Lok Sabha Question No. 639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Job Fairs in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 639

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## JOB FAIRS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 639. SHRI KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

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

- (a) the details of the job fairs conducted in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the year 2022 along with the district-wise details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has the details of the number of jobs awarded to people from fairs;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  sectors  in  which  these  people  got  jobs  from  all  the districts of Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government has assessed the impact of such job fairs on the employment rate of the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI RAMESHWAR TELI)

(a) to  (e):  Regular  Job  Fairs  are  being  organized  under  various  schemes  by the  State  Governments/Ministries/Departments  etc.  As  per  the  information received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, in the year 2022, 1,528 Job fairs were conducted and 1,84,502 jobs were provided to the job seekers thereby.  The  prominent  sectors  in  which  jobs  have  been  awarded  include security,  sales  and  marketing,  textile,  finance  and  insurance,  healthcare, construction,  e-commerce  and  online  food  delivery,  etc.  The  details  of  the District wise job fairs conducted and the candidate selected in the year 2022 is at Annexure.

The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  which  is  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI)  since  2017-18.  The  survey period  is  July  to  June  of  next  year.  As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS Reports,  the  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on  usual  status  for persons  of  age  15  years  &  above  was  50.9%  and  52.6%  during  2019-20  and 2020-21,  respectively,  which  shows  that  employment  rate  in  the  country  has increased.  This increase in employment rate includes the impact of job fairs.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 639 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.02.2023.

## The district wise details of the job fairs conducted and candidates selected in the year 2022 in Uttar Pradesh

(1.1.2022-31.12.2022)

|   S. No. | District            |   No. of Job Fairs Organized |   Candidates Selected |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Agra                |                           30 |                  4134 |
|        2 | Aligarh             |                           22 |                  4045 |
|        3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |                           16 |                  1633 |
|        4 | Amethi              |                           17 |                  1374 |
|        5 | Auraiya             |                           16 |                  1156 |
|        6 | Ayodhya             |                           28 |                  3162 |
|        7 | Azamgarh            |                           19 |                  3906 |
|        8 | Baghpat             |                            6 |                   275 |
|        9 | Bahraich            |                           30 |                  1374 |
|       10 | Ballia              |                           21 |                  1657 |
|       11 | Balrampur           |                           12 |                  1077 |
|       12 | Banda               |                           25 |                  2240 |
|       13 | Barabanki           |                           24 |                  2683 |
|       14 | Bareilly            |                           17 |                  5556 |
|       15 | Basti               |                           32 |                  4962 |
|       16 | Bijnor              |                           22 |                  2737 |
|       17 | Budaun              |                           12 |                  1393 |
|       18 | Bulandshahar        |                           23 |                  1531 |
|       19 | Chandauli           |                           16 |                  1960 |
|       20 | Chitrakoot          |                           12 |                  1170 |
|       21 | Deoria              |                           34 |                  2389 |
|       22 | Etah                |                           28 |                  1786 |
|       23 | Etawah              |                           14 |                  1403 |
|       24 | Fatehgarh           |                           16 |                  1606 |
|       25 | Fatepur             |                           19 |                  1656 |
|       26 | Firozabad           |                           27 |                  1822 |
|       27 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |                           35 |                  5570 |
|       28 | Ghaziabad           |                           24 |                  2849 |
|       29 | Ghazipur            |                           20 |                  1732 |
|       30 | Gonda               |                           19 |                  2782 |
|       31 | Gorakhpur           |                           25 |                  5604 |
|       32 | Hamirpur            |                           13 |                   830 |
|       33 | Hapur               |                           16 |                  1430 |
|       34 | Hardoi              |                           13 |                  2167 |
|       35 | Hathras             |                           18 |                  2007 |
|       36 | Jaunpur             |                           22 |                  2581 |
|       37 | Jhansi              |                           16 |                  8809 |

| S. No.                  | District           | No. of Job Fairs Organized   | Candidates Selected   |
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 38                      | JyotibaPhule Nagar | 15                           | 813                   |
| 39                      | Kannuj             | 16                           | 1442                  |
| 40                      | Kanpur             | 25                           | 4826                  |
| 41                      | Kanpur Dehat       | 19                           | 714                   |
| 42 (Kasganj)            | Kanshiram Nagar    | 22                           | 1858                  |
| 43                      | Kaushambi          | 15                           | 1465                  |
| 44                      | Kushinagar         | 21                           | 1067                  |
| 45                      | LakhimpurKheri     | 18                           | 2100                  |
| 46                      | Lalitpur           | 17                           | 2015                  |
| 47                      | Lucknow            | 27                           | 5560                  |
| 48                      | Maharajganj        | 11                           | 952                   |
| 49                      | Mahoba             | 22                           | 1612                  |
| 50                      | Mainpuri           | 29                           | 3127                  |
| 51                      | Mathura            | 19                           | 1342                  |
| 52                      | Mau                | 35                           | 3293                  |
| 53                      | Meerut             | 38                           | 7392                  |
| 54                      | Mirzapur           | 37                           | 5313                  |
| 55                      | Moradabad          | 14                           | 1747                  |
| 56                      | Muzaffarnagar      | 20                           | 1363                  |
| 57                      | Jalaun             | 18                           | 2070                  |
| 58                      | Pilibhit           | 15                           | 1763                  |
| 59                      | Pratapgarh         | 20                           | 1419                  |
| 60                      | Prayagraj          | 18                           | 5117                  |
| 61                      | Rae Bareli         | 18                           | 1758                  |
| 62                      | Rampur             | 10                           | 1259                  |
| 63                      | Saharanpur         | 20                           | 3374                  |
| 64 Sambhal (Bhim Nagar) |                    | 12                           | 398                   |
| 65                      | SantKabir Nagar    | 15                           | 1559                  |
| 66 SantRavidas          | Nagar              | 15                           | 1341                  |
| 67                      | Shahjahanpur       | 19                           | 2036                  |
| Shamali                 | (Prabuddh          | 22                           | 1685                  |
| 69                      | Shravasti          | 15                           | 869                   |
| 70 Siddharth            | Nagar              | 12                           | 1164                  |
| 71                      | Sitapur            | 21                           | 1584                  |
| 72                      | Sonbhadra          | 27                           | 1399                  |
| 73                      | Sultanpur          | 25                           | 2174                  |
| 74                      | Unnao              | 17                           | 1374                  |
|                         | Total              | 1,528                        | 1,84,502              |