Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: India's National Employment Policy
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kaushalendra Kumar, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021

## INDIA'S NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY

## 210.   SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KHOLE:

DR.SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR.DNV SENTHILKUMAR S

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning    to  set  up  a  committee  to  frame  India's National  Employment  Policy  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  aims  and objectives behind the move;
- (b) the composition of the committee and the time by which  the committee is likely to start functioning and submit its report to the Government;
- (c) whether the country's overall employment is lower than pre-pandemic levels and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey and if so, the details of the findings;
- (e) the other steps taken by the government to push up the employment generation in the country including Maharashtra and Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): At present there is no such Committee.

However, Government  has  approved 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.

The  information  gathered  through  these  surveys  would  enable  the  government  to understand significant issues and help to frame evidence -based National Employment Policy. (c) & (d): Government of India has launched All-India Quarterly Establishment Based Employment Survey (AQEES) in April, 2021 which has two components viz. Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES). As per the result of the first round of Quarterly Employment Survey  for the period April to June 2021, employment increased to 3.8 crore in the nine selected sectors of the  economy  against  a  total  of  2.37  crores  in  these  sectors  taken  collectively,  as reported in the sixth Economic Census (2013-14). (e):  Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country (including  Maharashtra  and  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Islands)  like  encouraging  various projects  involving  substantial  investment  and  increasing  public  expenditure  on schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendayal AntodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rojgar  Yojana  (ABRY)  was  launched  with  effect  from  1 st 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  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 till 31.03.2022. Besides these initiatives, the flagship programmes of 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 generate and Production-Linked Incentive(PLI) Scheme  are  also oriented to productive employment opportunities.

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