Lok Sabha Question No. 3272 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Job Loss of Employees of Private/Government Sectors
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne, Bidyut Baran Mahato

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3272 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## JOB LOSS OF EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE/GOVERNMENT SECTORS

3272. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether a large number of persons have lost their employment during the Covid-
- 19 pandemic in the country and if so, the details, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government have any mechanism to monitor job loss of employees of private and Government sectors in the country and if so, the details therefor;
- (c) the details of the sectors affected with the pandemic;
- (d)  whether the Government has conducted any study as to how such trend of job loss is to be handled during such situation in private and Government sectors and if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  assistance  to  those who have become jobless during the period of first and second wave of Covid-19?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (e):    The  data  on  employment/  unemployment  is  being  collected  through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The latest available report is for the year 2019-20. As per the results of PLFS conducted during 2018-19 and 2019-20, the year-wise/ State-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for 15 years and above is at Annexure.

Ministry of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  is  also  publishing monthly payroll data relating to employment in the formal sector. This highlights that cumulative net payroll addition to the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscriber  base  is  77.08  lakh  for  the  year  2020-2021,  which  is  almost  at  par  with previous  year  (78.58  lakh).  It  is  observed  that  there  is  addition  in  net  payroll  as represented by EPFO subscriber base in each month of 2020-21 except for the month of April and May 2020.

Covid-19 pandemic has affected various sectors of the economy. The Government is providing fiscal stimulus of more than Rs.twenty seven lakh crore as part  of  the  Aatmanirbhar  financial  Package,  comprising  of  various  long  term schemes/programmes/  policies  for  making  the  country  self-reliant  and  to  create employment opportunities.

Government of India has taken a number of initiatives for promoting employment generation in the country. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) has been launched w.e.f. 1st October, 2020 to incentivize employers for creation of new employment along with social security benefits and restoration of employment. The new  employees  under the scheme  includes those who  have  lost their employment during Covid-19 pandemic and didn't join in any EPF covered establishment upto 30.09.2020.The terminal date for registration of beneficiary under the scheme has been extended from 30th June, 2021 to 31st March, 2022.

Government  had  launched  the  Garib  Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyaan  (GKRA)  of  125 days  on  20th  June,  2020  to  boost  employment  and  livelihood  opportunities  for returnee  migrant  workers  and  similarly  affected  persons  including  youth  in  rural areas,  in  116  selected  districts  across  6  States  of  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), Government of India has contributed both 12% employer's share and 12% employee's share under Employees Provident Fund (EPF), totaling 24% of the wage for the wage month from March to August, 2020 for the establishments having upto 100 employees with 90% of such employees earning less than Rs. 15000/-.This has helped in protecting employment in EPFO registered establishments during post Covid period.

The unemployment benefit under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana being implemented  by  the  Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)  has  been enhanced to 50% from 25% of the average earning, payable upto 90 days, alongwith relaxation of eligibility conditions to claim the benefit, for insured workers who have lost employment due to COVID-19.

PM-SVANidhi Scheme has facilitated collateral free working capital loan upto Rs.10,000/-  for  one-year  tenure  to  street  vendors,  to  help  them  resume  their businesses during the post Covid period.

Government has increased MGNREGA wage to Rs. 202 a day from Rs. 182 to benefit nearly 13.62 crore families.

In  addition,  RBI  and  Government  of  India  have  taken  several  monetary  and liquidity measures to keep the flow of credit uninterrupted to the productive sectors of the economy including MSME sector.

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Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.3272  FOR  09-08-2021  REGARDING  JOB  LOSS  OF EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE/GOVERNMENT SECTORS.

Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  according  to  usual  status  (ps+ss)  for  each State/UT age group: 15 years and above

(in percentage)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | PLFS    | PLFS    |
|-----------|----------------------|---------|---------|
|           |                      | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 54.8    | 55.5    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 40.9    | 44.3    |
| 3         | Assam                | 43.4    | 43.2    |
| 4         | Bihar                | 36.4    | 39.7    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 61.2    | 65.4    |
| 6         | Delhi                | 44.5    | 43.3    |
| 7         | Goa                  | 45.9    | 47.3    |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 49.7    | 54.7    |
| 9         | Haryana              | 41.9    | 42.9    |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 63.9    | 70.5    |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 52.9    | 52.5    |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 44.9    | 53.6    |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 49.3    | 53.1    |
| 14        | Kerala               | 44.9    | 45.3    |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 52.3    | 57.7    |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 50.6    | 55.7    |
| 17        | Manipur              | 44.3    | 45.5    |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 61.8    | 58.6    |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 45.6    | 50.7    |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 38.1    | 44.8    |
| 21        | Odisha               | 47.6    | 51.9    |
| 22        | Punjab               | 44.2    | 47.8    |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 50.0    | 55.0    |
| 24        | Sikkim               | 61.1    | 68.8    |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 51.4    | 55.3    |
| 26        | Telangana            | 50.6    | 55.7    |
| 27        | Tripura              | 41.9    | 49.6    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 41.4    | 49.5    |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        | 40.8    | 45.1    |
| 30        | West Bengal          | 49.7    | 49.7    |
| 31        | A & N Islands        | 49.1    | 49.8    |
| 32        | Chandigarh           | 47.3    | 45.5    |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 68.6    | 72.2    |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          | 55.1    | 64.5    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | 29.5    | 48.0    |
| 36        | Puducherry           | 47.8    | 47.7    |
| 37        | Ladakh               | -       | 62.7    |
|           | All India            | 47.3    | 50.9    |

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