Lok Sabha Question No. 2393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Education and Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

## 2393.    SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  come  with  a  new  National  Employment Policy and if so, the details thereof and the timeline for the launch of such a policy;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the rising regional variation in unemployment and higher education;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to deal with this issue;
- (d) the implications according to the Government  of the decline in non-farm employment in Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to bridge the gap between education and employment?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : At present there is no Committee for drafting of National Employment Policy.  In order  to  study  various  facets  of  the  employment  &  unemployment  scenario  in  the country, the  Government  has  launched  three  surveys  viz.(i) All-India Quarterly Establishment  Based  Employment  Survey  (AQEES);  (ii)  All  India  Survey  on  Migrant Workers; and (iii) All India Survey on Domestic Workers. These surveys will cover both organized & unorganized sectors.
- (b) to  (e):  As  per  the  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  by  National Statistical  Office  (NSO),  the  State/UT-wise(including  Maharashtra,  Kerala  and  Uttar Pradesh)estimates of Unemployment Rate (UR) for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis during the last three years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 (PLFS)  is given at Annexure-I. State/UT-wise(including Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh) details  of  Unemployment  Rate  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  of  general education level (secondary & above) according to usual status basis during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 (PLFS) is given at Annexure-II.

The Central Government and the State Governments are taking various steps to boost employment  in  non-farm  sectors.  These  steps  include  organization  of  job  fairs, establishment  of  Model  Career  Centres,  interlinking  of  employment  exchanges, promotion  of  self  employment,  increasing  employability  of  job  seekers  by  providing skills, implementing various employment generation schemes,  etc. Further,  to  increase  employment  in  all  the  regions  and  to  bridge  the  gap  between

education &employment, the Government has taken following steps: The Government has brought in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which aims to integrate vocational education programmes into mainstream education in all educational  institutions  in  a  phased  manner.  Beginning  with  vocational  exposure  at early  ages  in  middle  and  secondary  school,  quality  vocational  education  will  be integrated  smoothly  into  higher  education.  This  is  in  alignment  with  Sustainable Development Goal 4.4 and will help to realize the full potential of India's demographic dividend. The  Ministry  of  Education  is  implementing  'Scheme  for  Higher  Education  Youth  in Apprenticeship  and  Skills  (SHREYAS)',  a  program  conceived  for  students  in  degree courses, primarily non-technical, with a view to introduce employable skills into their learning,  promote  apprenticeship  as  integral  to  education  and  also  amalgamate employment  facilitating  efforts  of  the  education  system  so  that  clear  pathways towards  employment  opportunities  are  available  to  students  during  and  after  their graduation. To enhance the employability of the youth to access employment, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing the 'National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)'  wherein  the  Government  reimburses  25 percent of the stipend payable to apprentices. MSDE is also implementing a pilot scheme Pradhan Mantri YUVA (PM YUVA) Yojana for creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to the entrepreneurship network in skill training institutes, viz.Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras(PMKKs),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthans (JSS) etc.

MSDE also provides capacity building and handholding support to the beneficiaries of Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) and cluster artisans of North Eastern Region, for their livelihood linkages.

Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD)  is  implementing  a  programme  for  skilling  of rural  youth  for  entrepreneurship  development  through  Rural  Self  Employment  and Training Institutes (RSETIs). MoRD, is also implementing the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), as  a  sub-scheme  under  Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -National  Rural  Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM). The objective of the scheme is to help the rural poor including youth to set-up enterprises at the village level in non-agricultural sectors. Department  of  Financial  Services  (DFS)  under  Ministry  of  Finance  is  implementing Stand Up India Scheme with objective to facilitate loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SBCs) of value between Rs. 10 Lakh to Rs. 1 Crore to at least one Scheduled Caste  or  Scheduled  Tribe  borrower  and  one-woman  borrower  per  bank  branch  for setting  up  Greenfield  enterprise  in  manufacturing,  services  or  trading  sector  and activities allied to agriculture. National Career Service (NCS) Portal of Ministry of Labour & Employment is a digital platform that brings together the job seekers and employers on a single platform for job matching in a dynamic, efficient& responsive manner and has repository of career contents for job-seekers.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2393 due for reply on 13.12.2021

State/UT-wise details of unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above according to usual status basis during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 (PLFS)

