Lok Sabha Question No. 3733 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Status of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3733 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2025

## STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT

3733.  SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether  unemployment  is  common  among  the  youths  of  the country;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof along with necessary steps taken by the Government to create more employment opportunities in private/public/Government sectors to eliminate unemployment;
- (c) whether  the  Government  propose  to  provide  assistance  to  the industries in private sector to sharpen the skill of talented youths to make them eligible for more jobs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  The  official  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is collected through 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.

As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years in the country has decreased from 17.8% in 2017-18 to 10.2% in 2023-24.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability of the  youth  in  all  sectors  (including  private/public/Government)  is  a priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly,  Government  is  implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes. These inter-alia 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 (DAYNULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup India, 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 Under  the  Government  of  India's  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM),  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/ institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills. 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].

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