Lok Sabha Question No. 282 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Schemes and Programmes for Employment Generation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Devesh Chandra Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *282 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

SCHEMES AND PROGRAMMES FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

*282. SHRI DEVESH CHANDRA THAKUR:

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

- (a) the names of the schemes and programmes being implemented by  the  Government  to  check  unemployment  and  to  create  new opportunities in the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the achievements made in this regard along with the number of youths who got employment during the said period;
- (c) the  number  of  jobs  created  and  provided  by  the  Government, Private Sector and various Public Sector Undertakings during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide any unemployment allowance to unemployed youths?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *282 DUE FOR REPLY ON 16.12.2024 BY SHRI DEVESH CHANDRA  THAKUR,  M.P. REGARDING  ' SCHEMES  AND  PROGRAMMES FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION '

(a) to (d): 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  on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years during the year 2020-21 to 2023-24 are as follows:

(in %)

| Year    |   WPR |
|---------|-------|
| 2020-21 |  36.1 |
| 2021-22 |  36.8 |
| 2022-23 |  40.1 |
| 2023-24 |  41.7 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The data indicates  that  the  Worker  population  Ratio  for  youth (15-29 years), indicating employment, has an increasing trend over the years in the country. The State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for youth (15-29 years) on usual status during 2020-21 to 2023-24 is at Annexure.

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.

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 15.11.2024, more than 3.53 crore (which inter-alia include Government,  Private  and  Public  Sector  Undertaking)  vacancies  have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

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.

Under  the  Atal  Beemit  Vyakti  Kalyan  Yojana  (ABVKY),  of Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC),  the  unemployment benefit is paid to insured workers who lose their jobs, as per eligibility. 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.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *282 due for reply on 16.12.2024

## State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years.

| State/UTs                          | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                    | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | 2023-24                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 40.2                           | 40.6                           | 40.7                           | 37.7                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 24.3                           | 20.0                           | 35.1                           | 40.0                           |
| Assam                              | 31.3                           | 37.6                           | 44.6                           | 44.0                           |
| Bihar                              | 21.3                           | 21.8                           | 27.0                           | 31.2                           |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 45.3                           | 47.9                           | 55.6                           | 57.8                           |
| Delhi                              | 31.9                           | 34.1                           | 33.2                           | 33.3                           |
| Goa                                | 31.2                           | 30.1                           | 36.6                           | 33.5                           |
| Gujarat                            | 44.8                           | 47.3                           | 50.3                           | 55.8                           |
| Haryana                            | 31.6                           | 28.7                           | 30.8                           | 34.6                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 49.4                           | 51.3                           | 54.6                           | 52.9                           |
| Jharkhand                          | 46.1                           | 49.2                           | 46.7                           | 49.3                           |
| Karnataka                          | 39.3                           | 37.1                           | 40.5                           | 38.1                           |
| Kerala                             | 25.3                           | 28.9                           | 28.9                           | 28.5                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 47.0                           | 44.7                           | 49.8                           | 56.6                           |
| Maharashtra                        | 36.5                           | 38.0                           | 39.6                           | 40.1                           |
| Manipur                            | 17.4                           | 18.7                           | 26.3                           | 24.3                           |
| Meghalaya                          | 37.5                           | 38.8                           | 41.6                           | 53.1                           |
| Mizoram                            | 28.3                           | 25.0                           | 25.1                           | 22.5                           |
| Nagaland                           | 21.5                           | 31.3                           | 38.9                           | 36.5                           |
| Odisha                             | 37.5                           | 36.3                           | 42.2                           | 46.3                           |
| Punjab                             | 33.8                           | 37.0                           | 39.2                           | 37.8                           |
| Rajasthan                          | 38.2                           | 37.6                           | 41.1                           | 44.1                           |
| Sikkim                             | 46.0                           | 50.2                           | 47.2                           | 52.6                           |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 35.3                           | 34.5                           | 32.9                           | 35.0                           |
| Telangana                          | 35.2                           | 38.2                           | 36.3                           | 40.7                           |
| Tripura                            | 33.2                           | 34.2                           | 36.4                           | 43.9                           |
| Uttarakhand                        | 30.9                           | 32.3                           | 37.5                           | 44.2                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 33.1                           | 34.7                           | 38.5                           | 39.0                           |
| West Bengal                        | 39.7                           | 39.1                           | 43.3                           | 44.6                           |
| Andaman & N. Island                | 42.4                           | 39.2                           | 45.9                           | 43.3                           |
| Chandigarh                         | 27.8                           | 29.6                           | 34.3                           | 44.9                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 40.0                           | 57.9                           | 60.9                           | 56.9                           |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 33.4                           | 40.2                           | 41.2                           | 40.2                           |
| Ladakh                             | 14.3                           | 29.1                           | 25.0                           | 31.0                           |
| Lakshadweep                        | 19.4                           | 19.4                           | 21.0                           | 31.4                           |
| Puducherry                         | 31.3                           | 35.8                           | 31.6                           | 36.5                           |
| All India                          | 36.1                           | 36.8                           | 40.1                           | 41.7                           |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI