Lok Sabha Question No. 110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Status of Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.110

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2024

## STATUS OF UNEMPLOYMENT

## 110.     SHRI AMRA RAM :

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

- (a) the state-wise data of unemployment in the country at present; and
- (b) the details of the proposal of the Government for providing employment to the unemployed?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a)  to  (b):  The  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 latest available Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above was 4.2%,  4.1%  and  3.2%  during  2020-21,  2021-22  and  2022-23,  respectively. The data indicates that the unemployment rate in the country has a declining trend over the years. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.

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.

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  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  to  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 110 due for reply on 22.07.2024

State/UT-wise estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years & above during 2022-23 (in%)

| State/UT                           |   UR |
|------------------------------------|------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |  4.1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |  4.8 |
| Assam                              |  1.7 |
| Bihar                              |  3.9 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |  2.4 |
| Delhi                              |  1.9 |
| Goa                                |  9.7 |
| Gujarat                            |  1.7 |
| Haryana                            |  6.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |  4.3 |
| Jharkhand                          |  1.7 |
| Karnataka                          |  2.4 |
| Kerala                             |  7   |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |  1.6 |
| Maharashtra                        |  3.1 |
| Manipur                            |  4.7 |
| Meghalaya                          |  6   |
| Mizoram                            |  2.2 |
| Nagaland                           |  4.3 |
| Odisha                             |  3.9 |
| Punjab                             |  6.1 |
| Rajasthan                          |  4.4 |
| Sikkim                             |  2.2 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |  4.3 |
| Telangana                          |  4.4 |
| Tripura                            |  1.4 |
| Uttarakhand                        |  4.5 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |  2.4 |
| West Bengal                        |  2.2 |
| Andaman & N. Island                |  9.7 |
| Chandigarh                         |  4   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |  2.5 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    |  4.4 |
| Ladakh                             |  6.1 |
| Lakshadweep                        | 11.1 |
| Puducherry                         |  5.6 |
| All India                          |  3.2 |

Source: PLFS Report June 2022-July 2023