Lok Sabha Question No. 2882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Survey on Unemployment
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2882 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 16, 2015

## SURVEY ON UNEMPLOYMENT

No. 2882 SHRI B.V.NAIK:

SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey on urban
- unemployment, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the government has conducted any survey on migration from rural to urban areas, if so, the details thereof for the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether there exists any policy to check migration from rural to urban areas, if so the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the government to reduce urban unemployment?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO]

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- (a) :Yes, Madam.  The Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour
- &  Employment  has  been  conducting  annual  Employmentunemployment surveys (EUS). So far, four such surveys have been  conducted.  As  per  the  4th  survey,  Unemployment  rate (UR), which is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1000 persons in the labour force (employed and unemployed)  for  persons  aged  15  years  and  above  is  5.5  for urban areas.
- (b) :During decennial population census conducted by the Registrar General of India, data on migration is collected. Data for Census 2011 is yet to be finalised.

- (c) :The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  various rural  development  programmes  including  Mahatama  Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), National Rural Livelihood Mission  (NRLM)  and  Indira  Awas  Yojana  (IAY)  as  a  part  of overall  planning  process  through  State  Governments  and  UT Administrations.  The objectives of these programmes are to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life in rural areas  through  employment  generation,  development  of  rural infrastructure and provision of other basic amenities.  This will help  in  reducing  distress  migration  of  people  from  rural  to urban areas.
- (d) :The  Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  generating employment  in  the  country  like  encouraging  private  sector, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and  encouraging  schemes  like  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushal  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme  run by Ministry of Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) run by the Ministry of Housing and
- Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Government has also decided to strategically promote labour intensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

New schemes have also been launched which include Pradhan

Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Swatchh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and Seekho aur Kamao scheme which was launched for the skill development of minority communities.

For  skilling  to  provide  employment,  a  new  Ministry  of  Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  been  established  to coordinate the skill activities across Ministries.

Government has also implemented the National Career Service having  a  portal  (www.ncs.gov.in)  for  online  registration  and posting of jobs for job seekers and provide other employment related services.

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