Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Unemployed Youth
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: DHARAMBIR BHALERAM, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *103

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

*103. SHRI DHARAMBIR: SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

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

- the  number  of  unemployed  persons  including  educated  and  uneducated, rural  and  urban  youth  registered with the Employment Exchanges in the country  including  Gujarat  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the
- (a) current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of scheme being chalked out for creating additional employment  opportunities  along  with  target  set/achieved  thereunder during the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans;
- (c) whether  the  educated  youth  are  reportedly  underemployed  taking  into consideration  their  skill  and  if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (d) the measures taken to provide vocational training for enhancing the skill of marginal workers in the country; and
- (e) the other measures taken/being taken by the Government to create more employment opportunities in various sectors and provide employment to all registered unemployed including educated and uneducated, rural/urban youth in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *103  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRI DHARAMBIR AND SHRI D.S. RATHOD REGARDING UNEMPLOYED YOUTH.

(a):   As per information received from the states, the number of educated and uneducated  job seeker residing in rural and urban areas, all of whom may not necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  with  employment  exchanges  including Gujarat  was 4.48 crore of which 2.86  crore were in the age group of 15-29 as on    31 st   December,  2012.  The  State-wise  details  for  the  last  three  available years are given at Annexure I and II.

(b): 11 th  Five Year Plan had projected 5.8 crore employment opportunities to be additionally  created  during  the  plan  period  2007-12.  The  progress  made  in employment  opportunities  created  during  the  11 th   Five  Year  Plan  period  is estimated  from  the  labour  force  surveys  on  Employment  and  Unemployment conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  during  2004-05,  2009-10 and  2011-12.  During  this  period,  around  1.5  crore  additional  employment opportunities were created.

The  12 th   Five  Year  Plan  projects  5  crore  new  work  opportunities  to  be generated  in  the  non-farm  sector  and  provide  skill  certification  to  equivalent numbers. According to the survey conducted by Labour Bureau, the workforce increased by around 4.37 crore during 2012-13 and 2013-14. 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),  about  51.50  lakh  persons  were  given  skill development training in the year 2014-15 under these schemes.

(c)  to  (e):    Government  has  set  up  new  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  & Entrepreneurship to coordinate all aspects of Skill Development through various interventions  to  bridge  the  demand-supply  gap  in  skilled  workforce.  National Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  launched  'Hunar  Hai  to  Kadar  Hai'

campaign  to  generate  awareness  about  skills  and  motivate  Indian  youth  to acquire and upgrade skills. To encourage apprenticeship and on the job training, the Government has launched Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana. In addition, to lay  down  a  comprehensive  and  holistic  road  map  for  all  the  skilling  and entrepreneurship activities  across  the  Country,  the  Government  has  approved the  National  Policy  for  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  2015.  The policy, in addition to listing out initiatives for unorganised sector, also provides for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) which can help in mapping the existing skills in the unorganised sectors including casual workers. Further,  in  order  to  address  this  issue  various  employment  generation schemes  are  being  implemented  by  the  government  in  the  country  such  as Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA), Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) restructured into National Urban Livelihoods  Mission  (NULM)  since  September,  2013,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  and  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation  Programme  (PMEGP).  In  addition,  the  government  is  promoting labour-intensive  manufacturing  and  increasing  employment  opportunities  by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha starred Question No.*103 due for reply on 07.12.2015

