Lok Sabha Question No. 1107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Schemes for Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri P P Chaudhary

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1107

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JULY, 2024

## SCHEMES FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

## 1107. SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has adequate resources for skilled employment and relevant unskilled unemployed youth in the country, especially in the State of Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has any idea of making scheme to eliminate unemployment in the country;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is making any plan for the upliftment of youth in the State of Rajasthan; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): 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, including the State of Rajasthan.

The various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India like Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development,  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of Finance, 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),  Production  Linked  Incentive,    etc.  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.

Further,  Government announced in the Budget 2024-25, 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.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1107 due for reply on 29.07.2024

Estimated distribution of workers on usual status (in %) by broad industry division during 2021-22 and 2022-23 in the country

| S. No.   | Broad industry Division as per NIC- 2008   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Agriculture                                |      45.5 |      45.8 |
| 2        | Mining & quarrying                         |       0.2 |       0.3 |
| 3        | Manufacturing                              |      11.6 |      11.4 |
| 4        | Electricity, water, etc.                   |       0.6 |       0.5 |
| 5        | Construction                               |      12.4 |      13   |
| 6        | Trade, hotel & restaurant                  |      12.1 |      12.1 |
| 7        | Transport, storage & communications        |       5.6 |       5.4 |
| 8        | Other services                             |      11.6 |      11.4 |
|          | Total                                      |     100   |     100   |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI