Lok Sabha Question No. 3232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Unemployment in Youth among Economically Weaker Section
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3232

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN YOUTH AMONG ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION

3232.     SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  number  of  unemployed youths among economically weaker sections in urban and rural areas of Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli,  Madhya  Pradesh  especially  in  Khandwa  and Maharashtra including Mumbai;
- (b) if  so,  the  district-wise  details  thereof  and  the  remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c)
- the details of the areas with high unemployment rate in the country; and
- (d) the  number  of  employment  provided  to  unemployed  youth  by  the Government under various schemes in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh  especially  in  Khandwa  District  and  Maharashtra  including Mumbai during the last three years, State and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

( a)  to  (d):  The  official  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is  collected through Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by 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 youth of age 15-29 years in urban and  rural  areas  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli,  Madhya  Pradesh  including

Khandwa and Maharashtra including Mumbai have downward trend.

The estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years in the country in the year 2023-24 was 10.2% which is lower than global levels. State/UT-wise details of the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above are at Annexure.

As per the data available in latest Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  indicating  employment  on  usual  status  for youth of age 15-29 years in the year 2023-24 was 56.9% in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 56.6% in Madhya Pradesh and 40.1% in Maharashtra.

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 Textiles, Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  etc.  are  implementing different employment generation schemes/ programmes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs),    Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY),  etc., which, along with increase  in  capital  expenditure,  seeks  to  boost  employment  creation.  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. Further,  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 crores.

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Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3232 due for reply on 16.12.2024

## State/UT-wise estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years

| State/UTs                          |   2023-24 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |      17.5 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |      20.9 |
| Assam                              |      14.1 |
| Bihar                              |       9.9 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |       6.3 |
| Delhi                              |       4.6 |
| Goa                                |      19.1 |
| Gujarat                            |       3.1 |
| Haryana                            |      10.7 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |      16.3 |
| Jharkhand                          |       3.6 |
| Karnataka                          |      10.2 |
| Kerala                             |      29.9 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |       2.6 |
| Maharashtra                        |      10.8 |
| Manipur                            |      22.9 |
| Meghalaya                          |      14   |
| Mizoram                            |      13.3 |
| Nagaland                           |      27.4 |
| Odisha                             |      11.1 |
| Punjab                             |      18.8 |
| Rajasthan                          |      12.4 |
| Sikkim                             |       7.7 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |      15.3 |
| Telangana                          |      16.6 |
| Tripura                            |       6.8 |
| Uttarakhand                        |       9.8 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |       9.1 |
| West Bengal                        |       9   |
| Andaman & N. Island                |      33.6 |
| Chandigarh                         |      10.3 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |       6.6 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    |      17.4 |
| Ladakh                             |      22.2 |
| Lakshadweep                        |      36.2 |
| Puducherry                         |      14.6 |
| All India                          |      10.2 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI