Lok Sabha Question No. 3400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Labour Intensive Technologies
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Tatkare Sunil Dattatrey

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3400

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## LABOUR INTENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES

3400.     SHRI TATKARE SUNIL DATTATREY:

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

- (a) the  measures  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for equipping labour intensive technologies in both the formal and informal sectors to expand job opportunities in rural and urban areas; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  expanding  the services  sector  to  generate  more  jobs  for  skilled  workers  so  as  to improve their societal standards of living?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  a priority  of  Government. Various  steps to  expand  job  opportunities  (including rural  and  urban  areas)  through  different  employment  generation  schemes/ programmes have been taken, such as: Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes (RSETIs),  Standup  India,  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Production Linked Incentive (PLI), Make in India, Startup India etc., which, along with increase in capital expenditure, seeks to boost employment creation, increase production and productivity. 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.

Government is implementing Skill India Mission (SIM) to deliver skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/ schools/ colleges /institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsmen  Training  Scheme (CTS)  through  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs).  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for its part has initiated 'Future Skills PRIME' a programme for Re -skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower  for  Employability in 10  new/emerging  technologies including Artificial Intelligence.

Further, Government has announced in Budget 2024-25, 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.  It  includes,  the  Employment  Linked Incentive  (ELI)  scheme  announced  in  Budget  2024-25,  with  an  outlay  of  Rs 1,07,000 Crores, which aims at job creation and formalization of work force by providing Social Security through EPFO, enhancing employability and incentivizing additional employment generation through incentives to employees and employers.

One part of ELI scheme specially focuses on incentivizing employers engaged  in  manufacturing  sector  for  formalization/creation  of  jobs.  Another part  of  ELI  scheme  is  for  incentivizing  industry  in  all  sectors,  including services.

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