Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (STARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Registered Unemployed
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *15 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015

## REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED

- *15.  SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA: SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether a large number of people are unemployed in the country and if so, the number of unemployed registered, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  adequate  employment  opportunities  have  not  been  created resulting in decrease in employment over a period of time;
- (c) whether  the  annual  growth  of  employment  opportunities  also  is  not commensurate with the growth of economy and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the  percentage  of  employment  opportunities  generated  by  big  business houses and corporate sectors during each of the last three years and the current year, Sector-wise; and
- (e) the various measures taken by the Government to generate more employment  opportunities  along  with  the  details  of  the  targets  set  in various sectors during the said period, sector-wise?

## 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. *15 DUE FOR REPLY ON 30.11.2015 BY SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA AND SHRI P. KUMAR REGARDING REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED.

- (a):  As  per  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 person on usual status basis  in the country was 1.06 crore.   State-wise details of unemployment rates on usual status basis in the country are given at Annex.
- (b)  &  (c):  Estimated  employment  on  usual  status  basis  increased  from  45.10 crore during 2004-05 to 47.41 crore during 2011-12, registering an annual growth rate of 0.46 per cent, whereas real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 8.5 per cent annually during the same period.

(d): Distribution of workforce estimated on usual status basis engaged in major sectors  of  the  economy  including  big  business  houses  and  corporate  sectors during 2004-05, 2009-10 and 2011-12 are given below:

(in crore persons)

| Workforce by Major Sector   |   2004-2005 |   2009-2010 |   2011-2012 |
|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Agriculture & Allied        |       26.83 |       24.74 |       23.18 |
| Industry                    |        8.35 |       10    |       11.5  |
| Services                    |       10.73 |       11.81 |       12.73 |
| Total Workforce             |       45.91 |       46.55 |       47.41 |

(e): 12 th  Five Year Plan targeted creation of 5 crore of additional employment opportunities in the non-farm sectors in the country during the plan period.  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. *15 due for reply on 30.11.2015

## State-wise details of unemployment rate on usual status basis during 2011-12

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            |   Unemployment Rate |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                 2   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                 2.2 |
| 3         | Assam                |                 4.6 |
| 4         | Bihar                |                 3.4 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                 1.4 |
| 6         | Delhi                |                 3.8 |
| 7         | Goa                  |                 4.9 |
| 8         | Gujarat              |                 0.5 |
| 9         | Haryana              |                 2.9 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     |                 1.3 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                 3.4 |
| 12        | Jharkhand            |                 2.6 |
| 13        | Karnataka            |                 1.6 |
| 14        | Kerala               |                 6.6 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       |                 0.9 |
| 16        | Maharashtra          |                 1.3 |
| 17        | Manipur              |                 3.7 |
| 18        | Meghalaya            |                 0.8 |
| 19        | Mizoram              |                 3.2 |
| 20        | Nagaland             |                17.7 |
| 21        | Odisha               |                 2.4 |
| 22        | Punjab               |                 2.2 |
| 23        | Rajasthan            |                 1.2 |
| 24        | Sikkim               |                 1.2 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           |                 2.3 |
| 26        | Tripura              |                12.8 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          |                 3.1 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        |                 1.6 |
| 29        | West Bengal          |                 3.3 |
| 30        | A& N Islands         |                 6.5 |
| 31        | Chandigarh           |                 6   |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                 0   |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          |                 0.1 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep          |                13.8 |
| 35        | Puducherry           |                 2.1 |
|           | All India            |                 2.2 |

Source: NSSO Reports, 2011-12.