Lok Sabha Question No. 128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: New Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Dharmendra Yadav, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.128

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2024

## NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

## 128.     SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) the  number  of  new  employment  opportunities  generated  in  the country during the last five  years  along  with  sector  wise  details thereof;
- (b) whether the new employment opportunities generated in various sectors of the country are in line with the growth of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the  unemployment  rate  prevalent  in  the  country  when  India's economy stood at 11th place; and
- (e) the  existing  unemployment  rate  in  the  country  while  India's economy stands at 5 position in the world along with the details therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  The  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 201718. 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 persons of age 15 years and above was 6.0%, 5.8%, 4.8%, 4.2%, 4.1% and 3.2% during 2017-18, 201819,  2019-20,  2020-21,  2021-22  and  2022-23,  respectively.  The  data indicates that the unemployment rate in the country has a declining trend over the years.

The KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services) database published by  Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) provides employment  estimates  at  all  India  level.  As  per  the  latest  data  of  the database, provisional estimates for 2023-24, employment in the country increased to 64.33 crore in year 2023-24 compared to 47.5 crore in 201718.  Total  increase  in  employment  during  2017-18  to  2023-24  is  about 16.83 crore.

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 Textile, etc. are implementing different employment generation  schemes/  programmes  like  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),    Deen  Dayal  Antodaya  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 of India may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

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