Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 220

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  JULY, 2016

## UNEMPLOYMENT

## 220.  SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the number of unemployed persons have increased in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  and  the  reasons  therefor  along with the present ratio of unemployed educated and uneducated youth in the country and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the details of the schemes/programmes  being implemented by the Government  to  impart  training  to  the  unemployed  educated  youth  to enable them to get employment along with the achievements thereunder during the said period.  Scheme/Programme-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has provided adequate funds to impart training/skill development among uneducated youth in the country during the said period; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  other  steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide employment opportunities to all educated and uneducated youth in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  result  of    two  most  recent  labour  force  survey  on employment  and  unemployment  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  the  estimated unemployed persons on usual status basis during 2009-10 was 0.95 crore which has increased to 1.06 crore during 2011-12. The state wise unemployment rates are  at  Annex.  The  unemployment  rate  among  the  unemployed  educated (secondary  and  above  level)  and  uneducated  persons  of  age  15-29  years  on usual status basis was 11.3% and 1.7% respectively.

(c) & (d): In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries are running skill development schemes across 70 sectors to promote skilling across the Country. Under the schemes fund is provided by the concerned Ministries/Departments for implementing agencies including States in accordance with the guidelines issued for the scheme  which is being coordinated by Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. According to the  data  compiled  by  National  Skill  Development  Agency  (NSDA),  Ministry  of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, number of persons skilled across various sectors are given below:

| Year                     |   Persons skilled (in lakh) |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13                  |                       51.88 |
| 2013-14                  |                       76.37 |
| 2014-15                  |                       76.12 |
| 2015-16 (till Oct, 2015) |                       28.85 |

Further, Government has introduced the flagship scheme, 'Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)' with an outlay of Rs. 1500 crore for the financial year 2015-16 which has the target to benefit 24 lakh persons with training of 14 lakh  fresh  entrants  and  certification  of  10  lakh  persons  under  Recognition  of Prior Learning (RPL).

(e):  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) run by  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) run by Ministry of Housing  &  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation.  Further  a  new  scheme  'Pradhan  Mantri Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana'  has  been  initiated  by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment  in  the  year  2016-17  for  incentivising industry for  promoting employment generation and Rs. 1000 crores has been allocated for this purpose. Under  this  scheme  employers  would  be  provided  an  incentive  to  enhance employment  by  reimbursing their 8.33% EPS contribution made  to  new employees.

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  unstarred Question No. 220 due for reply on 18-7-2016

## State-wise Unemployment Rates on Usual Status Basis during 2009-10 & 2011-2012.

| Sl. No.              | State/UTs         | 2009-10 (in %)   |   2011-12 (in %) |
|----------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1.6              |              2   |
| 2                    | Arunachal Pradesh | 1.6              |              2.2 |
| 3 Assam              |                   | 4.0              |              4.6 |
| 4                    | Bihar             | 2.6              |              3.4 |
| 5                    | Chhattisgarh      | 0.9              |              1.4 |
| 6 Delhi              |                   | 2.6              |              3.8 |
| 7                    | Goa               | 4.6              |              4.9 |
| 8                    | Gujarat           | 1.1              |              0.5 |
| 9 Haryana            |                   | 2.0              |              2.9 |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh  | 1.8               |                  |              1.3 |
| 11 Jammu & Kashmir   |                   | 3.2              |              3.4 |
| 12 Jharkhand         | 4.3               |                  |              2.6 |
| 13 Karnataka         | 1.2               |                  |              1.6 |
| 14 Kerala            |                   | 7.4              |              6.6 |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh    |                   | 1.1              |              0.9 |
| 16 Maharashtra       | 1.5               |                  |              1.3 |
| 17 Manipur           | 4.0               |                  |              3.7 |
| 18 Meghalaya         |                   | 1.0              |              0.8 |
| 19 Mizoram           |                   | 1.9              |              3.2 |
| 20 Nagaland          |                   | 10.3             |             17.7 |
| 21 Orissa            |                   | 3.1              |              2.4 |
| 22 Punjab            |                   | 3.3              |              2.2 |
| 23                   | Rajasthan         | 0.7              |              1.2 |
| 24 Sikkim            |                   | 3.9              |              1.2 |
| 25 Tamil Nadu        |                   | 2.2              |              2.3 |
| 26 Tripura           |                   | 10.4             |             12.8 |
| 27 Uttarakhand       |                   | 1.9              |              3.1 |
| 28 Uttar             | Pradesh           | 1.4              |              1.6 |
| 29 West              | Bengal            | 2.4              |              3.3 |
| 30 Andaman & Nicobar | Islands           | 8.2              |              6.5 |
| 31 Chandigarh        |                   | 8.0              |              6   |
| 32 Dadra & Nagar     | Haveli            | 5.0              |              0   |
| 33 Daman & Diu       |                   | 5.0              |              0.1 |
| 34                   | Lakshadweep       | 7.9              |             13.8 |
| 35                   | Puducherry        | 3.1              |              2.1 |
|                      | All-India         | 2.0              |              2.2 |

Source: NSSO Reports 2009-10 & 2011-12