Lok Sabha Question No. 1351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Brijendra Singh Ola

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1351

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  JULY, 2025

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

## 1351.    SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA:

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

- (a) whether the unemployment rate has increased at the national level during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the current unemployment rate at the national level;
- (c) the details of the steps being taken by the Government to reduce unemployment; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  number  of  permanent  jobs  provided  by  the various Government departments during the last five years and the current year and department-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 2017-18.

As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status  for  persons  of  age  15  years and above has decreased from 4.8% in 2019-20 to 3.2% in 2023-24.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability 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),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),

Stand-Up India, Startup India,  Deen  Deendayal  Antyodaya  YojanaNational  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNULM),  PM  Street  Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), 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.

In  addition,  the  Union  Cabinet  has approved  the  Employment Linked  Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  to  support  employment  generation, enhance  employability  and  social  security  across  all  sectors,  with special focus on the manufacturing sector.

Occurrence and filling up of vacant posts in various Ministries/Departments is a continuous process. Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government have been directed, from time to time, to fill up vacant posts in a time bound manner.

Further,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Government  of India, is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a onestop  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 30.06.2025, more than 6.2 crore (which inter-alia include Government, Private and Public Sector Undertaking) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

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