Lok Sabha Question No. 1098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Status of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar, Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1098 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT

1098.   SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA: SHRI RAMASHANKAR RAJBHAR:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that there has been tremendous increase in the number of registered unemployed persons in the country during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to address unemployment and to promote labour skill in the country during the last five years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding loss of jobs in various sectors during the last five years; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

( a)  to  (e):    The  official  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. The survey period is July to June every year.

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.

State/UT-wise details are available in the PLFS reports which may be seen at the website of MoSPI at https://www.mospi.gov.in/downloadreports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&su b\_category=All

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority  of  Government.  Various  steps  to  expand  job  opportunities through  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  have been taken, such as: Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs), Standup India, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Production Linked  Incentive  (PLI),  Make  in  India,  Startup  India  etc.,  which,  along with increase in  capital  expenditure,  seeks  to  boost  employment creation,  increase  production  and  productivity.  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. 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).  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

Further,  Government  announced  in  the  Budget  2024-25,  Prime Minister's package of 5 schemes and initiatives to facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crores.

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