Lok Sabha Question No. 3725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Survey on Employment/Economic Scenario
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3725

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 12 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## SURVEY ON EMPLOYMENT/ECONOMIC SCENARIO

## 3725. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has started sectorial survey on employment and economic scenario for 2012-17;
- (b) If  so, the details of employment and food nutrition scenario for 2012-14; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the situation?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, MINISTER OF STATE FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR MINISTRY  OF  OVERSEAS  INDIAN  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.)  V.K.  SINGH (Retd.)]

(a) and (b):   To assess the effect of economic slowdown on employment in India,  Labour  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  has  been conducting Quarterly Quick Employment surveys  since January, 2009  in selected  labour-intensive  and  export-oriented  sectors,  namely,  textiles including  apparels,  metals,  gems  &  jewellery,  automobiles,  transport, IT/BPO,  leather  and  handloom/powerloom.  So  far,  twenty  four  such surveys have been conducted by Labour Bureau. According to the survey results,  overall  estimated  employment  in  these  selected  sectors  has experienced a net addition of 6.24 lakh jobs during the period April, 2012 to March, 2014.

Detailed estimates of employment are also obtained through labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation.  According  to  the  last  three surveys of NSSO on Employment-Unemployment, the workforce grew from 45.90 crore persons in 2004-05 to 46.02 crore persons in 2009-10 and to 47.38  crore  persons  in  2011-12.  The  sector-wise  details  of  employment are given below:

(in crore persons)

| Workforce by Major Sector (in usual status)   |   2004-05 |   2009-10 |   2011-12 |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Agriculture & Allied                          |     26.85 |     24.48 |     23.17 |
| Industry                                      |      8.31 |      9.90 |     11.49 |
| Services                                      |     10.74 |     11.64 |     12.73 |
| Total Workforce*                              |     45.90 |     46.02 |     47.38 |

The estimates of workforce by major sectors showed an increase in the overall level of employment with an increase in the industry and services sectors during 2004-05 to 2009-10 and 2009-10 to 2011-12.

Information  on  Food  nutrition  is  available  through  NSSO  surveys  on Household Consumer Expenditure. These surveys were conducted during 2004-05, 2009-10 and 2011-12.  Based on the survey results, details of per capita  average  calorie  intake,  protein  intake  and  fat  intake  are  given below:

| Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   | Estimated per capita intake per day   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|                                       | Rural                                 | Rural                                 | Rural                                 | Urban                                 | Urban                                 | Urban                                 |
|                                       | 2004-05                               | 2009-10                               | 2011-12                               | 2004-05                               | 2009-10                               | 2011-12                               |
| calorie (Kcal)                        | 2047                                  | 2020                                  | 2099                                  | 2020                                  | 1946                                  | 2058                                  |
| Protein (gm)                          | 57.0                                  | 55.0                                  | 56.5                                  | 57.0                                  | 53.5                                  | 55.7                                  |
| Fat (gm)                              | 35.5                                  | 38.3                                  | 41.6                                  | 47.5                                  | 47.9                                  | 52.5                                  |

(c): Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the  country,  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), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (NULM). Government  has  also  decided  to  strategically  promote  labour-intensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries. A new scheme, namely, Seekho aur Kamao has been launched for the skill development of minority communities. 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. Government  has  notified the National Food  Security Act,  2013  on 10.09.2013,  which  aims  to  provide  for  food  and  nutritional  security  in human life  cycle  approach,  by  ensuring  access  to  adequate  quantity  of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity. The Act  provides  for  coverage  of  upto  75%  of  the  rural  population  and  upto 50%  of  the  urban  population  of  the  country  for  receiving  foodgrains  at subsidised prices of Rs. 3, 2 & 1 per Kg for rice, wheat & coarse grains respectively under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). There is also a special focus in the Act on nutritional support to pregnant women and lactating mothers and children upto 14 years of age.

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