Lok Sabha Question No. 4048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Initiatives for Employment to the Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Jai Parkash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4048

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## INITIATIVES FOR EMPLOYMENT TO THE YOUTH

4048.   SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI: SHRI JAI PARKASH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any special initiative keeping in view  of  the  increasing  unemployment  among  the  youth  and  the slow process of recruitment in the Government and private sectors in Haryana;
- (b) whether the Government maintains any data regarding unemployment rate in Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any concrete steps have been taken by the Government to provide employment to the youth through job fairs, skill development programmes or partnership with PSUs/private companies and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  developing  any  digital  or  monitoring system  to  bring  transparency  and  accelerate  the  recruitment process in the sector; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the expected timeline therein, district and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  official  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.

As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for youth of age 15-29 years in the country has decreased from 17.8% in 2017-18 to 10.2% in 2023-24 which is lower than the global unemployment rate of youth of 13.3 per cent  [As  per  World  Employment  and  Social  Outlook  Trends,  2024 published by International Labour Organization (ILO)].

Further,  occurrence  and  filling  up  of  vacant  posts  in  various Ministries/Departments,  including  the  vacant  posts  in  Haryana,  is  a continuous process. Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government have been directed, from time to time, to fill up vacant posts in a time bound manner.

(b):   The State/UT-wise detailed report on unemployment are available in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) reports, which may be seen at https://www.mospi.gov.in/downloadreports?main\_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub\_category=All

(c) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing  various  employment  generation  schemes/programmes. These interalia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme  (PMEGP),  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),  Deen  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM), PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Stand-up India Scheme, Start Up India , Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), etc. The details of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at   https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Government  is  implementing  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM)  to  deliver skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development  centres/  schools/  colleges  /institutes  etc.  under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

In  addition,  the  Government  has  approved  Employment  Linked Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  named  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus

Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, on the manufacturing sector.

Further, 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  information  on jobs  from  private  and  government  sectors,  information  on  online  & offline  job  fairs,  job  search  &  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, employability enhancement programmes etc. through a digital platform[www.ncs.gov.in].

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