Tamil Nadu           | 3.2                       | 6.2                       | 16.4                        | 20.6                      | 13.5                      | 5.3                       |
| Telangana            | 4.4                       | 9.7                       | 12.8                        | 26.9                      | 24.6                      | 7.0                       |
| Tripura              | 4.4                       | 6.6                       | 16.3                        | 13.8                      | 5.6                       | 3.2                       |
| Uttarakhand          | 4.5                       | 13.8                      | 22.0                        | 21.9                      | 8.3                       | 7.1                       |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 3.5                       | 6.3                       | 21.2                        | 15.6                      | 10.6                      | 4.4                       |
| West Bengal          | 5.8                       | 9.1                       | 13.9                        | 15.2                      | 11.5                      | 4.6                       |
| Andaman & N. Island  | 14.4                      | 29.4                      | 19.7                        | 29.8                      | 18.9                      | 12.6                      |
| Chandigarh           | 8.9                       | 10.5                      | 0.0                         | 3.0                       | 8.2                       | 6.3                       |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 3.2                       | 4.1                       | 3.2                         | 8.6                       | 17.3                      | 3.0                       |
| Daman & Diu          | 3.8                       | 7.8                       | 5.6                         | 3.4                       | 0.0                       | 2.9                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 5.2                       | 14.6                      | 49.6                        | 21.9                      | 21.2                      | 6.7                       |
| Ladakh               | 0.0                       | 1.2                       | 0.0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       | 0.1                       |
| Lakshadweep          | 7.6                       | 27.8                      | 29.3                        | 35.2                      | 0.0                       | 13.7                      |
| Puducherry           | 2.6                       | 9.1                       | 10.1                        | 19.8                      | 8.4                       | 7.6                       |
| All India            | 4.1                       | 7.9                       | 14.2                        | 17.2                      | 12.9                      | 4.8                       |

Source: Annual Report  PLFS, 2019- 20;  M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation.