Lok Sabha Question No. 1800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Survey of Employment/Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1800

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT/UNENMPLOYMENT

†1800. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  regarding employment and unemployment in the country, if so, the details of the last four years, State-wise;
- (b)the details of long term plans/programmes/ policies implemented by  the  Government  for  generation  of  employment  opportunities
- and to reduce unemployment rate;
- (c)the  details  of  employment  generated  in  terms  of  percentage  in Government  and  private  sectors  under  the  above-mentioned plans/programmes/policies during the last four years, State-wise with particular reference of Chhattisgarh; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide any unemployment allowances to unemployed persons and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (d): Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has been conducting Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) since 2017. Survey is designed to measure various indicators pertaining to the employment and unemployment situation in the country.

As per the PLFS, the Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and unemployment rate percentage according to usual status (ps+ss) for State/UT including Chhattisgarh are at Annexure-I & II respectively.

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.

Investments  in  Infrastructure  and  productive  capacity have  a  large  multiplier  impact  on  growth  and  employment.  The budget  of  2023-24  proposed  to  increase  capital  investment  outlay steeply for the third year in a row by 33 per cent to Rs. 10 lakh crore, which would be 3.3 per cent of the GDP. This substantial increase in recent years is central to the government's efforts to enhance growth potential and job creation.

The  Government  of  India  has  announced  Aatmanirbhar Bharat package to provide stimulus to business and to mitigate the adverse impact of Covid 19. Under this package, the Government has provided  fiscal  stimulus  of  more  than  Rupees  Twenty  Seven  lakh crore.  This  package  comprises  of  various  long  term  schemes/ programmes/  policies  for  making  the  country  self-reliant  and  to create employment opportunities.

The  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rojgar  Yojana  (ABRY)  was launched with effect from 1st October, 2020 to incentivize employers for creation of new employment and restoration of loss of employment  during  Covid-19  pandemic.  The  terminal  date for registration of beneficiaries was 31.03.2022. Since inception of the scheme, till 02.07.2023, benefits have been provided to 60.42 lakhs beneficiaries under the scheme.

The  Government  is  implementing  Prime  Minister  Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since June 01, 2020  to  facilitate  collateral  free  working  capital  loan  to  street vendors to restart their businesses, which were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic. As on 14.07.2023, 50.18 lakh loans have been disbursed under the scheme.

Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  was  launched  by the  Government  for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY, collateral  free  loans  uptoRs.  10  lakh,  are  extended  to  micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. As on 07.07.2023, more than 42.29

crore loan accounts sanctioned under the scheme.

The  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  scheme  is  being implemented by the Government with an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore, for a period of 5 years starting from 2021-22 which have potential for creating 60 lakh new jobs.

PM GatiShakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable development.  The approach  is driven by seven engines, namely,  Roads,  Railways,  Airports,  Ports,  Mass

Transport, Waterways and Logistics Infrastructure. This approach is powered by Clean Energy and Sabka Prayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all.

The Government of India is encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and public expenditure on schemes 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) and Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) etc. for employment generation.

Further, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing the National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  to  enhance  the  employability  of youth.

Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Digital India, Housing for All etc. are also oriented towards generating employment opportunities.

The scheme Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) was  implemented  by  the  Employee s'  State  Insurance  Corporation (ESIC) for providing relief in the form of cash compensation up to 90 days once in a life time to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed.  The  scheme  came  into  force  on  01.07.2018  and extended twice from 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2021 and from 01.07.2021 to  30.06.2022  in  order  to  provide  relief  to  those  IPs  who  became unemployed  during  the  Covid-19  pandemic.  It  has,  further,  been extended  upto  30.06.2024.  Total  66013  employees  availed  relief under the scheme and an amount of Rs. 87.83 crores were disbursed between 01.07.2018 to 12.12.2022.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1800 due for reply on 31-07-2023.

Worker Population Ratio (WPR) (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss) during 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for each State/UT as per PLFS Reports

