Lok Sabha Question No. 3308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Unemployment in Nagaland
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri S Supongmeren Jamir

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3308 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN NAGALAND

## 3308.     SHRI S SUPONGMEREN JAMIR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey the unemployment in Nagaland surged by over 65%
- in 2023-24;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has identified the factors contributing  to  this  significant  increase  in  unemployment  in  the State, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  considering  initiating  employment generation  programmes  to  alleviate  the  unemployment  crisis  in the said State; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

( a)  to  (d):    The  official  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is collected through Periodic Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS) which  is conducted by the Ministry  of  Statistics  &  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) on usual status for the state of  Nagaland,  indicating  employment,  for  persons  of  age  15  years  and above has increased from 32.8% in 2017-18 to 68.1% in 2023-24. During the same period, Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 21.4 % to 7.1%.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of Government and is a multi-stakeholder initiative. Accordingly, the various Ministries/ Departments of Government  of India 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),  Production  Linked Incentive (PLI) etc., which, along with increase in capital expenditure, seeks 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  has  announced  in  Budget  2024-25,  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 crores. It includes, the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme announced in Budget 202425, with an outlay of Rs 1,07,000 Crores, which aims at job creation and formalisation of work force by providing Social Security through EPFO, enhancing employability and incentivizing additional employment generation through incentives to employees and employers.

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