Lok Sabha Question No. 144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. D Ravi Kumar

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 144

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2025

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

## 144. DR. D RAVI KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the unemployment rate of India has dropped by 0.2% and stands at 6.4% as of July 2024 and that  certain  States  like  Goa,  Kerala,  Meghalaya,  Haryana  have  a higher  unemployment  rate  as  compared  to  the  national  average despite the Skill India Mission;
- (b) if so, whether any additional measures are being taken to sustain & improve the situation and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  planning  for  collaborative  measures between  the  Ministry  of  Education  and  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment to enhance the skills of the younger generations; and
- (d)
- if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a)  to  (d):  The  official  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June every year.

As  per  the  data  available  in  latest  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 202324. State/UT-wise details are available in the PLFS reports which may be seen  at  the  website  of  MoSPI  at  https://www.mospi.gov.in/downloadreports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub\_category=All

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority  of  Government.  Various  steps  to  expand  job  opportunities through  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  have been taken, such as: Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Standup India,  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri  Mudra Yojana (PMMY),  Production  Linked Incentive  (PLI),  Make  in  India,  Startup  India  etc.,  which,  along  with increase  in  capital  expenditure,  seeks  to  boost  employment  creation, increase production and productivity. The details of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government of India may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes. Government  is  implementing  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM)  to  deliver skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development  centres/  schools/  colleges  /institutes  etc.  under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills. The  Government has  brought  in  National  Education  Policy  (NEP) 2020  which  aims  to  integrate  vocational  education  programmes  into mainstream education in all educational institutions in a phased manner. Beginning with vocational exposure  at early ages in middle and secondary school, quality vocational education will be integrated smoothly into higher education. Further,  Government  announced  in  the  Budget  2024-25,  Prime facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5-

Minister's package of 5 schemes and initiatives to year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crores.

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