Lok Sabha Question No. 4106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: High Rate of Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri N K Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4106

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

## 4106.    SHRI N K PREMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  resolve  the  high  rate  of unemployment especially among the educated youth and if so, the details of action taken thereon;
- (b) whether the Government conducted any survey regarding the rate of  unemployment  for  the  last  ten  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, State and year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  find  a  solution  to  skill mismatch between educational and industrial requirements, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government initiated  action  for  imparting  vocational and entrepreneurship training and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to start more skill development centres to ensure employment to the youth in Kerala and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  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.

As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated Unemployment Rate(UR) on usual status for youth (including educated) of age 15-29 years in the country has decreased from 17.8% in 2017-18 to 10.2% in 2023-24, which is lower than the global unemployment rate for youth of 13.3 per cent [As per World Employment and Social Outlook Trends, 2024 published by International Labour Organization (ILO)].

State/UT-wise,  year-wise,  educational  level-wise  information  are available in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) reports, which may https://www.mospi.gov.in/download- be seen at reports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub\_category=All

(c) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability including  youth  in  Kerala  is  a  priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/programmes. These interalia 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), Deen Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NULM), PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi),  Stand -up India Scheme, Start Up India , 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.

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 including youth of Kerala to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

In  addition,  the  Government  has  approved  Employment  Linked Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  named  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus

Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, on the manufacturing sector.

The Government has approved National Scheme for Upgradation of  ITIs  and  setting  up  National  Centres  of  Excellence  (NCOEs)  for skilling. The scheme aims to upgrade 1,000 ITIs through hub-and-spoke arrangements  across  the  country  including  the  state  of  Kerala.  Under the scheme, course content and design will be aligned with industry skill needs with a focus to introduce new courses to address emerging areas, with the objective of creating a future- ready skilled workforce to meet the dynamic needs of India's economy and boost industrial productivity.

District  Skill  Committees  (DSCs),  set  up  across  all  States/UTs including Kerala, are mandated with formulating District Skill Development Plans (DSDPs) to promote decentralized planning for skill development  and  implementation  at  the  grassroots  level.  The  DSDPs identify sectors with employment opportunities as well as the associated  demand  for  skilling  in  the  district,  and  map  the  available facilities for Skill Training. Skill  Development  Programmes  of  the Government  are  designed  and  implemented  to  bridge  identified  skill gaps across sectors.

Further, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a one-stop solution  for  providing  career  related  services  including  information  on jobs  from  private  and  government  sectors,  information  on  online  & offline  job  fairs,  job  search  &  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, employability enhancement programmes etc. through a digital platform[www.ncs.gov.in].

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