Lok Sabha Question No. 1101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Unemployment Rate in Assam
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ASSAM

## 1101.   MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN:

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

- (a) whether  the  estimated  unemployment  rate  shoot  up  in  various districts of Assam including Dhubri HPC as revealed by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy database on December, 2024 'Unemployment Rate in India';
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof along with the facts in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  number  of  those  employed  in  rural  areas  and  urban areas of Assam dropped significantly in the last few years and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  there  has  also  been  a  dip  in  the  estimated  labour participation rate; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the corrective measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):    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. The survey period is July to June every year.

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 for the state of Assam has decreased from 7.9% in 2019-20 to 3.9% in 2023- 24.

The estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above in rural and urban areas of Assam for the years 2017-18 and 2023-24 are as follows:

| Years   | WPR (in %)   | WPR (in %)   |
|---------|--------------|--------------|
|         | Rural        | Urban        |
| 2017-18 | 43.8         | 42.8         |
| 2023-24 | 66.1         | 51.6         |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The  data  indicates  that  the  worker  population  ratio,  indicating employment, has increased during the years 2017-18 to 2023-24 in rural

As  per  the  data  available  in  latest  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the estimated  Labour  Force  Participation  Rate(LFPR)  on  usual  status  for persons of age 15 years and above for the state of Assam has increased and urban areas of Assam. from 46.9% in 2019-20 to 66.9% in 2023- 24.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority  of  Government.  Various  steps  to  expand  job  opportunities through  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  have been taken, such as: Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs), Standup India, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Production Linked  Incentive  (PLI),  Make  in  India,  Startup  India  etc.,  which,  along with increase in  capital  expenditure,  seeks  to  boost  employment creation,  increase  production  and  productivity.  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,  Prime Minister's package of 5 schemes and initiatives to facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crores.

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