Lok Sabha Question No. 1830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Employment Generation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1830

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2025

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

## 1830.    DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  for  employment generation  in  the  country  such  as  encouraging  various  projects with  adequate  investment  and  increasing  public  expenditure  on certain schemes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  progress  made  by  the  Government  in  employment  generation for the unemployed youths, particularly in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) the  details  of  the  number  of  jobs  created  in  Uttar  Pradesh  under various schemes in the last three years, district-wise;
- (e) whether the National Career Service Project is benefiting the youth of Baghpat; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f):  Employment generation coupled with improving employability of the youth 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), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), 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

The  number  of  beneficiaries  (including  youths)  under  various schemes in the State of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-I.

The  official  data  source  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is 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  data  available  in  latest  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR),  indicating  employment  on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years and for 15 years and above in the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  during  the  year  2021-22  to  2023-24  are  as follows:

(in %)

| Year    |   WPR (15-29 years) |   WPR (15 years and above |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                34.7 |                      50.1 |
| 2022-23 |                38.5 |                      53.9 |
| 2023-24 |                39   |                      55.1 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The  data indicates that the Worker  Population  Ratio (WPR), indicating  employment,  has  an  increasing  trend  over  the  years  in  the State of Uttar Pradesh.

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 jobs from private and  government  sectors,  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].

As  on  28.02.2025,  more  than  4.7  crore  vacancies  have  been mobilised  on  the  Portal.  The  State/  District-wise  (including  Baghpat district  in  Uttar  Pradesh)  number  of  jobseekers  registered  and  the vacancies mobilised on NCS Portal may be seen at https://www.ncs.gov.in/\_layouts/15/ncsp/ViewStaticReport.aspx

Further,  as  per  information  received  from  Government  of  Uttar Pradesh, 6578 job fairs were organised in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1830 due for reply on 10.03.2025

## Employment generation/beneficiaries in Central Schemes in the State of Uttar Pradesh

|   Sl. No. | Name of scheme/programme                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Atmanirbhar Bharat RojgarYojana (ABRY) (No. of beneficiary) [2020-21 to 2023-24]                                                         | 4.34 lakh (As on 31.03.2024)    |
|         2 | Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) (No. of Loan A/c)) [2019-20 to 2023-24]                                                               | 308.76 lakh (As on 01.11.2024)  |
|         3 | Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) (No. of beneficiaries) [2020-21 to 2024-25]                        | 19.04 lakh (As on 08.07.2024)   |
|         4 | Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) (No. of estimated employment generated) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                    | 4.53 lakh (As on 29.01.2024)    |
|         5 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) (No. of Persondays generated) [2019-20 to 2023-24]                      | 161.98 crore                    |
|         6 | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) (No. of candidates placed) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                                  | 69,588 (Till December, 2024)    |
|         7 | Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) (No. of candidates settled) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                                      | 2.50 lakh (Till December, 2024) |
|         8 | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) (No. of skilled trained candidates placed) [2019-20 to 2023-24] | 44524                           |

Source: Concerned Ministry