Lok Sabha Question No. 2710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Registered ST in Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2710 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2016

## REGISTERED ST IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

2710.   SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) the exact number of Graduate/post graduate Scheduled Tribe  candidates registered in employment exchanges in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  provide  employment  to  such graduates/post graduates in the country; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  any  steps  to provide  self-employment  under  other  schemes  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) & (b): As per information received from the states, the number of Graduate and Post graduate combined together Schedule Tribe job seekers, all of whom may  not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  on  the  live  register  of  employment exchanges and placement effected through these employment exchanges in the country during the last three years are given below:

|             |   Graduate and Post Graduate Schedule Tribe Job seekers as on 31 st December |   Graduate and Post Graduate Schedule Tribe Job seekers as on 31 st December |   Graduate and Post Graduate Schedule Tribe Job seekers as on 31 st December |
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |                                                                         2011 |                                                                         2012 |                                                                         2013 |
| Job Seekers |                                                                       337331 |                                                                       351901 |                                                                       389645 |
| Placement   |                                                                         1083 |                                                                          855 |                                                                          754 |

(c): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs administers special area programme, namely, Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Tribal Sub Plan (TSP). Under this programme, Ministry supplements the State Tribal Sub Plan as an additive for undertaking  various  tribal  development  initiatives  and  for  raising  the  level  of administration in Scheduled Areas with an aim to boost the economic and social status of tribal people. It has also launched a new Central Sector Scheme 'Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)' during 2014-15. The VKY has been adopted as a strategic process to ensure effective utilization of available financial resources under  Tribal  Sub-Plan  (TSP).  Under  SCA  to  TSP,  grants-in-aid  are  released  for Skill Development Programmes, Dairy Development, Poultry, Fisheries and other livelihood  activities  apart  from  other  activities.    Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  also administers a scheme of Vocational Training in Tribal Areas to develop the skills of  the  Scheduled  Tribe  (ST)  youth  for  a  variety  of  jobs  as  well  as  selfemployment and to improve their socio-economic condition by enhancing their income. The scheme covers all the States and Union Territories. Further,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  two  major employment  programmes  i.e.  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in the rural  areas  of  the  country.  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs) has been implementing various schemes and programmes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for promotion of Micro, Small  and  Medium  Enterprise  at  all  India  level  covering  Scheduled  Tribe dominated area of North-Eastern Region (NER).

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