Lok Sabha Question No. 2363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Employment in the Unroganised Manufacturing Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Vijaylakshmi Devi

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2363 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNROGANISED MANUFACTURING SECTOR

## 2363.   SMT. VIJAYLAKSHMI DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the employment in the unorganized manufacturing sector is actually less  than  the  level  of  2010-11  shown  by  the  Annual  Survey  of  Unorganised Sector  Enterprises  as  shown  in  the  comparison  of  67th  National  Sample Survey (NSS) round;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the fact that the number of workers  in  the  unorganised  manufacturing  sector  is  decreasing  despite  the increase in the number of such manufacturing establishments;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the measures taken to reduce unemployment in the unorganised manufacturing sector?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Annual  Survey  of  Unincorporated  Sector  Enterprises  (ASUSE),  which  is conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI), exclusively measures various economic and operational characteristics of unincorporated, non-agricultural establishments in manufacturing, trade and other services sector. The report along with details on number of people employed in the unincorporated,  non-  agricultural  enterprises,  including  manufacturing  sector  is available at https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication\_reports/ASUSE\_2023\_24\_Full\_ Report-L.pdf

The KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services) database published by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provides employment estimates, including manufacturing  sector,  at  all  India  level.  As  per  the  latest  data  of  the  database, employment in  the  manufacturing  sector  increased  to  6.31  crore  in  year  2022-23 compared to 5.52 crore in 2018-19.  Total increase in employment during 2018-19 to 2022-23 is about 79.17 lakh in the manufacturing sector.

(e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability including employment in unorganised manufacturing sector 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),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),  Deen  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  PM  Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Stand -up India Scheme, Start Up India , Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY), 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.

In addition, the Union Cabinet has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme  to  support  employment  generation,  enhance  employability  and  social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector.

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 information on jobs from private and government sectors,  information  on  online  &  offline  job  fairs,  job  search  &  matching,  career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, employability enhancement programmes,. etc. through a digital platform[www.ncs.gov.in ]

## DRAFT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2363 BY SMT. VIJAYLAKSHMI DEVI: TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04.08.2025 EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNROGANISED MANUFACTURING SECTOR

## QUESTION

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

- (f) whether the  employment in the unorganized manufacturing sector is actually  less  than  the  level  of  2010-11 shown by the Annual Survey of Unorganised Sector Enterprises as shown in the comparison of 67th National Sample Survey (NSS) round;
- (g) if so, the details thereof;
- (h) whether the Government has taken  cognizance  of  the  fact  that  the number  of  workers  in  the  unorganised manufacturing sector is decreasing despite  the  increase  in  the  number  of such manufacturing establishments;
- (i) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (j) the measures  taken  to reduce unemployment in the unorganised manufacturing sector?

## ANSWER

- (a)  to  (d)  Annual  Survey  of  Unincorporated  Sector Enterprises  (ASUSE),  which  is  conducted  by  the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), exclusively measures various economic and operational characteristics  of  unincorporated,  nonagricultural  establishments  in  manufacturing,  trade and  other services sector. The  report  along  with details on number of people employed in the unincorporated, nonagricultural enterprises, including manufacturing sector is available at https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publicatio n\_reports/ASUSE\_2023\_24\_Full\_Report-L.pdf

The  KLEMS (K: Capital,  L:  Labour,  E:  Energy,  M: Materials  and  S:  Services)  database  published  by Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  provides  employment estimates, including manufacturing sector, at all India level. As per the latest data of the database, employment in the manufacturing sector increased to 6.31 crore in year 2022-23 compared to 5.52 crore in 2018-19. Total increase in employment during 201819 to 2022-23 is about 79.17 lakh in the manufacturing sector

- (e) Employment generation coupled with improving  employability  including  employment  in

unorganised manufacturing sector 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), Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Rural Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deen Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Stand-up India Scheme, Start Up India , Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  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.

In  addition,  the  Union  Cabinet  has  approved  the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, enhance employability  and  social  security  across  all  sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector.

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 information  on  jobs  from  private  and  government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, job search  &  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses, employability enhancement programmes,. etc.

through a digital platform[www.ncs.gov.in]