|                      | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   | Unemployment Rate (in %)   |
|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| State \ UT           | 2017-18                    | 2018-19                    | 2019-20                    |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 4.5                        | 5.3                        | 4.7                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 5.8                        | 7.7                        | 6.7                        |
| Assam                | 7.9                        | 6.7                        | 7.9                        |
| Bihar                | 7.0                        | 9.8                        | 5.1                        |
| Chhattisgarh         | 3.3                        | 2.4                        | 3.3                        |
| Delhi                | 9.4                        | 10.4                       | 8.6                        |
| Goa                  | 13.9                       | 8.7                        | 8.1                        |
| Gujarat              | 4.8                        | 3.2                        | 2.0                        |
| Haryana              | 8.4                        | 9.3                        | 6.4                        |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 5.5                        | 5.1                        | 3.7                        |
| Jharkhand            | 7.5                        | 5.2                        | 4.2                        |
| Karnataka            | 4.8                        | 3.6                        | 4.2                        |
| Kerala               | 11.4                       | 9.0                        | 10.0                       |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 4.3                        | 3.5                        | 3.0                        |
| Maharashtra          | 4.8                        | 5.0                        | 3.2                        |
| Manipur              | 11.5                       | 9.4                        | 9.5                        |
| Meghalaya            | 1.6                        | 2.7                        | 2.7                        |
| Mizoram              | 10.1                       | 7.0                        | 5.7                        |
| Nagaland             | 21.4                       | 17.4                       | 25.7                       |
| Odisha               | 7.1                        | 7.0                        | 6.2                        |
| Punjab               | 7.7                        | 7.4                        | 7.3                        |
| Rajasthan            | 5.0                        | 5.7                        | 4.5                        |
| Sikkim               | 3.5                        | 3.1                        | 2.2                        |
| Tamil Nadu           | 7.5                        | 6.6                        | 5.3                        |
| Telangana            | 7.6                        | 8.3                        | 7.0                        |
| Tripura              | 6.8                        | 10.0                       | 3.2                        |
| Uttarakhand          | 7.6                        | 8.9                        | 7.1                        |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 6.2                        | 5.7                        | 4.4                        |
| West Bengal          | 4.6                        | 3.8                        | 4.6                        |
| Andaman & N. Island  | 15.8                       | 13.5                       | 12.6                       |
| Chandigarh           | 9.0                        | 7.3                        | 6.3                        |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.4                        | 1.5                        | 3.0                        |
| Daman & Diu          | 3.1                        | 0.0                        | 2.9                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 5.4                        | 5.1                        | 6.7                        |
| Ladakh               | -                          | -                          | 0.1                        |
| Lakshadweep          | 21.3                       | 31.6                       | 13.7                       |
| Puducherry           | 10.3                       | 8.3                        | 7.6                        |
| All India            | 6.0                        | 5.8                        | 4.8                        |

Source: Annual report PLFS, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20; M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2393 due for reply on 13.12.2021

State/UT-wise details of unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above of general education level (secondary & above) according to usual status basis during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 (PLFS)

| State \ UT           | General Education level (Secondary & Above) (in %)   | General Education level (Secondary & Above) (in %)   | General Education level (Secondary & Above) (in %)   |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| State \ UT           | 2017-18                                              | 2018-19                                              | 2019-20                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 14.0                                                 | 15.2                                                 | 13.6                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 12.5                                                 | 15.8                                                 | 15.7                                                 |
| Assam                | 13.6                                                 | 12.2                                                 | 13.5                                                 |
| Bihar                | 10.0                                                 | 14.5                                                 | 10.0                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh         | 8.6                                                  | 5.0                                                  | 8.5                                                  |
| Delhi                | 12.4                                                 | 10.8                                                 | 11.5                                                 |
| Goa                  | 15.6                                                 | 12.8                                                 | 11.6                                                 |
| Gujarat              | 7.5                                                  | 5.4                                                  | 3.9                                                  |
| Haryana              | 11.8                                                 | 12.9                                                 | 9.7                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 9.7                                                  | 9.2                                                  | 6.5                                                  |
| Jharkhand            | 13.7                                                 | 9.6                                                  | 9.6                                                  |
| Karnataka            | 9.1                                                  | 7.0                                                  | 9.1                                                  |
| Kerala               | 19.8                                                 | 16.2                                                 | 16.7                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 8.6                                                  | 6.8                                                  | 7.1                                                  |
| Maharashtra          | 8.0                                                  | 8.2                                                  | 5.6                                                  |
| Manipur              | 17.7                                                 | 13.1                                                 | 14.2                                                 |
| Meghalaya            | 5.7                                                  | 8.8                                                  | 10.9                                                 |
| Mizoram              | 16.0                                                 | 10.5                                                 | 11.6                                                 |
| Nagaland             | 30.4                                                 | 26.6                                                 | 36.6                                                 |
| Odisha               | 16.1                                                 | 16.0                                                 | 16.9                                                 |
| Punjab               | 11.4                                                 | 11.2                                                 | 11.7                                                 |
| Rajasthan            | 11.3                                                 | 13.7                                                 | 11.7                                                 |
| Sikkim               | 8.4                                                  | 6.5                                                  | 5.9                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu           | 15.4                                                 | 14.0                                                 | 11.7                                                 |
| Telangana            | 15.3                                                 | 16.7                                                 | 14.0                                                 |
| Tripura              | 12.2                                                 | 17.2                                                 | 8.3                                                  |
| Uttarakhand          | 12.9                                                 | 13.6                                                 | 12.6                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 10.9                                                 | 10.3                                                 | 8.7                                                  |
| West Bengal          | 9.5                                                  | 9.0                                                  | 10.1                                                 |
| Andaman & N. Island  | 26.3                                                 | 24.7                                                 | 23.2                                                 |
| Chandigarh           | 12.4                                                 | 8.5                                                  | 6.9                                                  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.7                                                  | 4.0                                                  | 6.7                                                  |
| Daman & Diu          | 6.5                                                  | 0.1                                                  | 4.5                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 11.4                                                 | 11.8                                                 | 14.6                                                 |
| Ladakh               | -                                                    | -                                                    | 0.3                                                  |
| Lakshadweep          | 26.3                                                 | 42.0                                                 | 20.3                                                 |
| Puducherry           | 14.0                                                 | 11.4                                                 | 10.5                                                 |
| all India            | 11.4                                                 | 11.0                                                 | 10.1                                                 |

Source: Annual report PLFS, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20; M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation.