Lok Sabha Question No. 1316 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Employment to Women through Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY, GANESH SINGH, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1316 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## EMPLOYMENT TO WOMEN THROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

1316.     SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

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

- (a) the number of unemployed women including rural/urban women registered in  various  Employment  Exchanges  in  the  country  during  the  last  three years and the current year, year-wise and State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the  details  of  employment  provided  to  them  through  these  Employment Exchanges during the said period State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the process of providing employment  to  women  by  these Exchanges is not satisfactory and if so, whether the Government has any proposal  to  upgrade/strengthened  the  employment  exchanges  in  the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
- (d) whether the Government has identified certain areas wherein women can be more employable and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  create  more  employment opportunities particularly for women in the country including imparting of various training to increase their employability?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per information received from the states, state-wise details of rural and urabn women job seekers, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed, registered  with  employment  exchanges  in  the  country  including  Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as on 31 st  December for the year 2012, 2013 and 2014 and details of employment provided to them through these employment exchanges during the said period are at Annex. (c): Employment Exchanges sponsor candidates against the vacancies notified by  the  employers.  Moreover,  Directorate  General  of  Employment,  Ministry  of Labour  and  Employment  is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Project  as  a  Mission  Mode  Project  for  transforming  the  National  Employment Service  to  provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services  like  career counseling,  vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses, apprenticeship, internships, etc. The NCS  Portal is supported by call center/helpdesk and has multi delivery channel including employment exchanges.  In the NCS Project, it is proposed to establish 100 Model Career Centre to provide a variety of employment related services including counseling services. (d)  &  (e):  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  improve  status  of  women workers, to provide training and employment exclusively to women under Skill Development, one National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Noida, Uttar Pradesh and ten Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) have been set up across the Country, the sanctioned seating capacity of these institutes, the targets fixed for providing skill training for the year 2014-15 were fixed at 3260 seats.  The  Government  has  approved  8  new  Regional  Vocational  Training Institutes  for  Women  in  the  States  where  there  is  no  existing  RVTI.    The Government has also formulated the National Portal on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  for  focusing  on  skilling  of  workforce  and  enhancing  their employability.

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Annex referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 1316 due for reply on 07-12-2015.

Number  of  women  job  seekers  on  the  live  register  and  placement  effected through employment exchanges during 2012 to 2014 (as on 31 st  December)

(in thousand)

| Sl. No.     | State/UT           | No. of jobseekers   | No. of jobseekers   | No. of jobseekers   | Placement effected   | Placement effected   | Placement effected   |
|-------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|             |                    | 2012                | 2013                | 2014                | 2012                 | 2013                 | 2014                 |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh     | 538.6               | 532.5               | 524.2               | 0.1                  | 0.3                  | 0.1                  |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh  | 19.2                | 21.6                | 23.2                | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 3           | Assam              | 476.1               | 505.7               | 550.8               | 0.2                  | 0.1                  | 0.2                  |
| 4           | Bihar              | 101.4               | 97.6                | 103.3               | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh       | 437.8               | 471.6               | 600.3               | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.1                  |
| 6           | Delhi              | 211.3               | 301.5               | 350.4               | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 7           | Goa                | 46.5                | 50.5                | 52.5                | 0.7                  | 0.3                  | 1.0                  |
| 8           | Gujarat            | 265.4               | 238.2               | 215.4               | 34.1                 | 44.1                 | 48.8                 |
| 9           | Haryana            | 206.9               | 211.1               | 232.2               | 0.3                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh   | 299.0               | 341.0               | 399.4               | 1.4                  | 0.2                  | 0.3                  |
| 11          | Jammu & Kashmir    | 171.4               | 95.1                | 92.6                | 0.1                  | 0.0                  | 0.2                  |
| 12          | Jharkhand          | 94.6                | 84.1                | 68.4                | 0.4                  | 0.1                  | 0.1                  |
| 13          | Karnataka          | 119.6               | 110.1               | 102.9               | 0.6                  | 0.8                  | 0.5                  |
| 14          | Kerala             | 2359.5              | 2271.5              | 2266.4              | 4.6                  | 3.5                  | 3.6                  |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh     | 459.6               | 478.4               | 468.9               | 0.7                  | 0.1                  | 0.0                  |
| 16          | Maharashtra        | 629.9               | 743.9               | 933.0               | 18.6                 | 1.7                  | 0.4                  |
| 17          | Manipur            | 193.3               | 198.5               | 205.4               | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 18          | Meghalaya          | 16.2                | 18.5                | 19.1                | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 19          | Mizoram            | 19.0                | 16.8                | 13.8                | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 20          | Nagaland           | 25.7                | 22.6                | 23.0                | 0.1                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 21          | Orissa             | 316.0               | 312.5               | 312.7               | 0.5                  | 0.4                  | 0.1                  |
| 22          | Punjab             | 107.9               | 121.1               | 113.2               | 0.3                  | 0.6                  | 0.5                  |
| 23          | Rajasthan          | 111.8               | 132.2               | 133.6               | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 24          | Sikkim*            |                     |                     |                     |                      |                      |                      |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu         | 3877.1              | 4261.7              | 4052.3              | 4.1                  | 5.1                  | 3.1                  |
| 26          | Tripura            | 202.5               | 214.1               | 223.9               | 0.1                  | 0.2                  | 0.8                  |
| 27          | Uttarakhand        | 221.4               | 244.4               | 303.7               | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.1                  |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh      | 1846.0              | 1992.2              | 2155.0              | 0.2                  | 0.4                  | 0.0                  |
| 29          | West Bengal        | 2127.0              | 2312.1              | 2398.2              | 0.5                  | 0.4                  | 0.7                  |
| 30          | Andaman & Nicobar  | 17.9                | 19.1                | 18.8                | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 31          | Chandigarh         | 8.5                 | 8.3                 | 8.1                 | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 32          | Dadra & Nagar      | 2.4                 | 2.8                 | 3.3                 | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 33          | Haveli Daman & Diu | 2.5                 | 2.7                 | 2.7                 | 0.0                  | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 34          | Lakshadweep        | 5.9                 | 6.6                 | 7.2                 | @                    | 0.0                  | 0.0                  |
| 35          | Puducherry         | 108.0               | 108.3               | 100.5               | 0.1                  | 0.3                  | 0.2                  |
| Grand Total | Grand Total        | 15645.9             | 16549.1             | 17078.3             | 67.8                 | 58.8                 | 60.8                 |

NOTE: * No employment exchange is functioning in the state.

@ Figures less than 50.