Lok Sabha Question No. 698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Development Schemes
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty, Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 698 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

698.  SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY: SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI: SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

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

- (a) whether  the  ongoing  development  schemes  in  the  country  are  creating additional employment opportunities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  new  jobs  registered  with  the  Government  during  the  last three years and number of people jobless as per the record during the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details of total unemployment in the country during the last five years;
- (d) whether the Government has planned a National Urban Youth Employment Programme to promote employment opportunities in the urban areas, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the data of unemployment in Urban areas for the year 201922; and
- (f) whether the Government has taken initiatives at the urban local body level to promote employment opportunities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f):  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly,  the  Government  of  India  has  taken various  steps  to  deal  with  problem  of  unemployment  in  recent  times.  The Government  of  India  has  announced  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  package  to  provide stimulus to business and to mitigate the adverse impact of Covid 19. Under this package,  the  Government  is  providing  fiscal  stimulus  of  more  than  Rupees Twenty Seven lakh crore. This package comprises of various long term schemes/ programmes/ policies for making the country self-reliant and to create employment opportunities.

The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) was launched with effect from 1st October, 2020 to incentivise employers for creation of new employment and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic. The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries was 31.03.2022. As on 28.11.2022 benefits have been provided to 60.13  lakh beneficiaries. Budget  2021-22  launched  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  schemes,  with  an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore, for a period of 5 years starting from 2021-22. The PLI Schemes being implemented by the Government have potential for creating 60 lakh new jobs. PM GatiShakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable development. The approach is driven by seven engines, namely, Roads, Railways, Airports,  Ports,  Mass  Transport,  Waterways  and  Logistics  Infrastructure.  This approach is powered by Clean Energy and Sabka Prayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme  namely  "Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)" to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households  on  a  sustainable  basis.  Mission,  inter-alia,  aims  to  enabling  urban poor to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities through skill training in market  oriented courses under the Employment  through  Skill  Training    &  Placement  (EST&P)  component.  Also, financial assistance is provided to individuals/ groups/ Self Help Groups (SHGS) of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or microenterprises. Number of skill trained candidates placed and beneficiaries assisted for setting up  Individual/  Group  micro  enterprises  under  DAY-NULM  during  the  last  three years (i.e. 2019-20 to 2021-22) are 1,77,687 and 2,88,399 respectively. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is being implemented by the Government for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY,  collateral free  loans  upto Rs. 10 lakh,  are  extended  to  micro/small  business  enterprises  and  to  individuals  to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. As on 25.11.2022, 37.75 crore loans amounting to Rs. 21.02 lakh crore have been extended to all category of entrepreneurs in the country, since inception of the Scheme. Government is implementing Prime Minister Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) since June 01, 2020 to facilitate collateral free working capital loan to street vendors to restart their businesses, which were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic. As on 8 th   December,  2022,  43.66  lakh lakh loans amounting to ₹4396.12 Crore have been disbursed to 37.95 beneficiaries under the scheme.

The  Government  of  India  is  encouraging  various  projects  involving  substantial investment and public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) etc. for employment generation.

Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Digital India, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, Housing for All etc. are also oriented towards generating employment opportunities.

The  official  data  source  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is  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  available  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the  estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above were as follows:

| Year    |   WPR (%) |   UR (%) |
|---------|-----------|----------|
| 2017-18 |      46.8 |      6   |
| 2018-19 |      47.3 |      5.8 |
| 2019-20 |      50.9 |      4.8 |
| 2020-21 |      52.6 |      4.2 |

Source : PLFS, MoSPI

Further,  the  unemployment  rate  for  persons  aged  15  years  and  above  on  usual status  for  urban  areas  is  6.9%  and  6.7%  for  the  year  2019-20  and  2020-21, respectively.

As  per  the  extent  of  information  received  from  States/UTs,  the  number  of vacancies notified in Employment Exchanges during last three years i.e. 2019 to 2021  was  17.84  lakh.  Further,  vacancies  mobilised  on  National  Career  Service (NCS) Portal of Ministry of Labour & Employment during last three years i.e. 201920 to 2021-22 was 56.07 lakh.

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