Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Youth Labour Force
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 89 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015

## YOUTH LABOUR FORCE

89.  SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:
2. SHRI ELUMALAI V.: COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the estimated number of skilled and unskilled young persons entering the labour force every year in the country;
- (b) the  number  of  new  jobs  created  in  manufacturing  and  business  process outsourcing,  respectively  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, sector-wise;
- (c) the number of youth provided skills necessary for such employment during the last three years;
- (d) whether unemployment rates are higher among those with higher education as  industrial  employers  after  prefer  to  employ  worker  with  no  formal training and if so, the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  carried  out  any  assessment  with  regard  to requirement  of  skilled  labour  force  for  different  activities  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (f) the various steps taken by the Government to provide the necessary skills to  be  unemployed  youths  along  with  the  number  of  such  youth  benefited through the said schemes during the last three years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  :  Reliable  estimates  of  employment and unemployment are obtained through labour force surveys on employment and unemployment conducted by National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSS),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation.  As  per  the  results  of  the  recent  surveys  conducted  during 2004-05, 2009-10 and 2011-12 total employment increased from  45.91 crore to 46.55 crore to 47.41crore persons  respectively. The sector-wise estimates of growth of employment are given at Annex-I.

- (c):  According  to  National Skill  Development Agency (NSDA), Ministry of Skill Development  &  Entrepreneurship,  number  of  persons  skilled  across  various sectors in the last few years are as follows:

| Year                     |   Persons trained (in lakh) |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13                  |                       51.88 |
| 2013-14                  |                       76.37 |
| 2014-15                  |                       76.12 |
| 2015-16 (till May, 2015) |                        4.6  |

(d):  As  per  the  results  of  the  latest  NSS  survey  2011-12,    the  details  of unemployment rate in (%) by education levels is at Annex-II.

- (e): According to the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship,  a  skill  gap  study  has  been  conducted  by  National  Skill Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  projecting  an  additional  requirement  of 109.73 million skill manpower by 2022 in 24 key sectors such activities as Auto and  Auto  Components,  Beauty  and  Wellness,  Food  Processing,  Media  and Entertainment, Handlooms  and  Handicrafts, Leather and Leather Goods, Domestic Help, Gems and Jewellery, Telecommunication, Tourism, Hospitality & Travel, Furniture and Furnishing, Building, Construction and Real Estate, IT and ITES,  Construction Material and Building, Hardware, Textile and Clothing, Healthcare, Security, Agriculture, Education/ skill development, Transportation and Logistics, Electronic and IT Hardware, Pharma and Life Sciences, BFSI and Retail.
- (f):  A  new  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  been established  to  coordinate  the  skill  activities  across  Ministries  to  provide necessary skills  to  unemployed  youths  and  the  year-wise  number  is  given  at Annex-II.

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## Annex-I

## Annex referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 89 for answer on 30.11.2015

## Sector-wise estimates of growth of employment

| Workforce by Major   | 2004-05    | 2004-05          | 2009-10     | 2009-10          | 2011-12     | 2011-12          |
|----------------------|------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
| Sector               | Percentage | In crore persons | Percent age | In crore persons | Percenta ge | In crore persons |
| Primary              | 58.44      | 26.83            | 53.15       | 24.74            | 48.90       | 23.18            |
| Secondary            | 18.18      | 8.35             | 21.48       | 10.00            | 24.25       | 11.50            |
| Tertiary             | 23.38      | 10.73            | 25.37       | 11.81            | 26.85       | 12.73            |
| Total                | 100.00     | 45.91            | 100.00      | 46.55            | 100.00      | 47.41            |

## Annex referred to in reply to part (d) & (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 89 for answer on 30.11.2015

## Education-level and Unemployment rate for persons of age 15-29 years during 2009-10 and 2011-12 (in %)

| General educational level   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2009-10   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2009-10   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2009-10   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2009-10   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2011-12   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2011-12   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2011-12   | Unemployment rate (%) for 2011-12   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                             | rural                               | rural                               | Urban                               | Urban                               | rural                               | rural                               | urban                               | urban                               |
|                             | male                                | female                              | male                                | female                              | male                                | female                              | male                                | female                              |
| (1)                         | (2)                                 | (3)                                 | (4)                                 | (5)                                 | (6)                                 | (7)                                 | (8)                                 | (9)                                 |
| Not literate                | 2.2                                 | 0.0                                 | 3.8                                 | 2.6                                 | 2.3                                 | 0.8                                 | 2.5                                 | 1.6                                 |
| Literate & up to primary    | 2.9                                 | 1.4                                 | 4.1                                 | 2.0                                 | 3.2                                 | 0.6                                 | 4.8                                 | 4.3                                 |
| Middle school               | 4.0                                 | 3.9                                 | 5.4                                 | 8.1                                 | 4.2                                 | 4.6                                 | 5.1                                 | 5.8                                 |
| Secondary                   | 5.0                                 | 6.8                                 | 5.9                                 | 20.5                                | 4.6                                 | 8.6                                 | 5.5                                 | 15.1                                |
| Higher Secondary            | 7.8                                 | 22.2                                | 10.9                                | 19.1                                | 6.5                                 | 13.8                                | 12.0                                | 14.6                                |
| Diploma/ certificate        | 21.4                                | 46.6                                | 12.8                                | 17.9                                | 15.9                                | 30.0                                | 12.5                                | 17.3                                |
| Graduate & above            | 16.6                                | 30.4                                | 13.8                                | 24.7                                | 19.1                                | 29.6                                | 16.3                                | 23.4                                |
| Secondary & above           | 8.3                                 | 17.8                                | 10.3                                | 22.5                                | 8.1                                 | 15.5                                | 11.7                                | 19.8                                |
| All                         | 4.7                                 | 4.6                                 | 7.5                                 | 14.3                                | 5.0                                 | 4.8                                 | 8.1                                 | 13.1                                |

Source: NSS survey Reports, 2009-10 and 2011-12