Lok Sabha Question No. 1135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Unemployed People in the Country
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Arun Bharti

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1135

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JULY, 2024

## UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY

1135.     SHRI ARUN BHARTI:

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

- (a) the estimated number of unemployed people in the urban and rural areas of the country, including Bihar State;
- (b) the remedial steps taken by the Government to provide employment to them;
- (c) the  details  of  the  areas  in  the  country  which  has  a  high  rate  of unemployment; and
- (d) the details and number of young men and women who have been provided  employment  through  various  schemes  during  the  last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a)  to  (d):    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 201718. 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 in the country and Bihar during 2022-23 are as follows:

(%)

| Year   |   All India |   Bihar |
|--------|-------------|---------|
| Rural  |         2.4 |     3.6 |
| Urban  |         5.4 |     7.7 |

Source: PLFS

Further,  the  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR),  indicating employment, on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above was 52.6%, 52.9% and 56.0% during 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. The data indicates that the employment in the country has an increasing trend over the years.

The State/UT wise details of WPR and UR are attached as 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,  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 (DAY-NULM),  Pradhan  Mantri Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY), etc. including increase in capital expenditure 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.

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Annexure referred to in reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1135 due for reply on 29.07.2024

State/UT-wise  details  of  Unemployment  Rate  (UR)  and  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above for the period 2020-21 to 2022-23 (in %)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                             | Worker Population Ratio   | Worker Population Ratio   | Worker Population Ratio   | Unemployment Rate   | Unemployment Rate   | Unemployment Rate   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State/UT                             | 2020- 21                  | 2021- 22                  | 2022- 23                  | 2020- 21            | 2021- 22            | 2022- 23            |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 58.6                      | 57.8                      | 58.6                      | 4.1                 | 4.2                 | 4.1                 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 48.5                      | 47.1                      | 64.9                      | 5.7                 | 7.7                 | 4.8                 |
| 3         | Assam                                | 50.5                      | 52.1                      | 54.5                      | 4.1                 | 3.9                 | 1.7                 |
| 4         | Bihar                                | 39.9                      | 39.3                      | 47.0                      | 4.6                 | 5.9                 | 3.9                 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         | 63.6                      | 64.9                      | 70.1                      | 2.5                 | 2.4                 | 2.4                 |
| 6         | Delhi                                | 42.7                      | 42.3                      | 45.8                      | 6.3                 | 5.3                 | 1.9                 |
| 7         | Goa                                  | 43.4                      | 41.6                      | 45.1                      | 10.5                | 12.0                | 9.7                 |
| 8         | Gujarat                              | 55.0                      | 56.8                      | 61.5                      | 2.2                 | 2.0                 | 1.7                 |
| 9         | Haryana                              | 44.0                      | 42.5                      | 44.9                      | 6.3                 | 9.0                 | 6.1                 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 69.5                      | 71.2                      | 73.8                      | 3.3                 | 4.0                 | 4.3                 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            | 59.6                      | 60.7                      | 60.9                      | 3.1                 | 2.0                 | 1.7                 |
| 12        | Karnataka                            | 55.3                      | 53.0                      | 55.6                      | 2.7                 | 3.2                 | 2.4                 |
| 13        | Kerala                               | 46.1                      | 48.8                      | 50.5                      | 10.1                | 9.6                 | 7.0                 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 60.2                      | 60.7                      | 63.4                      | 1.9                 | 2.1                 | 1.6                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          | 53.9                      | 55.9                      | 57.6                      | 3.7                 | 3.5                 | 3.1                 |
| 16        | Manipur                              | 41.0                      | 40.6                      | 48.7                      | 5.6                 | 9.0                 | 4.7                 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            | 62.0                      | 60.5                      | 65.8                      | 1.7                 | 2.6                 | 6.0                 |
| 18        | Mizoram                              | 54.5                      | 48.9                      | 55.2                      | 3.5                 | 5.4                 | 2.2                 |
| 19        | Nagaland                             | 49.5                      | 58.4                      | 69.4                      | 19.2                | 9.1                 | 4.3                 |
| 20        | Odisha                               | 53.5                      | 52.4                      | 58.9                      | 5.3                 | 6.0                 | 3.9                 |
| 21        | Punjab                               | 47.2                      | 48.5                      | 50.2                      | 6.2                 | 6.4                 | 6.1                 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                            | 55.3                      | 54.7                      | 58.8                      | 4.7                 | 4.7                 | 4.4                 |
| 23        | Sikkim                               | 71.3                      | 69.9                      | 74.0                      | 1.1                 | 1.6                 | 2.2                 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                           | 56.9                      | 55.8                      | 54.7                      | 5.2                 | 4.8                 | 4.3                 |
| 25        | Telangana                            | 57.8                      | 58.1                      | 57.7                      | 4.9                 | 4.2                 | 4.4                 |
| 26        | Tripura                              | 53.8                      | 50.6                      | 54.3                      | 3.2                 | 3.0                 | 1.4                 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                          | 48.7                      | 48.7                      | 53.5                      | 6.9                 | 7.8                 | 4.5                 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 48.0                      | 50.1                      | 53.9                      | 4.2                 | 2.9                 | 2.4                 |
| 29        | West Bengal                          | 53.0                      | 52.7                      | 56.1                      | 3.5                 | 3.4                 | 2.2                 |
| 30        | Andaman & N. Island                  | 58.2                      | 59.2                      | 60.0                      | 9.1                 | 7.8                 | 9.7                 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                           | 43.1                      | 42.2                      | 45.6                      | 7.1                 | 6.3                 | 4.0                 |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 54.0                      | 65.8                      | 65.0                      | 4.2                 | 5.2                 | 2.5                 |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 55.5                      | 58.3                      | 60.7                      | 5.9                 | 5.2                 | 4.4                 |
| 34        | Ladakh                               | 69.1                      | 58.1                      | 57.0                      | 2.9                 | 3.3                 | 6.1                 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                          | 40.1                      | 37.2                      | 35.5                      | 13.4                | 17.2                | 11.1                |
| 36        | Puducherry                           | 48.1                      | 51.2                      | 49.6                      | 6.7                 | 5.8                 | 5.6                 |
| All India | All India                            | 52.6                      | 52.9                      | 56.0                      | 4.2                 | 4.1                 | 3.2                 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI