Lok Sabha Question No. 2097 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Registration with Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2097

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## REGISTRATION WITH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

## 2097.  SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  educated,  uneducated,  skilled,  semi-skilled  and unskilled rural and urban persons/youths, males and females including the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,  Other  Backward  Classes,  Differently  Abled  and  Minority Communities  registered  with  the  Employment  Exchanges  during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the number of the persons/youth who have got employment during the said period of time, State-wise, year-wise and category-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  employment  growth  rate  in  public  sector  as  well  as private sector and unemployment rate in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, Statewise; and
- (d) the details of steps taken by the Government to check unemployment rate in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  the  information  received  from  States/UTs  employment exchanges,  the  data  indicating  the  job-seekers  (employed  /unemployed), State-wise, Age-wise, educated, Women, Educated Women, Category-wise (viz.  Scheduled  Caste,  Scheduled  Tribe),  Differently  Abled  and  Minority Communities Jobseekers registered in employment exchanges and placed, is available at https://dge.gov.in/dge/dge-publications-reports-

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 201718. The survey period is July to June every year.

As  per the data available in  latest  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) indicating employment (including public  sector  and  private  sector)  on  usual  status  for  persons  of  age  15 years and above has increased from 52.9% in 2021-22 to 58.2% in 2023-24 and  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  indicating  employment (including  public  sector  and  private  sector)  for  youth  of  age  15-29  years has increased from 36.8% in 2021-22 to 41.7% to 2023-24. State-wise and year-wise details are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II. Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. Accordingly, various Ministries/ Departments of Government  of  India  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. Prime  Minister's package  of  5  schemes  and  initiatives  to

Further,  Government  has  announced  in  the  Budget  2024-25,  the facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crores.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2097 due for reply on 09.12.2024

State/UT-wise  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on  usual  status  for persons of age 15 years and above.

| State/UTs                          | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                    | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | 2023-24                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 57.8                           | 58.6                           | 57.8                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 47.1                           | 64.9                           | 68.5                           |
| Assam                              | 52.1                           | 54.5                           | 64.3                           |
| Bihar                              | 39.3                           | 47.0                           | 51.6                           |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 64.9                           | 70.1                           | 69.7                           |
| Delhi                              | 42.3                           | 45.8                           | 45.5                           |
| Goa                                | 41.6                           | 45.1                           | 47.4                           |
| Gujarat                            | 56.8                           | 61.5                           | 63.9                           |
| Haryana                            | 42.5                           | 44.9                           | 47.8                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 71.2                           | 73.8                           | 70.3                           |
| Jharkhand                          | 60.7                           | 60.9                           | 63.0                           |
| Karnataka                          | 53.0                           | 55.6                           | 55.2                           |
| Kerala                             | 48.8                           | 50.5                           | 52.2                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 60.7                           | 63.4                           | 68.3                           |
| Maharashtra                        | 55.9                           | 57.6                           | 57.0                           |
| Manipur                            | 40.6                           | 48.7                           | 56.0                           |
| Meghalaya                          | 60.5                           | 65.8                           | 72.1                           |
| Mizoram                            | 48.9                           | 55.2                           | 53.0                           |
| Nagaland                           | 58.4                           | 69.4                           | 68.1                           |
| Odisha                             | 52.4                           | 58.9                           | 62.9                           |
| Punjab                             | 48.5                           | 50.2                           | 52.7                           |
| Rajasthan                          | 54.7                           | 58.8                           | 61.7                           |
| Sikkim                             | 69.9                           | 74.0                           | 74.4                           |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 55.8                           | 54.7                           | 56.8                           |
| Telangana                          | 58.1                           | 57.7                           | 59.2                           |
| Tripura                            | 50.6                           | 54.3                           | 62.0                           |
| Uttarakhand                        | 48.7                           | 53.5                           | 58.1                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 50.1                           | 53.9                           | 55.1                           |
| West Bengal                        | 52.7                           | 56.1                           | 59.6                           |
| Andaman & N. Island                | 59.2                           | 60.0                           | 58.0                           |
| Chandigarh                         | 42.2                           | 45.6                           | 50.9                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 65.8                           | 65.0                           | 67.8                           |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 58.3                           | 60.7                           | 60.4                           |
| Ladakh                             | 58.1                           | 57.0                           | 59.3                           |
| Lakshadweep                        | 37.2                           | 35.5                           | 42.7                           |
| Puducherry                         | 51.2                           | 49.6                           | 50.0                           |
| All India                          | 52.9                           | 56.0                           | 58.2                           |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2097 due for reply on 09.12.2024

State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years.

| State/UTs                          | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                    | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | 2023-24                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 40.6                           | 40.7                           | 37.7                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 20.0                           | 35.1                           | 40.0                           |
| Assam                              | 37.6                           | 44.6                           | 44.0                           |
| Bihar                              | 21.8                           | 27.0                           | 31.2                           |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 47.9                           | 55.6                           | 57.8                           |
| Delhi                              | 34.1                           | 33.2                           | 33.3                           |
| Goa                                | 30.1                           | 36.6                           | 33.5                           |
| Gujarat                            | 47.3                           | 50.3                           | 55.8                           |
| Haryana                            | 28.7                           | 30.8                           | 34.6                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 51.3                           | 54.6                           | 52.9                           |
| Jharkhand                          | 49.2                           | 46.7                           | 49.3                           |
| Karnataka                          | 37.1                           | 40.5                           | 38.1                           |
| Kerala                             | 28.9                           | 28.9                           | 28.5                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 44.7                           | 49.8                           | 56.6                           |
| Maharashtra                        | 38.0                           | 39.6                           | 40.1                           |
| Manipur                            | 18.7                           | 26.3                           | 24.3                           |
| Meghalaya                          | 38.8                           | 41.6                           | 53.1                           |
| Mizoram                            | 25.0                           | 25.1                           | 22.5                           |
| Nagaland                           | 31.3                           | 38.9                           | 36.5                           |
| Odisha                             | 36.3                           | 42.2                           | 46.3                           |
| Punjab                             | 37.0                           | 39.2                           | 37.8                           |
| Rajasthan                          | 37.6                           | 41.1                           | 44.1                           |
| Sikkim                             | 50.2                           | 47.2                           | 52.6                           |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 34.5                           | 32.9                           | 35.0                           |
| Telangana                          | 38.2                           | 36.3                           | 40.7                           |
| Tripura                            | 34.2                           | 36.4                           | 43.9                           |
| Uttarakhand                        | 32.3                           | 37.5                           | 44.2                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 34.7                           | 38.5                           | 39.0                           |
| West Bengal                        | 39.1                           | 43.3                           | 44.6                           |
| Andaman & N. Island                | 39.2                           | 45.9                           | 43.3                           |
| Chandigarh                         | 29.6                           | 34.3                           | 44.9                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 57.9                           | 60.9                           | 56.9                           |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 40.2                           | 41.2                           | 40.2                           |
| Ladakh                             | 29.1                           | 25.0                           | 31.0                           |
| Lakshadweep                        | 19.4                           | 21.0                           | 31.4                           |
| Puducherry                         | 35.8                           | 31.6                           | 36.5                           |
| All India                          | 36.8                           | 40.1                           | 41.7                           |