Lok Sabha Question No. 1206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Job Loss during Pandemic
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1206

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## JOB LOSS DURING PANDEMIC

## 1206. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

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

- (a)the total number of citizens who lost their jobs during the pandemic;
- (b)the  number  of  citizens  who  lost  their  jobs,  sector-wise  i.e.  primary, secondary and tertiary;
- (c)the  number  of  women  who  lost  their  jobs  based  on  the  sector  of employment i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary;
- (d)the number of citizens who re-entered the workforce after previously losing their job; and
- (e)the  number  of  women  who  re-entered  the  workforce  after  previously losing their jobs?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Labour  Bureau,  under  the  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment, has been entrusted with the task of conducting the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) as a component of All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment  Survey  (AQEES).  Quarterly  Employment  Survey  conducted during  the  first  quarter  (April-May-  June,  2021)  was  also  designed  to collect the information on the Covid-19 pandemic impact on the operational  status  and  employment  status  of  the  establishments  in  the selected 9 sectors. The impact on employees including female employees during pandemic period is given at Annexure.
- (d) & (e): The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) publishes the  payroll  data  based  on  Aadhar  validated  Universal  Account  Number (UAN)  every  month  for  the  organised  sector.  According  to  the  pay  roll data  the  number  of  male  members  and  female  members  that  ceased subscribing  during  the  period  2020-21  is  77.59  lakh  and  20.21  lakh respectively whereas the number of male members and female members who re-joined and re-subscribed during the same period is 74.69 lakhs and 14.74  lakh  respectively.    The  number  of  new  male  and  female  EPS subscribers  who  joined  during  the  same  period  is  66.03  lakh  and  19.45 lakh respectively.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1206 FOR 06.12.2021.

Sector-wise Impact on Number of Employees during Lockdown Period (25 th March, 2020 to 30 th June, 2020)

| Sl. No.   | Sectors                    | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)               | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)               | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)   | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)   |
|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Sectors                    | Prior to Lockdown (before 25 th March, 2020) | Prior to Lockdown (before 25 th March, 2020) | As on 1 st July, 2020            | As on 1 st July, 2020            |
| Sl. No.   | Sectors                    | M                                            | F                                            | M                                | F                                |
| 1.        | Manufacturing              | 98.7                                         | 26.7                                         | 87.9                             | 23.3                             |
| 2.        | Construction               | 5.8                                          | 1.8                                          | 5.1                              | 1.5                              |
| 3.        | Trade                      | 16.1                                         | 4.5                                          | 14.8                             | 4                                |
| 4.        | Transport                  | 11.3                                         | 1.9                                          | 11.1                             | 1.9                              |
| 5.        | Education                  | 38.2                                         | 29.5                                         | 36.8                             | 28.1                             |
| 6.        | Health                     | 15                                           | 10.6                                         | 14.8                             | 10.1                             |
| 7.        | Accommodation &Restaurants | 7                                            | 1.9                                          | 6.2                              | 1.7                              |
| 8.        | IT/BPOs                    | 13.6                                         | 6.3                                          | 12.8                             | 6.1                              |
| 9.        | Financial Services         | 11.5                                         | 5.9                                          | 11.3                             | 5.7                              |
| Total     | Total                      | 217.8                                        | 90.0                                         | 201.5                            | 83.3                             |

## Note:

1. The number in the 'Total' row also take into account the 66 establishments found during the survey which belong to the sectors other than the nine selected sectors.
2. M- Male ; F- Female.

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