Lok Sabha Question No. 1775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Employment Generation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Navaskani K, Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1775

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2025

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

1775.    SHRI NAVASKANI K:

SHRI C N ANNADURAI:

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

- (a) the  details  of  jobs  created  under  various  Government  schemes during the last five years in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  number  of  youth  who  have  got  employment  under  the  said schemes, particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the key industries that contributed to job creation in each State;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  special  initiatives  to promote employment in rural and backward regions and if so, the
- details thereof;
- (e) the  total  number  of  jobs  created  by  the  Government  and  private sector during the last five years, State-wise;
- (f) the  key  sectors  contributing  to  employment  generation  in  both Government and private sectors; and
- (g) the steps taken by the Government to further boost employment in the private sector?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (g): 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 youth) under various schemes in the State of Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-I.

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 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 (which inter-alia include Government, Private and Public Sector Undertaking) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

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 (including Government and private sector) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above, increased from 50.9% in 2019-20 to 58.2% in 2023-24.

The State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR), indicating employment on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above, may be seen at https://www.mospi.gov.in/download-reports

The State/UT-wise estimated percentage distribution of workers on usual status by broad industry division during 2019-20 to 2023-24 may be seen at https://www.mospi.gov.in/download-reports .

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## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (g) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1775 due for reply on 10.03.2025

## Employment generation/beneficiaries in Central Schemes in the State of Tamil Nadu

|   Sl. No. | Name of scheme/programme                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                      |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Atmanirbhar Bharat RojgarYojana (ABRY) (No. of beneficiary) [2020-21 to 2023-24]                                                         | 8.05 lakh (As on 31.03.2024)    |
|         2 | Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) (No. of Loan A/c)) [2019-20 to 2023-24]                                                               | 319.01 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]                        | 5.23 lakh (As on 08.07.2024)    |
|         4 | Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) (No. of estimated employment generated) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                    | 2.56 lakh (As on 29.01.2024)    |
|         5 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) (No. of Persondays generated) [2019-20 to 2023-24]                      | 167.15 crore                    |
|         6 | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY) (No. of candidates placed) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                                 | 27857 (Till December, 2024)     |
|         7 | Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) (No. of candidates settled) [2019-20 to 2024-25]                                      | 1.10 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] | 37074                           |

Source: Concerned Ministry