Lok Sabha Question No. 3601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Non-agricultural Informal Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3601 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## NON-AGRICULTURAL INFORMAL SECTOR

3601. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a)the estimated size of the non-agricultural informal sector in the country as a percentage of the total informal sector, State-wise;
- (b)the policy in place/in the pipelines for helping small and informal firms
- grow over time into medium or larger formal sector firms; and
- (c)whether  the  Government  is  of  the  view  that  an  urban  social  welfare programme along the lines of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is necessary for upliftment of the urban informal class?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), during 201920, the share of workers in informal sector among total workers in usual stasus (ps+ss)  engaged in non- agricultural sector was 69.5%.  The Statewise  percentage  share  of  workers  in    informal  sector    among  total workers  engaged in non-agricultural sector is annexed.
- (b) to (c): In  order  to  help  small  scale  firms,  the  Government  has launched  several  schemes  viz.    Khadi  Vikas  Yojana  (KVY),  Modified Market Development  Assistance (MMDA), Gramodyog  Vikas  Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),  Coir Vikas Yojana,      Scheme  of  Funds  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries (SFURTI), A Scheme  for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE), Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology up-gradation Scheme (CLCSTUS) etc. by the  Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium  Enterprises. Furthermore, the Government  is Implementing schemes  for  the  urban  informal  class  through  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) and PMSVANidhi  to provide affordable Working Capital loan to street vendors.

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## ANNEXURE  REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3601 FOR 20.12.2021 REGARDING NON - AGRICULTURAL INFORMAL SECTOR RAISED BY SHRI PERVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA.

State-wise percentage share of workers in informal sector  among total workers  engaged in nonagricultural sector.

|   Sl. No. | State \ UT              |   Percentage of persons |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh          |                    74.2 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh       |                    46   |
|         3 | Assam                   |                    65.3 |
|         4 | Bihar                   |                    69.3 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh            |                    75.2 |
|         6 | Delhi                   |                    54.1 |
|         7 | Goa                     |                    44.3 |
|         8 | Gujarat                 |                    66.5 |
|         9 | Haryana                 |                    55.9 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh        |                    51.9 |
|        11 | Jharkhand               |                    76   |
|        12 | Karnataka               |                    58.7 |
|        13 | Kerala                  |                    70.6 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh          |                    73.6 |
|        15 | Maharashtra             |                    60.7 |
|        16 | Manipur                 |                    49.6 |
|        17 | Meghalaya               |                    36.3 |
|        18 | Mizoram                 |                    51.4 |
|        19 | Nagaland                |                    20.8 |
|        20 | Odisha                  |                    79.3 |
|        21 | Punjab                  |                    73   |
|        22 | Rajasthan               |                    76.6 |
|        23 | Sikkim                  |                    41.7 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu              |                    61.1 |
|        25 | Telangana               |                    65   |
|        26 | Tripura                 |                    72.1 |
|        27 | Uttarakhand             |                    49.9 |
|        28 | Uttar Pradesh           |                    84   |
|        29 | West Bengal             |                    78.2 |
|        30 | Andaman &Nicobar Island |                    52.6 |
|        31 | Chandigarh              |                    62.1 |
|        32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                    20.3 |
|        33 | Daman &Diu              |                    26.5 |
|        34 | Jammu &Kashmir          |                    72.3 |
|        35 | Ladakh                  |                    49.8 |
|        36 | Lakshadweep             |                    34.1 |
|        37 | Puducherry              |                    51.3 |
|        38 | All India               |                    69.5 |

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