Lok Sabha Question No. 2930 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Employment Opportunities in Agriculture and Tourism
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Geeta Kora, Riti Pathak, Navneet Ravi Rana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2930 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2022

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM

## 2930.  SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  action  plan  to  create  employment opportunities  in  agriculture  and  tourism  based  industries;  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the  State-wise  and  district-wise  details  of  the  employment  provided  to  the unemployed  youth  in  agriculture  and  tourism  based  industries  during  the  last three years particularly in Maharashtra;
- (c) the  status  of  employment  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding employment and unemployment;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the result of the said survey; and
- (f) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  issue  of unemployment?

ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  Government  supports  and  facilitates  development  and  progress  of Agriculture  sector  through  various  Centrally  Sponsored  and  Central  Sector

Schemes. All the schemes are targeted for benefiting farmers and increasing their livelihood opportunities by promoting agro based employment.

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has introduced a new component called  Innovation  and  Agri-Entrepreneurship  component  under  Rashtriya  Krishi VikasYojanaRemunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation  (RKVY-RAFTAAR)  with  the  objective  to  generate  employment  by promoting start-ups in agriculture and allied sector. Government is also promoting agro-based business through Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) Scheme through Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).

The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  has  implemented  the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SampadaYojana (PMKSY) with component schemes as - (i) Mega Food Park; (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure; (iii) Creation /Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities; (iv) Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters; (v) Creation of Backward & Forward linkages;  (vi)  Food  Safety  and  Quality  Assurance  Infrastructure;  (vii)  Human Resource and Institutions; (viii) Operation Greens.

As part  of  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat Abhiyan,  MoFPI  has  launched  an  all  India centrally  sponsored  "PM  Formalization  of  Micro  food  processing  Enterprises (PMFME)  Scheme"  for  providing  financial,  technical  and  business  support  for upgradation of micro food processing enterprises.

As per the latest report of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation  (MoSPI),  the  State-wise  percentage  distribution  of  workers  in agriculture industries (broad industry division as per NIC 2008) on usual status for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are at Annexure.

The Ministry of Tourism has taken several steps over the years to give boost to the tourism sector in the country and in turn generate employment opportunities like Swadesh Darshan Scheme with a vision to develop theme based tourist circuits,  National  Mission  on  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and  Spiritual, Heritage  Augmentation  Drive  (PRASHAD)  Scheme  for  holistic  development  of identified pilgrimage destinations, Heritage Project for development and maintenance of tourist amenities at heritage sites/ monuments and other tourist sites and Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Programme, etc.

Details of employment provided to unemployed youth in the industries based on tourism is not maintained centrally. However, as per estimation (using National Account  Statistics  2021  and  PLFS  report)  in  accordance  with  3rd  Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for subsequent years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the contribution  of  tourism  employment  to  total  employment  of  the  country  was 14.78%, 14.87%  and 15.34%  respectively.

(c)  to  (e):  The  data  on  employment  unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  by  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The year-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for age 15 years and above during the last three years are given below:

| Years                                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Worker Population Ratio (WPR) (in %) |      46.8 |      47.3 |      50.9 |
| Unemployment Rate (UR) (in %)        |       6   |       5.8 |       4.8 |

Source: MoSPI

The Government has also launched All-India Quarterly Establishment Based Employment Survey (AQEES) in April, 2021. As per the result of the second round of  Quarterly  Employment  Survey  (QES)  for  the  period  July  to  September  2021, employment increased to 3.10 crore in the nine selected sectors of the economy which was 3.08 crore during the first round of QES (April-June, 2021).

(f): 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.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (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  50.81  lakh beneficiaries through 1.33 lakh establishments till 28.02.2022.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana (PMMY)  is being implemented  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 04.03.2022, 33.91 crore loans were sanctioned under the scheme.

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.

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  Sabka  Prayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all.

The  Government  has  put  emphasis  on  railways,  roads,  urban  transport, power,  telecom,  textiles  and  affordable  housing  amid  continued  focus  on  the National  Infrastructure  Pipeline.  Budget  2021-22  launched  Production  Linked

Incentive (PLI) schemes, with an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore, for a period of 5 years  starting  from  2021-22.  All  these  initiatives  are  expected  to  collectively generate  employment  and  boost  output  in  the  medium  to  long  term  through multiplier-effects. 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  KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY)  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  Deen  Dayal  Antodaya  YojanaNational  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  of  the  Ministry  of  Housing  & Urban Affairs etc. for employment generation. 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.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2930 due for reply on 21.03.2022

Percentage distribution  of workers  in agriculture industries (including forestry and fishing) on usual status for each State/UT during 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20

| S. No.   | State/UT             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 49.8      | 44.4      |      49   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 50.1      | 46.7      |      55   |
| 3        | Assam                | 45.5      | 38.9      |      36.8 |
| 4        | Bihar                | 45.1      | 48.9      |      49.2 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 67.5      | 64.7      |      68.8 |
| 6        | Delhi                | 1.2       | 0.4       |       0.4 |
| 7        | Goa                  | 8.5       | 8.1       |      15.3 |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 42.4      | 42.8      |      46.2 |
| 9        | Haryana              | 27.4      | 26.9      |      29.2 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 55.6      | 56.6      |      56.4 |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 46.8      | 42.8      |      54.1 |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 45.7      | 41.0      |      46.6 |
| 13       | Kerala               | 19.9      | 20.4      |      21.9 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 60.6      | 57.2      |      58.4 |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 47.8      | 45.3      |      49   |
| 16       | Manipur              | 36.4      | 29.2      |      32.4 |
| 17       | Meghalaya            | 56.3      | 49.6      |      51.9 |
| 18       | Mizoram              | 44.0      | 42.1      |      42.1 |
| 19       | Nagaland             | 36.8      | 36.5      |      48.5 |
| 20       | Odisha               | 48.8      | 44.1      |      48.3 |
| 21       | Punjab               | 26.0      | 24.6      |      25.8 |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 49.6      | 52.7      |      53.1 |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 41.5      | 41.6      |      39.3 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 27.7      | 27.3      |      30.1 |
| 25       | Telangana            | 43.4      | 43.6      |      48.4 |
| 26       | Tripura              | 29.1      | 31.1      |      41.6 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          | 42.5      | 34.3      |      47.2 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 48.8      | 50.0      |      51.5 |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 36.6      | 34.2      |      36.9 |
| 30       | Andaman & N. Island  | 15.5      | 11.2      |      15.3 |
| 31       | Chandigarh           | 0.5       | 0.8       |       0.9 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 19.8      | 19.1      |      27.7 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          | 2.5       | 4.1       |      14.2 |
| 34       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 40.7      | 38.1      |      38.5 |
| 35       | Ladakh               |           |           |      41.7 |
| 36       | Lakshadweep          | 25.7      | 28.8      |      17.7 |
| 37       | Puducherry           | 11.6      | 14.1      |      15.7 |
|          | All India            | 44.1      | 42.5      |      45.6 |

Source: PLFS Report, Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation