Lok Sabha Question No. 85 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Employment Generation in Public and Private Sectors
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Anand Bhadauria

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.85

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2024

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS 85.     SHRI ANAND BHADAURIA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  number  of  employment  generated  in  public  and private sectors in the country during 2023-24 and 2024-25 till date, sector-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the number of employment increased/decreased during 1st quarter of  2024-25  in  comparison  to  1st  quarter  of  2023-24,  sector-wise and State-wise;
- (c) whether any target/number of jobs Government has set to provide to youth of the country during 2024-25;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, sector-wise and State-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has failed to provide adequate employment to the youths; and
- (f) if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  and  corrective  steps  Government proposes during 2024-25 for employment generation?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f):  The  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is  collected through 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)  indicating  employment,  including  public and private sector on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above during the years 2020-21 to 2022-23 are as follows:

|         | (in %)   |
|---------|----------|
| Year    | WPR      |
| 2020-21 | 52.6     |
| 2021-22 | 52.9     |
| 2022-23 | 56.0     |

Source: PLFS

The  data  indicates  that  the  worker  population  ratio,  indicating employment, has an increasing trend over the years in the country. The State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status during 2020-21 to 2022-23 is at Annexure. 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  including  public  and  private sectors. 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 47.5 crore in 2017-18. Total increase in employment during 2017-18 to 2023-24 is about 16.83 crore. 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 &  Medium  Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development,  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Finance, Ministry of Textile, etc. are implementing different employment generation  schemes/  programmes  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),  Rural  Self  Employment  and Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),    Deen  Dayal  Antodaya  Yojana-National Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana (PMMY),    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.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part(a)  to  (f)  reply  of  part  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 85 due for reply on 22.07.2024

## State/UT-wise details of Working Population Ratio (WPR) for persons of age 15 years and above

| State/UTs                          | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   | Working Population Ratio (%)   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                    | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 58.6                           | 57.8                           | 58.6                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 48.5                           | 47.1                           | 64.9                           |
| Assam                              | 50.5                           | 52.1                           | 54.5                           |
| Bihar                              | 39.9                           | 39.3                           | 47.0                           |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 63.6                           | 64.9                           | 70.1                           |
| Delhi                              | 42.7                           | 42.3                           | 45.8                           |
| Goa                                | 43.4                           | 41.6                           | 45.1                           |
| Gujarat                            | 55.0                           | 56.8                           | 61.5                           |
| Haryana                            | 44.0                           | 42.5                           | 44.9                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 69.5                           | 71.2                           | 73.8                           |
| Jharkhand                          | 59.6                           | 60.7                           | 60.9                           |
| Karnataka                          | 55.3                           | 53.0                           | 55.6                           |
| Kerala                             | 46.1                           | 48.8                           | 50.5                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 60.2                           | 60.7                           | 63.4                           |
| Maharashtra                        | 53.9                           | 55.9                           | 57.6                           |
| Manipur                            | 41.0                           | 40.6                           | 48.7                           |
| Meghalaya                          | 62.0                           | 60.5                           | 65.8                           |
| Mizoram                            | 54.5                           | 48.9                           | 55.2                           |
| Nagaland                           | 49.5                           | 58.4                           | 69.4                           |
| Odisha                             | 53.5                           | 52.4                           | 58.9                           |
| Punjab                             | 47.2                           | 48.5                           | 50.2                           |
| Rajasthan                          | 55.3                           | 54.7                           | 58.8                           |
| Sikkim                             | 71.3                           | 69.9                           | 74.0                           |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 56.9                           | 55.8                           | 54.7                           |
| Telangana                          | 57.8                           | 58.1                           | 57.7                           |
| Tripura                            | 53.8                           | 50.6                           | 54.3                           |
| Uttarakhand                        | 48.7                           | 48.7                           | 53.5                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 48.0                           | 50.1                           | 53.9                           |
| West Bengal                        | 53.0                           | 52.7                           | 56.1                           |
| Andaman & N. Island                | 58.2                           | 59.2                           | 60.0                           |
| Chandigarh                         | 43.1                           | 42.2                           | 45.6                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 54.0                           | 65.8                           | 65.0                           |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 55.5                           | 58.3                           | 60.7                           |
| Ladakh                             | 69.1                           | 58.1                           | 57.0                           |
| Lakshadweep                        | 40.1                           | 37.2                           | 35.5                           |
| Puducherry                         | 48.1                           | 51.2                           | 49.6                           |
| All India                          | 52.6                           | 52.9                           | 56.0                           |

Source: PLFS, MoSPI