Lok Sabha Question No. 4893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-23
Subject: Status of Employment in Bihar
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Alok Kumar Suman

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4893

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2026

## STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT IN BIHAR

4893.     DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a) the details of current unemployment rate in Bihar, district-wise including Gopalganj;
- (b) the details of measures taken by the Government to reduce unemployment in rural and urban areas in the said State;
- (c) the  details  of  programmes  targeting  youth  and  women  employment  in the said State;
- (d) the details of Initiatives taken  for skill  development  to  enhance employability in the said State; and
- (e) the details of monitoring mechanisms to assess the impact of employment schemes in the said State?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  The  official  data  on  Employment  and  Unemployment  is  collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18.

As  per  the  latest  Annual  PLFS  reports,  the  estimated  Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from  7.0%  in  2017-18  to  3.0%  in  2023-24  in  the  State  of  Bihar  (including Gopalganj). Also, the estimated UR on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 6.8% in 2017-18 to 2.6% in 2023-24 in the rural areas and 9.0% to 7.3% in urban areas during the same period in the State of Bihar. State/UT-wise information is available in the PLFS reports which may be seen at the website of MoSPI at https://www.mospi.gov.in/publications-reports .

Employment generation coupled with improving  employability  of  youth and  women  is  a  priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly,  Government  is implementing  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  in  the country  (including  rural  and  urban  areas  of  Bihar).  The  details  of  various employment  generation  schemes/  programmes  being  implemented  by  the Government may be seen at   https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Government  is  also  implementing  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM)  to  deliver skill, re-skill  and  up-skill  training  through  an  extensive  network  of  skill development centres/ schools/ colleges /institutes etc. under various schemes, viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsmen Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  in  the country (including Bihar). The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

To  enhance  the  employability  of  female  workers,  the  Government  is providing  training  to  them  through  a  network  of  Women  Industrial  Training Institutes,  National  Vocational  Training  Institutes  and  Regional  Vocational Training Institutes.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated 'FutureSkills PRIME' a programme for Re-skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower for Employability in 10 new/emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence.

As  a  part  of  legislative  reforms,  the  existing  29  Acts  in  the  central sphere have been subsumed in the four Codes viz, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020. The Codes have been  enforced  with  effect  from  21  November,  2025.  These  Codes  aim  to catalyze  creation  of  employment  opportunities  while  ensuring  safety,  health and  social  security  of  every  worker  by  promoting  ease  of  doing  business through simplification, rationalization and reduction in compliance burden etc. These  Labour  codes  have  various  provisions  to  promote  female  labour  force participation in the country (including Bihar).

Government has also adopted a multi-pronged approach on a life-cycle continuum  basis  to  address  the  issue  of  educational,  social,  economic  and political  empowerment  of  women.  As  a  result,  India  is  witnessing  a  rapid transition  from  women's -development  to  women  led  development  with  the vision  of  a  new  India  where  women  are  leading  the  way  for  fast  paced  and sustainable national development.

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.

Further,  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 jobs from private and government  sectors,  information  on  online  &  offline  job  fairs,  job  search  & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].

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