Lok Sabha Question No. 1304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Improvement in Employment Opportunities in Dhubri
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  JULY, 2025

## IMPROVEMENT IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DHUBRI 1304.    MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN:

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

- (a) the details of measures implemented or planning to be implemented by the Government to improve employment opportunities  in  the  Dhubri  Lok  Sabha  constituency  of  Assam, especially for youth and women in rural and semi-urban areas;
- (b) whether  vocational  training  and  skill  development  programmes have been introduced in Dhubri to enhance employability and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  monitoring  these  programs  effectively reaches the local population, and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Employment generation coupled with improving employability for youth and women is the priority of the Government.

Accordingly,  Government  is  implementing  various  employment generation  schemes/  programmes  in  the  country  including  Dhubri  Lok Sabha Constituency of Assam. These inter-alia include Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Stand-UP  India  Scheme,  Startup  India,  Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Women  in Science and EngineeringKIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), SERB-POWER (Promoting  Opportunities  for  Women  in  Exploratory  Research),  Mission Shakti,  Namo  Drone  Didi  and  Lakhpati  Didi,  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),  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.

A number of protective provisions have been incorporated in the labour  laws  for  equal  opportunity  and  congenial  work  environment  for women workers.

The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  is  running  the  National Career  Service  (NCS)  Portal  which  is  a  one-stop  solution  for  providing career related services.  The portal also gives 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].

To enhance the employability, digital and career skills of jobseekers  and  empower  &  equip  youth  with  an  array  of  essential employable  skills, NCS  Portal  inter-alia offers online employability enhancement  programmes,  digital  skill  enhancement  programmes  and self-placed career skill programme.

Government  is  implementing  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM)  to  deliver skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development  centres/  schools/  colleges  /institutes  etc.  under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes  (ITIs)  including  in  the  State  of  Assam.  The  SIM  aims  at enabling youth of India including women to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

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.

As per the latest available Annual PLFS reports, various indicators of Labour market for youth (15-29 years) viz., Unemployment Rate  (UR);  Labour  Force  Participation  Ratio  (LFPR)  and  the  Worker Population  Ratio  (WPR)  are  showing  improving  trends  which  clearly indicates effectiveness of various Government intervention/ programmes/ schemes.

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