Lok Sabha Question No. 3627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Unemployment Allowance
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KRISHNA RAJ

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3627 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST   DECEMBER, 2015

## UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE

## 3627.     SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ:

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

- (a) the details of the total number of educated unemployed youth in the country at present;
- (b) the  number  of  unemployed  urban  and  rural  youth  out  of  these  educated unemployed youth separately;
- (c) whether  the  Government  contemplates  to  formulate  any  policy  to  give unemployment allowance to  such educated  unemployed  youth  along  with provision for providing employment oriented skill development training;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has provided/proposes to provide social security to such  unemployed    persons  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  number  of  unemployed  youth  provided  employment  through  the  said schemes  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  year  and State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):    As  per  the  results  of  labour  force  survey  on  employment  and unemployment  conducted  during  2011-12  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  estimated number of unemployed youth in the age group of 15-29 years was 0.84 crore of

which  educated  unemployed  youth  (secondary  &  above)  was  0.57  crore comprising 58% rural and 42% urban unemployed youth respectively.

- (c) & (d):  Government of India is not providing any unemployment allowance to the  unemployed  persons.  However,  some  States  like  Chhattisgarh,  Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Tripura, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir  are  paying  unemployment  allowance  to  the  registered  unemployed youth.
- (e) & (f):  Government has launched three social security scheme pertaining to the Insurance and Pension sectors, namely Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and the Atal Pension  Yojana  (APY)  to  move  towards  creating  a  universal  social  security system.

For generating more employment in the country, Government has taken various steps like fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment  and  increasing public expenditure. 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), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, number of persons skilled across various sectors are given below:

| Year                     |   Persons skilled (in lakh) |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13                  |                       51.88 |
| 2013-14                  |                       76.37 |
| 2014-15                  |                       76.12 |
| 2015-16 (till May, 2015) |                        4.6  |

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