Lok Sabha Question No. 4473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: PLFS to Assess Employment
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Dr. Sambit Patra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## PLFS TO ASSESS EMPLOYMENT

## 4473. DR. SAMBIT PATRA:

Will  the  Minister  of  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  conducted  Periodic-Labour-Force  Survey recently to assess the updated status of employment in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any policy is being implemented by the Government proposes in  coordination  with  the  private  sector  to  generate  employment opportunities through National Employment Service Programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any study to provide carrier counselling and business related guidance to the unemployed youth in organised sector and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  conduct  any  survey  to  collect data regarding to provide the aforesaid guidance to the unemployed youth in unorganised sector also and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF  STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a): The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has been conducting Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) since 2017 to estimate various indicators related to employment and unemployment situation in the country.  From the Annual Reports of PLFS conducted during the period July 2019  -  June  2020  to  July  2023-  June  2024,  the  estimates  of  Worker Population Ratio (WPR) according to usual status (ps+ss) for persons aged 15 years and above during are as follows:

| Year    |   WPR (in percent) |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2019-20 |               50.9 |
| 2020-21 |               52.6 |
| 2021-22 |               52.9 |
| 2022-23 |               56   |
| 2023-24 |               58.2 |

Source: Annual Report, PLFS, 2023-24

Note:2019-20  refers  to  the  period  July  2019 -June  2020  and likewise for 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24

The data indicates that the Worker Population Ratio, indicating employment for persons age 15 years and above, has an increasing trend over the years in the country.

(b)  to (d):  Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes which inter-alia include Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),  Deen  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihood  Mission  (DAYNULM), PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar  Nidhi  (PM  SVANidhi),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY), etc.

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 information on 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, apprenticeship, internships etc.  through  a  digital  platform  [www.ncs.gov.in].  As  on  14.07.2025,  more than  6.43  crore  (which  inter-alia  include  Government,  Private  and  Public Sector Undertaking) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

In  addition,  the  Union  Cabinet  has  approved  Employment  Linked  Incentive (ELI)  Scheme  named  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojana (PMVBRY)  to  support  employment  generation,  enhance  employability  and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector.

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