Lok Sabha Question No. 1059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-27
Subject: Priority Sectors for Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2015

## PRIORITY SECTORS FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

1059.   SHRI RAKESH SINGH: SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

- Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether priority sectors have been identified for generation of employment opportunities by the Government in the country; (b) if so, whether there are 24 such sectors in the country; (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  percentage  of  workers  employed  therein,  sectorwise; and (d)  the  details  of  the  schemes  implemented  by  the  Government  for  generation  of  more
- employment opportunities in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has identified twenty five priority sectors under the 'Make  in  India'  programme  for  generation  of  employment  opportunities  by  the  Government  in  the country  which  includes:  (1)  Auto  Components,  (2)  Automobiles,  (3)Aviation,  (4)  Biotechnology, (5) Chemicals, (6)  Construction, (7) Defence Manufacturing, (8) Electrical Machinery, (9)  Electronic System Design and Manufacturing, (10)    Food  Processing, (11)  IT and BPM, (12) Leather, (13) Media  and  Entertainment,  (14) Mining,  (15) Oil  and  Gas,  (16) Pharmaceuticals,  (17)  Ports, (18)  Railways,  (19) Roads  and  Highways,  (20)  Renewable  Energy,  (21)  Space,  (22) Textiles,  (23) Thermal Power, (24) Tourism and Hospitality, (25) Wellness.

(c): Reliable estimates of employment and unemployment trends are obtained through labour force surveys  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  (NSS)  Office,  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme Implementation. According to the last 3 surveys, the workforce grew from 45.91 crore in 2004-05 to 46.55 crore persons in 2009-10 and to 47.41 crore persons in 2011-12. Sector-wise details as per National Sample Survey  are at Annex.

(d): For generation of more employment opportunities in the country, Government has taken various steps like encouraging  private  sector  of economy,  fast  tracking  various  projects  involving substantial  investment  and  increasing  public  expenditure  on  schemes  like  Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

For skilling to provide employment, a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been  established  to  coordinate  the  skill  activities  across  Ministries.  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  (upto  Feb.,  2015)  under  these schemes.

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (c)  of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1059 for answer on 27.07.2015

## Sectoral Employment in India during 2004-05 to 2011-12 on usual status (UPSS)

|                                                | Total Employment (in million)   | Total Employment (in million)   | Total Employment (in million)   | % share   | % share   | % share   |
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                                                | 2004-2005                       | 2009-2010                       | 2011-2012                       | 2004-2005 | 2009-2010 | 2011-2012 |
| Agriculture& allied                            | 268.30                          | 247.39                          | 231.79                          | 58.5      | 53.1      | 48.9      |
| Mining & Quarrying                             | 2.75                            | 2.79                            | 2.56                            | 0.6       | 0.6       | 0.5       |
| Manufacturing                                  | 53.66                           | 51.15                           | 59.72                           | 11.7      | 11.0      | 12.8      |
| Electricity, gas & water supply                | 1.38                            | 1.40                            | 2.46                            | 0.3       | 0.3       | 0.4       |
| Construction                                   | 25.68                           | 44.64                           | 50.24                           | 5.6       | 9.6       | 10.6      |
| Wholesale & Retail Trade, hotel and restaurant | 47.24                           | 50.22                           | 51.95                           | 10.2      | 10.8      | 11.4      |
| Transport, Storage & Communication             | 17.43                           | 20.00                           | 22.89                           | 3.8       | 4.3       | 4.4       |
| Financial Services                             | 6.88                            | 9.77                            | 5.26                            | 1.5       | 2.1       | 2.6       |
| Community Social & Pers. Service               | 35.77                           | 38.13                           | 47.21                           | 7.7       | 8.2       | 8.2       |
| Total Employment                               | 459.10                          | 465.48                          | 474.10                          | 100       | 100       | 100.0     |

Note 1:-Total may not tally due to rounding.

Note 2: Based on Usual Principal and Subsidiary Status (UPSS)

Source:  NSSO Employment and Unemployment Surveys