Lok Sabha Question No. 1377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Employment Increase In Organised/Unorganised Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1377

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## EMPLOYMENT INCREASE IN ORGANISED/UNORGANISED SECTOR 1377. SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

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

- (a)whether the employment increase;
- (b)if so, the details thereof organised and unorganised sector comparatively  in  the  last  five  years  sector-wise  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): 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.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1377 FOR 06.12.2021.

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

|                     | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   | Worker Population Ratio (in %)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| State/UTs           | 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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