|                     | WPR (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss)   | WPR (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss)   | WPR (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss)   | WPR (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT            | PLFS, 2018- 19                                        | PLFS, 2019- 20                                        | PLFS, 2020- 21                                        | PLFS, 2021- 22                                        |
| (1)                 | (2)                                                   | (3)                                                   | (4)                                                   | (5)                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 43.0                                                  | 44.2                                                  | 46.5                                                  | 46.2                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 31.6                                                  | 32.9                                                  | 35.3                                                  | 34.4                                                  |
| Assam               | 32.5                                                  | 31.9                                                  | 38.1                                                  | 37.8                                                  |
| Bihar               | 24.1                                                  | 26.0                                                  | 26.6                                                  | 25.6                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh        | 44.7                                                  | 48.7                                                  | 48.4                                                  | 48.5                                                  |
| Delhi               | 33.6                                                  | 34.0                                                  | 33.7                                                  | 33.0                                                  |
| Goa                 | 36.6                                                  | 37.6                                                  | 35.5                                                  | 33.8                                                  |
| Gujarat             | 38.3                                                  | 42.4                                                  | 43.3                                                  | 44.3                                                  |
| Haryana             | 31.1                                                  | 32.1                                                  | 33.1                                                  | 32.3                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 50.1                                                  | 55.6                                                  | 55.4                                                  | 55.8                                                  |
| Jharkhand           | 30.7                                                  | 37.6                                                  | 42.2                                                  | 43.2                                                  |
| Karnataka           | 38.4                                                  | 41.7                                                  | 43.5                                                  | 41.7                                                  |
| Kerala              | 35.9                                                  | 36.5                                                  | 37.6                                                  | 39.7                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 38.4                                                  | 42.8                                                  | 44.9                                                  | 45.1                                                  |
| Maharashtra         | 39.8                                                  | 43.6                                                  | 42.6                                                  | 43.6                                                  |
| Manipur             | 32.9                                                  | 33.8                                                  | 30.5                                                  | 29.8                                                  |
| Meghalaya           | 41.1                                                  | 37.2                                                  | 38.7                                                  | 38.6                                                  |
| Mizoram             | 36.7                                                  | 41.4                                                  | 43.4                                                  | 36.8                                                  |
| Nagaland            | 28.5                                                  | 35.3                                                  | 38.6                                                  | 40.6                                                  |
| Odisha              | 35.7                                                  | 39.5                                                  | 41.7                                                  | 39.5                                                  |
| Punjab              | 34.6                                                  | 37.8                                                  | 37.0                                                  | 38.6                                                  |
| Rajasthan           | 35.8                                                  | 39.4                                                  | 40.3                                                  | 40.6                                                  |
| Sikkim              | 49.4                                                  | 55.9                                                  | 60.5                                                  | 57.0                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu          | 41.2                                                  | 44.2                                                  | 46.0                                                  | 44.6                                                  |
| Telangana           | 40.1                                                  | 44.8                                                  | 46.0                                                  | 45.3                                                  |
| Tripura             | 34.1                                                  | 38.9                                                  | 41.9                                                  | 40.2                                                  |
| Uttarakhand         | 31.2                                                  | 38.1                                                  | 37.4                                                  | 37.6                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 28.7                                                  | 31.7                                                  | 34.5                                                  | 35.1                                                  |
| West Bengal         | 38.6                                                  | 39.2                                                  | 42.4                                                  | 41.7                                                  |
| Andaman &N. Island  | 38.3                                                  | 40.6                                                  | 48.3                                                  | 46.4                                                  |
| Chandigarh          | 37.4                                                  | 34.2                                                  | 34.5                                                  | 33.3                                                  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 49.5                                                  | 54.4                                                  |                                                       |                                                       |
| Daman &Diu          | 42.0                                                  | 51.0                                                  | 43.0                                                  | 51.6                                                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir*     | 40.7                                                  | 39.2                                                  | 42.0                                                  | 44.0                                                  |
| Ladakh**            | -                                                     | 45.6                                                  | 53.8                                                  | 43.4                                                  |
| Lakshadweep         | 23.9                                                  | 38.0                                                  | 29.7                                                  | 29.1                                                  |
| Puducherry          | 39.3                                                  | 37.3                                                  | 38.5                                                  | 40.4                                                  |
| all India           | 35.3                                                  | 38.2                                                  | 39.8                                                  | 39.6                                                  |

## Note:

- 1.*For 2018-19, estimate of Jammu & Kashmir includes Ladakh also, while for 2019-20 and 2020-21, separate estimate of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are available
2. ** Separate estimate of Ladakh was not available for 2018-19
3. 2021-22 refers to the period July 2021 - June 2022 and likewise for 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1800 due for reply on 31-07-2023.

State/UT-wise details of Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above for the period 2019-20 to 2021-22

| S. No.    | States/UTs          |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |       4.7 | 4.1       | 4.2       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |       6.7 | 5.7       | 7.7       |
| 3         | Assam               |       7.9 | 4.1       | 3.9       |
| 4         | Bihar               |       5.1 | 4.6       | 5.9       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |       3.3 | 2.5       | 2.4       |
| 6         | Delhi               |       8.6 | 6.3       | 5.3       |
| 7         | Goa                 |       8.1 | 10.5      | 12.0      |
| 8         | Gujarat             |       2   | 2.2       | 2.0       |
| 9         | Haryana             |       6.4 | 6.3       | 9.0       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh    |       3.7 | 3.3       | 4.0       |
| 11        | Jharkhand           |       4.2 | 3.1       | 2.0       |
| 12        | Karnataka           |       4.2 | 2.7       | 3.2       |
| 13        | Kerala              |      10   | 10.1      | 9.6       |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      |       3   | 1.9       | 2.1       |
| 15        | Maharashtra         |       3.2 | 3.7       | 3.5       |
| 16        | Manipur             |       9.5 | 5.6       | 9.0       |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |       2.7 | 1.7       | 2.6       |
| 18        | Mizoram             |       5.7 | 3.5       | 5.4       |
| 19        | Nagaland            |      25.7 | 19.2      | 9.1       |
| 20        | Odisha              |       6.2 | 5.3       | 6.0       |
| 21        | Punjab              |       7.3 | 6.2       | 6.4       |
| 22        | Rajasthan           |       4.5 | 4.7       | 4.7       |
| 23        | Sikkim              |       2.2 | 1.1       | 1.6       |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          |       5.3 | 5.2       | 4.8       |
| 25        | Telangana           |       7   | 4.9       | 4.2       |
| 26        | Tripura             |       3.2 | 3.2       | 3.0       |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         |       7.1 | 6.9       | 7.8       |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       |       4.4 | 4.2       | 2.9       |
| 29        | West Bengal         |       4.6 | 3.5       | 3.4       |
| 30        | Andaman &N. Island  |      12.6 | 9.1       | 7.8       |
| 31        | Chandigarh          |       6.3 | 7.1       | 6.3       |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |       3   |           |           |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |       2.9 | 4.2       | 5.2       |
| 34        | Jammu &Kashmir      |       6.7 | 5.9       | 5.2       |
| 35        | Ladakh              |       0.1 | 2.9       | 3.3       |
| 36        | Lakshadweep         |      13.7 | 13.4      | 17.2      |
| 37        | Puducherry          |       7.6 | 6.7       | 5.8       |
| All India | All India           |       4.8 | 4.2       | 4.1       |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

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