Lok Sabha Question No. 670 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Participation of Work-force in Rajasthan
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, Shiromani Ram

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 670

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PARTICIPATION OF WORK-FORCE IN RAJASTHAN

## 670.   SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a) whether  the  participation  of work-force  is  decreasing  due  to  lack  of employment opportunities in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether  unemployment  rate  is  increasing  due  to  rise  in  self  employment percentage, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the level by which supply of workforce is likely to be improved to meet the demand  of  the  job  market  through  currently  running  skill  development programme particularly of Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan;
- (d) whether there has been a large scale increase in the number of unemployed persons both in organised and unorganised sectors in the country during the last three years, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any survey with regard to shortage of employment opportunities in different sectors, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  which  is  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June of next year. As per the latest available Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on  usual  status  for  persons  of  age  15 years  &  above  was  50.9%  and  52.6%  during  2019-20  and  2020-21,  respectively, which  shows  that  employment  in  the  country  has  increased.  The  State/UT-wise estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on  usual  status  for  persons  of  age  15 years and above during 2019-20 and 2020-21 is at Annexure.

The estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 20 and 2020-21, respectively, which shows that unemployment rate in the country

15 years and above was 6.0%, 5.8%, 4.8% and 4.2% during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019has declining trend.

In Rajasthan, the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for  persons  of  age  15  years  &  above    was  55.0%  and  55.3%  during  2019-20  and 2020-21, respectively, which shows that employment has increased.

As per the information received from Government of Rajasthan, total  23614 candidates  were  trained  under  the  various  schemes  (viz.,  Pandit  Deen  Dayal Upadhayaya Grameen Kaushal(DDU-GKY), Employment Linked Skill Training Programme  (ELSTP),  Indira  Mahila  Shakti  Incentive  and  Samman  Yojana(IM SHAKTI),  Mukhyamantri  Yuva  Kaushal  Yojna  (MMYKY),  Mukhyamantri  Kaushal Vikas  Yojna  (MMKVY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),    Rojgar Aadharit Jan Kaushal Vikas Karyakram (RAJKVIK), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol(RSTP),  Saksham  Yojana  Under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan,  Samarth  Yojana 2023) implemented in Sawai Madhopur and Tonk district  of Rajasthan with aim  to produce employment opportunities for people.

As per Economic Survey, estimated employment in organized and unorganized sector, based on the PLFS reports are as under:

(in crores)

| Years   |   Organized |   Unorganized |   Total |
|---------|-------------|---------------|---------|
| 2017-18 |        9.05 |         38.07 |   47.13 |
| 2018-19 |        9.46 |         39.32 |   48.78 |
| 2019-20 |        9.55 |         43.99 |   53.53 |

Source: Economic Survey 2021-22

It shows that the employment in both organized and unorganized sector has increased.

Further,  the  Quarterly  Employment  Survey  (QES)  is  conducted  by  Labour Bureau which aims to assess the employment situation in respect of selected nine sectors  of  non-farm  economy  of  India  over  successive  quarters.  Selected  nine sectors  are  Manufacturing,  Construction,  Trade,  Transport,  Education,  Health, Accommodation  &  Restaurants,  Information  Technology  (IT)/  Business  Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Financial Services. As per the fourth round of QES (JanuaryMarch,  2022),  the  estimated  total  employment  in  the  nine  selected  sectors  was 3.18 crore, which is 10 lakhs higher than the estimated employment (3.08 crore) from the first round of QES (April-June, 2021).

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 670 due for reply on 06.02.2023

State/UT-wise details of Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above for the period 2019-20 and 2020-21

| S. No.   | State/UTs            |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |      55.5 | 58.6      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    |      44.3 | 48.5      |
| 3        | Assam                |      43.2 | 50.5      |
| 4        | Bihar                |      39.7 | 39.9      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         |      65.4 | 63.6      |
| 6        | Delhi                |      43.3 | 42.7      |
| 7        | Goa                  |      47.3 | 43.4      |
| 8        | Gujarat              |      54.7 | 55.0      |
| 9        | Haryana              |      42.9 | 44.0      |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     |      70.5 | 69.5      |
| 11       | Jharkhand            |      53.6 | 59.6      |
| 12       | Karnataka            |      53.1 | 55.3      |
| 13       | Kerala               |      45.3 | 46.1      |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       |      57.7 | 60.2      |
| 15       | Maharashtra          |      55.7 | 53.9      |
| 16       | Manipur              |      45.5 | 41.0      |
| 17       | Meghalaya            |      58.6 | 62.0      |
| 18       | Mizoram              |      50.7 | 54.5      |
| 19       | Nagaland             |      44.8 | 49.5      |
| 20       | Odisha               |      51.9 | 53.5      |
| 21       | Punjab               |      47.8 | 47.2      |
| 22       | Rajasthan            |      55   | 55.3      |
| 23       | Sikkim               |      68.8 | 71.3      |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           |      55.3 | 56.9      |
| 25       | Telangana            |      55.7 | 57.8      |
| 26       | Tripura              |      49.6 | 53.8      |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          |      49.5 | 48.7      |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        |      45.1 | 48.0      |
| 29       | West Bengal          |      49.7 | 53.0      |
| 30       | Andaman & N. Island  |      49.8 | 58.2      |
| 31       | Chandigarh           |      45.5 | 43.1      |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      72.2 |           |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          |      64.5 | 54.0      |
| 34       | Jammu & Kashmir      |      52.5 | 55.5      |
| 35       | Ladakh               |      62.7 | 69.1      |
| 36       | Lakshadweep          |      48   | 40.1      |
| 37       | Puducherry           |      47.7 | 48.1      |
|          | All India            |      50.9 | 52.6      |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI