Lok Sabha Question No. 204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Schemes for Increasing Job Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri P C Mohan, Shri Godam Nagesh, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Shri Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Shri Manoj Tiwari, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  JULY, 2025

## SCHEMES FOR INCREASING JOB OPPORTUNITIES

## 204.    SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:

SHRI SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

SHRI P C MOHAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

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

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented by the Government to increase the employment opportunities for youth and women;
- (b) the details of the number of Government and Private jobs created over  the  decade  from  2014  to  2025  in  the  country,  State-wise including Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka;
- (c) whether there has been any decline in the unemployment rate due to  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, State/UT and year-wise;
- (d) the  extent  to  which  the  female  employment  rate  have  increased over  the  years,  State-wise,  including  Karnataka,  especially  in Bengaluru; and
- (e) whether  the  employment  rate  has  increased  and  unemployment rate  has  decreased  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability for youth and women is the priority of the Government.

Accordingly,  Government  is  implementing  various  employment generation schemes/ programmes in the country. These inter-alia include Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup India,  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP), Women in Science and Engineering- KIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), SERB-POWER (Promoting  Opportunities  for  Women  in  Exploratory  Research),  Mission Shakti,  Namo  Drone  Didi  and  Lakhpati  Didi,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),    Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban  Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NULM),  PM  Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Production Linked Incentive, 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 .

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.

The KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services) database published by Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) covers 27 economy  and  provides employment estimates across 27 industries. As per the latest data, total estimated  employment  in  the  country  has  increased  to  64.33  crores (Provisional) during 2023-24 as compared to 47.15 crores during 2014-15, industries comprising of the entire Indian which indicates a growth of 36.44% during the period.

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 30.06.2025, more than 6.2 crore Sector

(which inter-alia include Government, Private and Public Undertaking) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

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  estimated  Unemployment  Rate  (UR)  on  usual  status  for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. Also, the UR for women (age 15 years and above) has decreased from 5.6% to 3.2%.

Further, the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR), indicating employment on usual status, for persons of age 15 years and above has increased from 46.8% in 2017-18 to 58.2% in 2023-24. Also, the WPR for women (age 15 years and above) has increased from 22.0% to 40.3%. The estimated WPR on usual status for female (15 years and above) in the State of Karnataka has increased from 24.8% in 2017-18 to 37.2% in 2023-24.

State/UT-wise details of Unemployment (UR) and Worker Population  Ratio  (WPR)  including  for  women  are  available  in  the  PLFS reports and may be seen at https://www.mospi.gov.in/downloadreports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub\_category=All

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