Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Programs for Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2024

## PROGRAMS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

## 69.     SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the number of unemployed persons including educated, uneducated, rural and urban youths registered with Employment Exchanges in the country including  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  creating  additional employment opportunities in various sectors and provide employment to all unemployed youths in the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  any  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme for providing jobs to the youth in the country, especially in the State of Jharkhand, keeping in view the growing unemployment there; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  the  extent  of  information  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the number of job-seekers (employed/unemployed), who got registered themselves in employment exchanges during the year 2020, 2021 and 2022 were 20.74 lakh, 32.24  lakh  and  39.97  lakh  respectively.  The  State/UT-wise  details  are  at Annexure-I.

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly,  the  Government  of  India  has  taken various steps for generating employment in the country, including Jharkhand.

The various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India like Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Finance,  Ministry  of  Textile,  etc.  are implementing  different  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),    Deen  Dayal  Antodaya  Yojana-National  Urban Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),    etc. 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.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 69 due for reply on 22.07.2024

State/UTs-wise  number  of  job  seekers  who  got  registered  in  employment exchanges in the country

## (in thousands)

| S. No.   | State/UTs         |   2022 |    2021 |   2020 |
|----------|-------------------|--------|---------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   11.2 |   15.2  |   15   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |   59   |    0.8  |    1.5 |
| 3        | Assam             |  202.6 |  124.1  |  192.6 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  222.4 |    2.6  |    7.9 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |  330.9 |  313.4  |   93.3 |
| 6        | Goa               |   17.2 |   53    |    0   |
| 7        | Gujarat           |  334.1 |  319.5  |  190.5 |
| 8        | Haryana           |  131.1 |  135.7  |   53.1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |   50.7 |  128.8  |   56.5 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |   54.2 |    4.6  |    1.1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |   35.6 |   16.85 |  151.7 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |   57.7 |   20.4  |   12.5 |
| 13       | Kerala            |  513.6 |  326.3  |  115.7 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |    2.8 |   14.9  |  105   |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |  487.4 |  308.56 |  143.7 |
| 16       | Manipur           |   30   |   12.37 |    7.6 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |    3.1 |    4.08 |    3   |
| 18       | Mizoram           |    8.8 |    0.22 |    0.4 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |    6.6 |    8.53 |   12.5 |
| 20       | Odisha            |  168.6 |   60.73 |   14.6 |
| 21       | Punjab            |   55.4 |   17.31 |   13.2 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |  156.1 |   52.25 |   48   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |  484.9 |  860.62 |  478.2 |
| 24       | Telangana         |   32.1 |   43.28 |   25.9 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       |  108.8 |  131.42 |   68.5 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |  400.8 |  323.79 |  250   |
| 27       | A. & N. Islands   |   14.4 |    0    |    0   |
| 28       | Chandigarh        |    1.4 |    1.15 |    1.1 |
| 29       | Puducherry        |   14.5 |   18.87 |    2.1 |
| 30       | Ladakh            |    0.7 |    1.15 |    0   |
|          | Total             | 3996.7 | 3324.36 | 2074   |

Source: As per the data received from the States/UTs. Few States/UTs have not provided data.