## State wise Number of total job seekers as on 31 st  December

(in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs        | 2010   | 2011   | 2012   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 19.61  | 19.35  | 19.18  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.39   | 0.44   | 0.48   |
| 3         | Assam             | 15.16  | 15.63  | 16.16  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 8.56   | 8.81   | 8.54   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 13.17  | 13.37  | 14.62  |
| 6         | Delhi             | 5.88   | 7.53   | 7.53   |
| 7         | Goa               | 1.06   | 1.22   | 1.28   |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 8.92   | 9.00   | 8.77   |
| 9         | Haryana           | 9.62   | 8.20   | 7.79   |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 8.23   | 8.44   | 8.52   |
| 11        | Jammu And Kashmir | 4.11   | 4.96   | 4.67   |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 8.19   | 8.32   | 6.40   |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 5.11   | 4.81   | 4.42   |
| 14        | Kerala            | 43.66  | 43.32  | 39.28  |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 19.52  | 20.01  | 20.66  |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 28.57  | 27.35  | 28.58  |
| 17        | Manipur           | 6.85   | 7.05   | 6.62   |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 0.33   | 0.31   | 0.34   |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 0.41   | 0.40   | 0.43   |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 0.62   | 0.65   | 0.69   |
| 21        | Orissa            | 9.30   | 10.44  | 10.68  |
| 22        | Punjab            | 3.80   | 3.56   | 3.58   |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 7.66   | 7.18   | 7.37   |
| 24        | Sikkim *          |        |        |        |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 60.14  | 67.77  | 77.43  |
| 26        | Tripura           | 5.03   | 5.11   | 5.32   |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 5.61   | 6.60   | 7.07   |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | 19.80  | 20.31  | 60.73  |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 65.69  | 68.28  | 70.41  |
| 30        | A. & N. Islands   | 0.41   | 0.41   | 0.42   |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 0.39   | 0.37   | 0.38   |
| 32        | D. & N. Haveli    | 0.05   | 0.06   | 0.06   |
| 33        | Daman And Diu     | 0.13   | 0.09   | 0.10   |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | 0.15   | 0.15   | 0.16   |
| 35        | Puducherry        | 2.17   | 2.22   | 2.24   |
| Total     | Grand             | 388.29 | 401.72 | 447.90 |

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha starred Question No.*103 due for reply on 07.12.2015

## State wise Number of Unemployed Youth (15-29) as on 31 st  December

(in lakh)

| Sl. No.     | State/ UTs        | 2010   | 2011   | 2012   |
|-------------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.00  | 12.14  | 12.39  |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.36   | 0.40   | 0.44   |
| 3           | Assam             | 10.73  | 10.97  | 11.44  |
| 4           | Bihar             | 6.18   | 6.11   | 6.00   |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 10.39  | 10.20  | 10.93  |
| 6           | Delhi             | 4.02   | 5.08   | 5.08   |
| 7           | Goa               | 0.87   | 1.00   | 1.06   |
| 8           | Gujarat           | 6.60   | 6.73   | 6.59   |
| 9           | Haryana           | 6.30   | 5.42   | 5.15   |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh  | 5.30   | 5.23   | 5.14   |
| 11 Jammu    | And Kashmir       | 1.86   | 2.34   | 2.20   |
| 12          | Jharkhand         | 5.94   | 6.05   | 4.67   |
| 13          | Karnataka         | 3.61   | 3.48   | 3.16   |
| 14          | Kerala            | 30.32  | 30.01  | 27.00  |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh    | 14.34  | 15.08  | 15.67  |
| 16          | Maharashtra       | 22.20  | 21.13  | 19.75  |
| 17          | Manipur           | 4.15   | 4.33   | 4.02   |
| 18          | Meghalaya         | 0.27   | 0.25   | 0.27   |
| 19          | Mizoram           | 0.35   | 0.31   | 0.41   |
| 20          | Nagaland          | 0.51   | 0.53   | 0.53   |
| 21          | Orissa            | 6.53   | 7.52   | 7.70   |
| 22          | Punjab            | 2.48   | 2.33   | 2.37   |
| 23          | Rajasthan         | 5.48   | 5.08   | 5.21   |
| 24          | Sikkim *          |        |        |        |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu        | 36.79  | 41.18  | 40.07  |
| 26          | Tripura           | 3.75   | 3.21   | 3.91   |
| 27          | Uttarakhand       | 4.10   | 4.98   | 5.25   |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh     | 13.62  | 13.56  | 35.78  |
| 29          | West Bengal       | 40.86  | 41.27  | 42.11  |
| 30          | A. & N. Islands   | 0.28   | 0.29   | 0.29   |
| 31          | Chandigarh        | 0.29   | 0.28   | 0.29   |
| 32          | D. & N. Haveli    | 0.04   | 0.04   | 0.05   |
| 33          | Daman And Diu     | 0.06   | 0.05   | 0.05   |
| 34          | Lakshadweep       | 0.11   | 0.11   | 0.10   |
| 35          | Puducherry        | 1.45   | 2.20   | 1.30   |
| Grand Total |                   | 263.15 | 268.90 | 286.42 |