Lok Sabha Question No. 1022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Creation of New Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Rao Rajendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1022

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## CREATION OF NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

1022.   SHRI RAO RAJENDRA SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government for creation of new employment opportunities for alleviation of  unemployment  during  the  last  five  years  in  the  country  including Rajasthan along with the achievements made in this regard as well as the number of youth that got employment during the said period;
- (b) the details of the number of jobs created by the Government as well as in the private sector during the last five years, State-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  jobs  created  in  various  Public  Sector Undertakings during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  official  data  source  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is 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 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 during the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 are as follows:

(in %)

| Year    |   WPR |
|---------|-------|
| 2019-20 |  34.7 |
| 2020-21 |  36.1 |
| 2021-22 |  36.8 |
| 2022-23 |  40.1 |
| 2023-24 |  41.7 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The  data  indicates  that  the  Worker  population  Ratio  (WPR),  indicating employment for youth (15-29 years) has an increasing trend over the years in the country. Further, the estimated WPR, indicating employment for youth (1529  years)  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  has  increased  from  37.9%  in  2019-20  to 44.1% in 2023-24. The State/UT-wise details are available in the PLFS reports which may be seen at the website of MoSPI at https://www.mospi.gov.in/downloadreports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub\_cate gory=All

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  of  the youth is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes. These inter-alia include 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. The  details  of  various  employment  generation  schemes/programmes  being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Further,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Government  of  India,  is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a one-stop solution for providing career related services including jobs from private and government  sectors,  information  on  online  &  offline  job  fairs,  job  search  & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].  As  on  31.01.2025,  more  than  4.34  crore  (which  inter-alia include  Government,  Private  and  Public  Sector  Undertaking)  vacancies  have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

Government  announced  in  the  Budget  202425,  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 crore. Union Budget 2025-26 has also announced multiple employment generation initiatives across various sectors.

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