Lok Sabha Question No. 2173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2173

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

## 2173.     SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA :

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

- (a) the time-period after which the Government reveals figures on unemployment rate prevailing in the country by way of survey by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) or through any other Agency;
- (b) the  details  of  the  current  rate  of  unemployment  in  the  country  and  the trend of unemployment rate during the last 15 years in the country, Statewise;
- (c) the details of schemes introduced by the Government to check the growth of unemployment in the country in the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating to provide monthly unemployment  allowances  to  the  educated  and  uneducated  (unskilled) unemployed in the country, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  bring  down  the unemployment rates in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):    The  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is  collected  through Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) which is conducted by Ministry of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI)  since  2017-18.  The  survey period is July to June every year. The Unemployment Rate (UR) at all India basis is presently released through Annual PLFS Reports.

As per the data available in latest Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above, during 2017-18 to 2022-23 has a decreasing trend as per table below:

| Years   |   UR (in %) |
|---------|-------------|
| 2017-18 |         6   |
| 2018-19 |         5.8 |
| 2019-20 |         4.8 |
| 2020-21 |         4.2 |
| 2021-22 |         4.1 |
| 2022-23 |         3.2 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.

Under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) being implemented by  the Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC),  the  unemployment benefit subject to eligibily conditions, is paid to insured workers who lose their job.  The  unemployment  benefit  under  the  ABVKY  has  been  enhanced  to  50% from  25%  of  the  average  daily  earning,  payable  upto  90  days,  alongwith relaxation of eligibility conditions to claim the benefit for insured workers who have lost employment due to COVID-19.

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.

The various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India like Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology etc. are implementing different employment generation schemes/ programmes like 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.,  which,  alongwith increase  in  capital  expenditure,  seeks  to  boost  employment  creation.  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.

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

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2173 due for reply on 05.08.2024

State/UT-wise details of Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above during 2017-18 to 2022-23 (in %)

| Sr.No.    | State/UT                             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 | 2022-23   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 4.5       | 5.3       | 4.7       |       4.1 |       4.2 | 4.1       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 5.8       | 7.7       | 6.7       |       5.7 |       7.7 | 4.8       |
| 3         | Assam                                | 7.9       | 6.7       | 7.9       |       4.1 |       3.9 | 1.7       |
| 4         | Bihar                                | 7.0       | 9.8       | 5.1       |       4.6 |       5.9 | 3.9       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         | 3.3       | 2.4       | 3.3       |       2.5 |       2.4 | 2.4       |
| 6         | Delhi                                | 9.4       | 10.4      | 8.6       |       6.3 |       5.3 | 1.9       |
| 7         | Goa                                  | 13.9      | 8.7       | 8.1       |      10.5 |      12   | 9.7       |
| 8         | Gujarat                              | 4.8       | 3.2       | 2.0       |       2.2 |       2   | 1.7       |
| 9         | Haryana                              | 8.4       | 9.3       | 6.4       |       6.3 |       9   | 6.1       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 5.5       | 5.1       | 3.7       |       3.3 |       4   | 4.3       |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            | 7.5       | 5.2       | 4.2       |       3.1 |       2   | 1.7       |
| 12        | Karnataka                            | 4.8       | 3.6       | 4.2       |       2.7 |       3.2 | 2.4       |
| 13        | Kerala                               | 11.4      | 9.0       | 10.0      |      10.1 |       9.6 | 7.0       |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 4.3       | 3.5       | 3.0       |       1.9 |       2.1 | 1.6       |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          | 4.8       | 5.0       | 3.2       |       3.7 |       3.5 | 3.1       |
| 16        | Manipur                              | 11.5      | 9.4       | 9.5       |       5.6 |       9   | 4.7       |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            | 1.6       | 2.7       | 2.7       |       1.7 |       2.6 | 6.0       |
| 18        | Mizoram                              | 10.1      | 7.0       | 5.7       |       3.5 |       5.4 | 2.2       |
| 19        | Nagaland                             | 21.4      | 17.4      | 25.7      |      19.2 |       9.1 | 4.3       |
| 20        | Odisha                               | 7.1       | 7.0       | 6.2       |       5.3 |       6   | 3.9       |
| 21        | Punjab                               | 7.7       | 7.4       | 7.3       |       6.2 |       6.4 | 6.1       |
| 22        | Rajasthan                            | 5.0       | 5.7       | 4.5       |       4.7 |       4.7 | 4.4       |
| 23        | Sikkim                               | 3.5       | 3.1       | 2.2       |       1.1 |       1.6 | 2.2       |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                           | 7.5       | 6.6       | 5.3       |       5.2 |       4.8 | 4.3       |
| 25        | Telangana                            | 7.6       | 8.3       | 7.0       |       4.9 |       4.2 | 4.4       |
| 26        | Tripura                              | 6.8       | 10.0      | 3.2       |       3.2 |       3   | 1.4       |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                          | 7.6       | 8.9       | 7.1       |       6.9 |       7.8 | 4.5       |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 6.2       | 5.7       | 4.4       |       4.2 |       2.9 | 2.4       |
| 29        | West Bengal                          | 4.6       | 3.8       | 4.6       |       3.5 |       3.4 | 2.2       |
| 30        | Andaman & N. Island                  | 15.8      | 13.5      | 12.6      |       9.1 |       7.8 | 9.7       |
| 31        | Chandigarh                           | 9.0       | 7.3       | 6.3       |       7.1 |       6.3 | 4.0       |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0.4 3.1   | 1.5 0.0   | 3.0 2.9   |       4.2 |       5.2 | 2.5 4.4   |
| 34        | Ladakh                               | -         | -         | 0.1       |       2.9 |       3.3 | 6.1       |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 5.4       | 5.1       | 6.7       |       5.9 |       5.2 |           |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                          | 21.3      | 31.6      | 13.7      |      13.4 |      17.2 | 11.1      |
| 36        | Puducherry                           | 10.3      | 8.3       | 7.6       |       6.7 |       5.8 | 5.6       |
| All India | All India                            | 6.0       | 5.8       | 4.8       |       4.2 |       4.1 | 3.2       |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI