Lok Sabha Question No. 1197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Future Formal Job Targets in Telangana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1197

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

## FUTURE FORMAL JOB TARGETS IN TELANGANA

1197. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

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

- (a)the total number of formal jobs created in the country as reflected in EPFO net payroll addition from September 2017 till October 2025, year-wise;
- (b)the share of Telangana in these additions; and
- (c)whether the Government proposes any State-specific initiatives to further accelerate formal job creation in Telangana, given its rapid growth in the pharma, IT, and defence manufacturing sectors?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Net Payroll data is as follows:

| Net Payroll Data (Upto July 2025)   | Net Payroll Data (Upto July 2025)   | Net Payroll Data (Upto July 2025)   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                                     | All India                           | Telangana                           |
| 2017-18 From Sep-17                 | 15,52,940                           | 83,249                              |
| 2018-19                             | 61,12,223                           | 4,04,079                            |
| 2019-20                             | 78,58,394                           | 4,38,697                            |
| 2020-21                             | 77,08,375                           | 4,17,091                            |
| 2021-22                             | 1,22,34,625                         | 7,57,548                            |
| 2022-23                             | 1,38,51,689                         | 8,52,205                            |
| 2023-24                             | 1,31,48,204                         | 8,34,751                            |
| 2024-25                             | 1,29,78,168                         | 8,60,639                            |
| Apr-25                              | 14,31,642                           | 83,480                              |
| May-25                              | 14,62,469                           | 81,832                              |
| Jun-25                              | 19,04,535                           | 1,32,615                            |
| Jul-25                              | 21,04,360                           | 1,37,000                            |

Contd..2/-

## The data may be read with the following constraints

- Net Payroll = New Subscribers + Rejoinees - Exited Members
- EPFO  payroll  data  is  provisional as  updation of  employee's records is a continuous process and gets updated in subsequent month/s.
- (c): Government of India has launched an employment linked central  sector  scheme  i.e.    Pradhan  Mantri  viksit  Bharat  Rojgar Yojana. The Scheme envisages to play a pivotal role in driving job creation for the youth, enhancing employability along with formalization of workforce. The scheme has a registration period of two years from 01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027 and a budgetary outlay of ₹ 99,446 Crore for the period FY 2025-26 to FY 2031-32.

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