Lok Sabha Question No. 3830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: Action plan to tackle Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Raja A

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3830

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2026

## ACTION PLAN TO TACKLE UNEMPLOYMENT

## 3830.      SHRI RAJA A :

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  estimated  the  number  of  jobs  to  be generated annually to tackle unemployment of youths in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  jobs  created  in  various  sectors  in  the country during the last three years and the current year, year-wise; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  action  plans  formulated  by  the  Government  for addressing the unemployment situation in the country as some experts estimated that the country need more than 1.2 crore jobs annually?

## 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 and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18.

As  per  the  latest  available  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated  Worker Population Ratio (WPR) indicating employment on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above in the country were 52.9% in 2021-22, 56.0% in 2022-23 and 58.2% in 2023-24.

Further, the KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services)  database  published  by  Reserve  Bank  of  India's  (RBI)  covers  27 industries  comprising  of  the  entire  Indian  economy  and  provides  employment estimates  across  27  industries.  As  per  the  latest  data,  total  estimated employment in the country has increased to 64.33 crores (Provisional) during 2023-24 as compared to 47.15 crores during 2014-15, which indicates a growth of 36.44% during the period.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment  generation  schemes  across  the  country.  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, reskill  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) in the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

Reskilling and upskilling initiatives are being undertaken through multiple national  programmes  that  support  workforce  transition,  redeployment,  and preparedness  for  emerging  job  roles.  These  programmes  focus  on  structured skilling, digital literacy, and advanced technology training to ensure employability in the AI-driven economy.

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, online & offline job fairs, job search & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance,  skill development  courses,  skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].

As a part of legislative reforms, the existing 29 Acts in the central sphere have  been  subsumed  in  the  four  Codes  viz,  the  Code  on  Wages,  2019,  the Industrial  Relations  Code,  2020,  the  Code  on  Social  Security,  2020  and  the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020. The Codes have been  enforced  with  effect  from  21  November,  2025.  These  Codes  aim  to catalyze  creation  of  employment  opportunities  while  ensuring  safety,  health and  social  security  of  every  worker  by  promoting  ease  of  doing  business through simplification, rationalization and reduction in compliance burden.

In addition, the Government is implementing Employment Linked Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  named  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat  Rozgar Yojana  to  support  employment  generation,  enhance  employability  and  social security  across  all  sectors,  with  special  focus  on  the  manufacturing  sector. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 99,446 Crore aims to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs in the country, over a period of 2 years.

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