Lok Sabha Question No. 12 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Additional Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Manoj Tiwari

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 12

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2024

## ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

12.    SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
2. (a) whether  additional  employment  opportunities  have  been  created  in the country as a result of development schemes implemented during the last ten years;
3. (b) if so, the details thereof;
4. (c) the details of number of unemployed persons as per the Government records during the last five years; and
5. (d) the details of jobs created under the National Urban Youth Employment  Programmes  launched by  the  Government  to  promote employment generation opportunities in rural and urban areas?

## ANSWER

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

(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  latest  available Annual PLFS reports, the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above in the country is as follows:

| Year    |   WPR (in %) |   UR (in %) |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| 2017-18 |         46.8 |         6   |
| 2018-19 |         47.3 |         5.8 |
| 2019-20 |         50.9 |         4.8 |

| 2020-21   |   52.6 |   4.2 |
|-----------|--------|-------|
| 2021-22   |   52.9 |   4.1 |
| 2022-23   |   56   |   3.2 |
| 2023-24   |   58.2 |   3.2 |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The above data indicates that the WPR i.e. employment has increasing trend and  Unemployment Rate has a decreasing 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  47.15  crore  in 2014-15.  Total  increase  in  employment  during  2014-15  to  2023-24  is about 17 crore.

To  provide  various  employment  related  services  to  the  youth  of  the country on a single platform, Government of India has launched  National Career  Service  (NCS)  portal  (www.ncs.gov.in)  which  includes  services like  job  search  &  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational  guidance, information  on  skill  development  courses,  internships  etc  through  the portal.  During the year 2024-25 (as on 15.11.2024), 1.12 crore vacancies were  posted  on  NCS  portal  and  more  than  3.53  Crore  number  of vacancies mobilized on the portal since its launch in 2015.

Further,  Government  of  India  has  also  launched  MY  Bharat  platform which  provides  myriad  opportunities  for  youth  engagement  through various  organizations  onboarded  on  the  portal  with  a  view  to  involve them in meaningful activities. The MY Bharat portal is envisioned as a pivotal,  technology-driven  facilitator  for  youth  development  and  youthled  development,  with  the  overarching  goal  of  providing  equitable opportunities to empower the youth in realizing their aspirations.

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 and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Finance,  Ministry  of Textiles,  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology,  etc.  are implementing  different  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes like  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY),  etc. including increase in capital expenditure to boost employment creation. 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.

Further,  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 5year period with a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crore.

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