Lok Sabha Question No. 2452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Problem of Education and Unemployment in Jharkhand
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2452

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## PROBLEM OF EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN

## JHARKHAND

## 2452.   SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  the Government  has  any  data  regarding skilled and unskilled unemployed youth in the country particularly in Jharkhand;
- (b) whether the Government  proposes  to work  out any plan to overcome unemployment among the unemployed youth in Jharkhand;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  planning  for  the  upliftment  of  women and addressing the problem of education and unemployment etc. in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESHWAR TELI)

(a) to (d): The data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour  Force Survey (PLFS) 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 youth of age 15-29 years was 4.1% and 4.7% during 2021-22 and 2022-23,  respectively  for  Jharkhand.  The  estimated  Unemployment  Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years & above was 2.0% and 1.7% during 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively for Jharkhand.

The 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  including Jharkhand.

Investments in Infrastructure and productive capacity have a large multiplier  impact  on  growth  and  employment.  The  budget  of  2023-24 proposed to increase capital investment outlay steeply for the third year in a row by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore, which would be 3.3 per cent of GDP. This substantial increase in recent years is central to the government's efforts to enhance growth potential and job creation.

The  Government  of  India  has  announced  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat package  to  provide  stimulus  to  business  and  to  mitigate  the  adverse impact  of  Covid  19.  Under  this  package,  the  Government  has  provided fiscal  stimulus  of  more  than  Rupees  Twenty  Seven  lakh  crore.  This package comprises  of  various  long  term  schemes/  programmes/  policies for making the country self-reliant and to create employment opportunities.

The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) was launched with effect from 1st October, 2020 to incentivize employers for creation of new employment  and  restoration  of  loss  of  employment  during  Covid-19 pandemic. The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries was 31.03.2022. Since inception of the scheme, till 05.12.2023, benefits have been provided to 60.48 lakhs beneficiaries under the scheme with 62773 beneficiaries from the State of Jharkhand.

The  Government  is  implementing  Prime  Minister  Street  Vendor's AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) since June 01, 2020 to facilitate collateral  free  working  capital  loan  to  street  vendors  to  restart  their businesses, which were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic. As  on  23.11.2023,  78.08  lakh  loans  have  been  sanctioned  under  the scheme.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by the Government for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY, collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business activities. As  on 17.11.2023,  more  than  44.41 crore loan  accounts sanctioned under the scheme.

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is being implemented by the Government with an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore, for a period of 5 years starting from 2021-22 which have potential for creating 60 lakh new jobs.

PM  GatiShakti  is  a  transformative  approach  for  economic  growth and  sustainable  development.  The  approach  is  driven  by  seven  engines, namely, Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways and Logistics  Infrastructure.  This  approach  is  powered  by  Clean  Energy  and Sabka Prayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all.

The Government of India is  encouraging  various projects  involving substantial  investment  and  public  expenditure  on  schemes  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) and Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) etc. for employment generation. The Government is implementing a programme for skilling of rural youth for entrepreneurship development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs).

Further,  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  is  implementing  the  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan Sansthan  (JSS)  Scheme  and  Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to enhance the employability of youth.

The  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  improve  women's participation in the labour force and quality of their employment all over India including the state of Jharkhand. A number of protective provisions have  been  incorporated  in  the  labour  laws  for  equal  opportunity  and congenial work environment for women workers.

The Code on Social Security, 2020 has the provisions for enhancement  in  paid  maternity  leave  from  12  weeks  to  26  weeks, provision for mandatory crèche facility in the establishments having 50 or more  employees,  permitting  women  workers  in  the  night  shifts  with adequate safety measures, etc.

The  Code  on  Occupational  Safety,  Health  And  Working  Conditions (OSH),  2020  has  the  provisions  for  the  employment  of  women  in  the aboveground mines including opencast workings has been allowed between 7 pm and 6 am, and in below ground working between 6 am and 7 pm  in  technical,  supervisory  and  managerial  work  where  continuous presence may not be required.

The  Code  on  Wages  2019  has  provisions  that  there  shall  be  no discrimination in an establishment or any unit thereof among employees on  the  ground  of  gender  in  matters  relating  to  wages  by  the  same employer, in respect of the same work or work of similar nature done by any employee. Further, no employer shall make any discrimination on the ground of sex while recruiting any employee for the same work or work of of  employment,  except  where  the employment of women in such work is prohibited or restricted by or under similar nature in the conditions any law for the time being in force. To enhance the employability of female workers, the Government is providing training to them through a network of Women Industrial Training institutes, National Vocational Training Institutes and Regional Vocational Training Institutes. Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes  of the Government such as Make in India, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Digital India, Housing for All etc. are also oriented towards generating employment opportunities. All these initiatives are expected to collectively generate

employment in the medium to long term through multiplier-effects.

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