Lok Sabha Question No. 1513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: Local Employment Opportunities for Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1513 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

## 1513.     SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  there  are  not  enough  local  employment opportunities for the youth in the aspirational and backward districts of the  country  especially  in  Shravasti  and  Balrampur  of  Uttar  Pradesh resulting in large scale migration and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government is effectively implementing Social Security and Labour Welfare Schemes under EPF, ESI and Labour Codes in the said districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any special Scheme has been implemented for local employment, permanent work and livelihood support for labourers living in  flood  affected  areas  and  forest  border  areas  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  a  special  labour  and employment package for generating permanent employment opportunities in aspirational districts of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):    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,  on  usual  status  for  age  15 years and above has increased from 46.8% in 2017-18 to 58.2% in 2023-24 in the country and from 41.8% to 55.1% in Uttar Pradesh during the same period.

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  of  the youth is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes. The details of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

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].

The  NCS  project  also  inter  alia,  envisages  setting  up  of  Model  Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with States/Institutions to deliver employment services.  These  centres  connect  local  youth  and  other  jobseekers  with  all possible  job  opportunities  in  a  transparent  and  effective  manner  through  the use of technology as well as through counselling and training.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment had launched e-Shram portal on 26.08.2021 for creation of a Comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers. The e-Shram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers  by  providing  them  a  Universal  Account  Number  (UAN)  on  a  selfdeclaration basis. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has also launched the  e-Shram'One -StopSolution'  that  entails  integration  of  different  social security/welfare  schemes  at  single  portal  i.e.,  e-Shram.  This  is  envisaged  to enable  unorganised  workers  registered  on  e-Shram  to  access  social  security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through e-Shram.

The Central Government has formulated the four Labour Codes, namely, the  Code  on  Wages,  2019,  the  Industrial  Relations  Code,  2020,  the  Code  on Social  Security,  2020  and  the  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working Conditions  Code,  2020  after  amalgamating,  simplifying  and  rationalising  the relevant  provisions  of  the  previous  29  Central  Labour  Acts.  The  four  Labour Codes have come into force with effect from 21st November 2025 across the country. The  four  Labour  Codes  reduce  multiplicity  of  definitions  &  authorities, in to facilitate use of technology, bring transparency & accountability enforcement. Simultaneously, it strengthens the protection available workers, including unorganized workers.

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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