Lok Sabha Question No. 1177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Employment Growth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1177

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

†1177. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: MS. RAMYA HARIDAS: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

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

- (a)whether the Government has the employment Growth data available in the country during the last three years and if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (b)whether it is a fact that the country's unemployment rate has risen to more  than 8.5 per  cent  due  to  economic  slowdown  and contraction of industrial output;
- (c)the number of employable men and women in urban and rural areas presently categorised as unemployed; and
- (d)the  labour  participation  rate  of  male  and  female  workers  in  the economy  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  revive  job creation  and  employment  for  youth  and  the  further  action  plan  to solve the unemployment issue in a perspective manner?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), the estimates of Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for persons aged 15 years and above defined as the number of employed persons to total population on usual status basis during the last three years has shown an increasing trend i.e it stood  at  46.8%  (2017-18),  47.3%  (2018-19)  and  50.9%  (2019-20) respectively. The State-wise WPR is given at Annexure.

As  per  the  Annual  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey(PLFS) conducted  by  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  the  estimates  of Unemployment  rate  (UR)  for  persons  aged  15  years    and  above  on usual status basis during the last three years are on declining trend i.e 6.0% (2017-18), 5.8%( 2018-19) and 4.8% (2019-20) respectively.

As regards revival of factory output data, reflected through Index  of  Industrial  Production  (IIP)  ,  there  has  been  a  significant growth of 23.5% during April-September 2021-22 as compared to the corresponding period growth of -20.8% during 2020-21.

(d): As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), the estimates of    Labour Force Participation    Rate  (LFPR)  for  male  and  female  persons  for  aged  15 years and above on usual status basis during 2019-20 is 76.8% & 30.0 % respectively .

Government  is  providing fiscal stimulus of  more  than Rupees Twenty seven lakh crore as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat financial Package  which  comprises  various long term  schemes/ programmes/ policies for making the country self-reliant and to create employment opportunities in the country.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to  (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1177 FOR 06.12.2021.

State-Wise details of Worker Population Ratio for persons aged 15 years and above

| State/UTs           | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                     | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 57.2                             | 54.8                             | 55.5                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 42.3                             | 40.9                             | 44.3                             |
| Assam               | 43.7                             | 43.4                             | 43.2                             |
| Bihar               | 35.5                             | 36.4                             | 39.7                             |
| Chhattisgarh        | 62.4                             | 61.2                             | 65.4                             |
| Delhi               | 42.7                             | 44.5                             | 43.3                             |
| Goa                 | 42.9                             | 45.9                             | 47.3                             |
| Gujarat             | 47.4                             | 49.7                             | 54.7                             |
| Haryana             | 41.7                             | 41.9                             | 42.9                             |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 58.9                             | 63.9                             | 70.5                             |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 51.0                             | 52.9                             | 52.5                             |
| Jharkhand           | 41.7                             | 44.9                             | 53.6                             |
| Karnataka           | 49.1                             | 49.3                             | 53.1                             |
| Kerala              | 41.2                             | 44.9                             | 45.3                             |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 54.3                             | 52.3                             | 57.7                             |
| Maharashtra         | 50.5                             | 50.6                             | 55.7                             |
| Manipur             | 42.5                             | 44.3                             | 45.5                             |
| Meghalaya           | 62.3                             | 61.8                             | 58.6                             |
| Mizoram             | 46.4                             | 45.6                             | 50.7                             |
| Nagaland            | 32.8                             | 38.1                             | 44.8                             |
| Odisha              | 44.9                             | 47.6                             | 51.9                             |
| Punjab              | 42.9                             | 44.2                             | 47.8                             |
| Rajasthan           | 48.2                             | 50.0                             | 55.0                             |
| Sikkim              | 58.7                             | 61.1                             | 68.8                             |
| Tamil Nadu          | 51.0                             | 51.4                             | 55.3                             |
| Telangana           | 49.8                             | 50.6                             | 55.7                             |
| Tripura             | 42.0                             | 41.9                             | 49.6                             |
| Uttarakhand         | 40.6                             | 41.4                             | 49.5                             |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 41.8                             | 40.8                             | 45.1                             |
| West Bengal         | 47.8                             | 49.7                             | 49.7                             |
| A &NIslands         | 48.7                             | 49.1                             | 49.8                             |
| Chandigarh          | 46.9                             | 47.3                             | 45.5                             |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 66.3                             | 68.6                             | 72.2                             |
| Daman &Diu          | 63.2                             | 55.1                             | 64.5                             |
| Lakshadweep         | 34.4                             | 29.5                             | 48.0                             |
| Puducherry          | 37.8                             | 47.8                             | 47.7                             |
| Ladakh              | -                                | -                                | 62.7                             |
| All-India           | 46.8                             | 47.3                             | 50.9                             |

Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation.

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