Lok Sabha Question No. 2082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Employment Generation in the Country
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2082 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN THE COUNTRY

2082. DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA: SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA: SHRI BIPLAB KUMAR DEB:

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

- (a)   the details of the progress made in employment generation in the country during the last ten years;
- (b)   the details of the jobs created in private and Government sectors during the last ten years;
- (c)   the details of reforms and schemes launched by the Government to promote employment generation during the last ten years, along with the progress made in terms of employment generation of each initiative;
- (d)   the  details  of  reforms  undertaken  by  the  Government  and  its impact on employment generation in the country; and
- (e)   whether  the  States  of  Uttarakhand,  Gujarat  and  Tripura  has implemented the schemes launched by the Government to promote employment generation, if so, the details of the jobs created as an
- outcome of the schemes of the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The official data source on Employment and Unemployment is 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 latest available Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR) (indicating  employment  in  both  private  and  Government  sectors)  on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above in the country has increased from 46.8% in 2017-18 to 58.2% in 2023-24.

As  a  part  of  legislative  reforms,  the  existing  29  Acts  in  the central sphere have been subsumed in the four Codes.  All Codes have been passed by the Parliament and notified, viz, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020. These Codes aim to catalyze creation of employment opportunities while ensuring safety, health and social security of every worker by:

- Promoting ease of doing business through simplification, rationalization and reduction in compliance burden
- Raising  thresholds  for  factory  license,  contract  labour  license, prior permission for retrenchment, lay-off and closure and certification of standing orders.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a  priority  of  Government  and  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic  process. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in the country including the States of Uttarakhand,  Gujarat  and  Tripura.  The  details  of  these  employment generation schemes/ programmes may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.These inter-alia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Prime  Minister  Street Vendor's AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme), Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), etc.

Government  announced  in  the  Budget  2024-25,  the  Prime Minister's package of 5 schemes and initiatives to facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5-year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crore. It includes the Employment  Linked  Incentive  (ELI)  scheme  with  an  outlay  of  Rs 1,07,000 Crores, aiming at job creation and formalisation of work force by providing Social Security through EPFO, enhancing employability and incentivizing additional employment generation through incentives to employees and employers.

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