Lok Sabha Question No. 1028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Estimation of Jobs
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Raja A, Shri Raja A

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1028

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JULY, 2024

## ESTIMATION OF JOBS

## 1028. SHRI RAJA A:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data of estimated number of jobs to be generated annually to tackle unemployment of youths in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  number  of  jobs  created  in  various  sectors  in  the  country during the last three years, year-wise;
- whether  the  Government  is  aware  about  the  Report  of  IIM, Lucknow  and  Citi  Group  wherein  it  is  estimated  that  India
- (d) needed 1.2 crore jobs annually; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## ANSWER (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a)  to  (e):  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 Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for age 15 years and above during 2021-22 and 2022-23 was 52.9% and 56%, respectively, indicating that the WPR i.e. employment has increasing trend.

The percentage distribution of workers on usual status by broad industry  division  during  2020-21  to  2022-23  in  the  country  is  at Annexure.

As  per  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India's  (RBI)  latest  KLEMS  data, employment in the country increased to 64.33 crore in year 2023-24 compared to 47.5 crore in 2017-18. Total increase in employment during 2017-18 to 2023-24 is about 16.83 crore.

All the labour force indicators are providing evidence of improved employment scenario in the country and Government refuted Citigroup's report that India will struggle to create sufficient  employment opportunities even with a 7% growth rate.

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  and  Medium  Enterprises,  Ministry  of  Rural Development,  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of Finance, 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),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs), Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Production  Linked Incentive,  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

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1028 due for reply on 29.07.2024

Estimated  distribution  of  workers  on  usual  status  (in  %)  by  broad industry division in the country during the year 2020-21 to 2022-23

| S. No.   | Broad industry Division as per NIC- 2008   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Agriculture                                |      46.5 |      45.5 |      45.8 |
| 2        | Mining & quarrying                         |       0.3 |       0.2 |       0.3 |
| 3        | Manufacturing                              |      10.9 |      11.6 |      11.4 |
| 4        | Electricity, water, etc.                   |       0.6 |       0.6 |       0.5 |
| 5        | Construction                               |      12.1 |      12.4 |      13   |
| 6        | Trade, hotel & restaurant                  |      12.2 |      12.1 |      12.1 |
| 7        | Transport, storage & communications        |       5.4 |       5.6 |       5.4 |
| 8        | Other services                             |      12   |      11.6 |      11.4 |
|          | Total                                      |     100   |     100   |     100   |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI