Lok Sabha Question No. 5189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Jobs Losses during Lockdown
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5189

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

JOBS LOSSES DURING LOCKDOWN

5189. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

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

(a)whether in the first lockdown in 2020, only seven per cent of men lost their jobs, compared to 47 per cent of women; (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  comparatively  in  pre  and  post  Covid-19 situation till date; and (c)the current status thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Labour Bureau 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). The first QES report for the period April-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  male  &  female  employees  during lockdown period 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)  (in  percent)    according  to  usual  status (ps+ss)  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  at  all  India  has decreased from 5.8% in PLFS (2018-19) to 4.8% in  PLFS (2019-20).

Contd..2/-

The  gender-wise  Unemployment  Rate  according  to  usual status  (ps+ss)  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and  above  at  all  India  is given below:-

| Survey       | Male   | Female   | Person   |
|--------------|--------|----------|----------|
| PLFS 2018-19 | 6.0%   | 5.1%     | 5.8%     |
| PLFS 2019-20 | 5.0%   | 4.2%     | 4.8%     |

As  per  the  Quarterly  Bulletin  (April-June  2021)  and  (JulySeptember 2021) of Periodic Labour Force Survey(PLFS) conducted by National  Statistical  Office(NSO),  Unemployment  Rate  (UR)  according to Current Weekly Status (CWS) in urban areas in India has decreased from 12.6% to 9.8% for persons of age 15 years and above. The genderwise Unemployment Rate (UR) (in percent) in  Current Weekly Status (CWS) in urban areas in India for persons of age 15 years and above is given below:-

| Survey                                         | Male   | Female   | Person   |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|
| PLFS Quarterly Bulletin (April-June 2021)      | 12.2%  | 14.3%    | 12.6%    |
| PLFS Quarterly Bulletin (July-September, 2021) | 9.3%   | 11.6%    | 9.8%     |

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## Annexure Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. 5189  for 04.04.2022 raised by Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy. Sector-wise Impact on Number of Employees during Lockdown Period (25 th March, 2020 to 30 th June, 2020)

| Sl.   | Sectors                    | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)               | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)               | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)   | Number of Employees (in Lakhs)   |
|-------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| No.   |                            | 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            |
|       |                            | Male                                         | Female                                       | Male                             | Female                           |
| 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: "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".

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