Lok Sabha Question No. 3024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Unemployed Persons
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3024

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16 TH  MARCH, 2016

## UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

## 3024. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding the number of adult unemployed persons;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise Bundelkhand; and
- including
- (c) the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  adult unemployment alleviation and social security?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GENERAL (Dr.) V.K. SINGH (Retd.)]

- (a) and (b): Yes, Madam. National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has been  conducting  quinquennial  employment-unemployment  surveys to measure employment-unemployment related indicators. Based on these  surveys,  NSSO  inter-alia  estimates  number  of  unemployed persons. Last survey on employment-unemployment was conducted during  NSS  68 th   round  (July,  2011  -  June,  2012).  Based  on  this survey, State-wise estimates of total number of unemployed persons  (all  ages)  are  available.  A  statement  showing  State-wise number of unemployed persons according to usual status is given at Annexure.  Sub-state  level  estimates,  i.e.,  estimates  of  regions required  for  giving  estimates  for  Bundelkhand,  are  not  available from NSS survey results due to limitations of sample size.
- (c): Government has taken various steps for generating employment in  the  country,  like  encouraging  private  sector  of  economy,  fast

tracking various projects involving substantial  investment  and increasing  public  expenditure  on  schemes  like  Prime  Minister's Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).

Government  has  also  decided  to  strategically  promote  labourintensive  manufacturing  and  expand  employment  opportunities  by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

New  schemes  have  also  been  launched  which  includes  Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), and Seekho aur  Kamao  Scheme  launched  for  the  skill  development  of minority communities.

A new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been established  to  coordinate  the  skill  activities  across  Ministries.  In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries run skill development schemes across 70 sectors. According to the data compiled by National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), about 76.11 lakh persons were given skill development training in the year 201415 (upto March, 2015) under these schemes.

For providing social security, Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, to provide a smart card  with  unique  identification  number  and  for  formulation  of suitable  welfare  schemes  for  unorganised  workers  on  matters relating  to:  (i)  life  and  disability  cover,  (ii)  health  and  maternity benefits, (iii) old age protection and (iv) any other benefit as may be determined by the Central Government through the National Social Security Board. Various Schemes, formulated by the Government to provide social security cover to the unorganized workers, listed in the Schedule I of the above Act are as under:

- i. Indira  Gandhi  National  Old  Age  Pension  Scheme  (Ministry  of Rural Development)
- ii. National Family Benefit Scheme (Ministry of Rural Development)
- iii. Janani Suraksha Yojana (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
- iv. Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (Ministry of Textiles)
- v. Handicraft Artisans' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (Ministry of Textiles)
- vi. Pension to Master craft persons (Ministry of Textiles)
- vii. National  Scheme  for  Welfare  of  Fishermen  and  Training  and Extension (Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries)
- viii. Aam Admi Bima Yojana (Ministry of Labour and Employment)
- ix. Rashtriya  Swasthya  Bima  Yojana  (Ministry  of  Health  and Family Welfare)

## Annexure

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3024 for 16.03.2016 *****

## State-wise estimates of number of unemployed persons (all ages and as per usual status) during 2011-12

| State/UT                                                                                                                                 | Number of unemployed persons                                                                                                             | State/UT                                                                                                                                 | Number of unemployed persons                                                                                                             |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)                                                                                                                                      | (2)                                                                                                                                      | (3)                                                                                                                                      | (4)                                                                                                                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 759900                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                                                                  | 12600                                                                                                                                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 8500                                                                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                                                                                 | 87500                                                                                                                                    |
| Assam                                                                                                                                    | 438300                                                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                                                                   | 382900                                                                                                                                   |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                    | 873800                                                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                                                                   | 229400                                                                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                             | 150300                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                | 280000                                                                                                                                   |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                    | 173300                                                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                                                                   | 3200                                                                                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                                                                                      | 24400                                                                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                               | 698100                                                                                                                                   |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                  | 116300                                                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                                                                  | 192500                                                                                                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                  | 249600                                                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                              | 108300                                                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 41600                                                                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                            | 976900                                                                                                                                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                          | 133100                                                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                              | 1113200                                                                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                | 252100                                                                                                                                   | A & N Islands                                                                                                                            | 9600                                                                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                | 372000                                                                                                                                   | Chandigarh                                                                                                                               | 22200                                                                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                   | 832200                                                                                                                                   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 225400                                                                                                                                   | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                              | 100                                                                                                                                      |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                              | 588200                                                                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                              | 2700                                                                                                                                     |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                  | 32000                                                                                                                                    | Puducherry                                                                                                                               | 9200                                                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                | 8600                                                                                                                                     | All-India                                                                                                                                | 9408000                                                                                                                                  |
| 1. Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | 1. Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | 1. Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | 1. Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available |
| 2. '-': negligible.                                                                                                                      | 2. '-': negligible.                                                                                                                      | 2. '-': negligible.                                                                                                                      | 2. '-': negligible.                                                                                                                      |

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