Question : PROVIDING OF JOBS

(a) Whether the Government are finding it difficult and facing hurdles too in implementing the Prime Minister`s assurance of providing one crore jobs a year;

(b) if so, the facts thereof and the main hurdles being faced by the Government along with the sectors where there was a shortfall;

(c) whether the Government are contemplating land and watershed Mission in augmenting the rozgar avenues;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the total numbers of jobs provided so far during each of the last three years, State-wise; and

(f) the quantum of funds spent by the Government in providing jobs?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRI S.B. MOOKHERJEE)

(a) & (b): Tenth Five Year Plan sets out the strategy for creation of 50 million employment opportunities during the five year period 2002-07 i.e. on an average, 10 million employment opportunities per year. Out of this, around 30 million will come from growth process, and the remaining 20 million employment will be `Programme Generated` through programmes and policies in labour intensive sectors like agriculture, small and medium industries, tourism, education and health etc. Priorities are assigned already for such sectors in the Tenth Plan.

(c) & (d): Out of the `Programme Generated` incremental employment over the 10th Plan, `National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas` is to contribute 0.5 million employment opportunities and `On Farm Water Management` is to contribute 1.25 million employment opportunities.

(e): Estimates of employment are obtained on the basis of the quinquennial NSSO surveys. The two most recent surveys were conducted in 1993-94 and 1999-2000. State-wise employment opportunities estimated, on Current Daily Status basis, for the years 1993-94 and 1999-2000, are given in Annexure-I.

(f): Every economic activity contributes to employment generation, and therefore, outlays provided for various schemes in the Tenth Plan will contribute to employment generation. A copy of Tenth Plan Document is available in Parliament Library.

ANNEXURE-I

Annexure I refers to reply Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1429 due for answer on 30-7-2003

Estimated Employment Opportunities by Current Daily Status (CDS) or selected States

(in Million)
Sl.No	States	1993-94	1999-2000
1.	Andhra Pradesh	29.98	30.61

2.	Assam	6.79	7.65

3.	Bihar	27.61	30.35

4.	Gujarat	16.17	18.54

5.	Haryana	5.18	5.98
6.	Himachal Pradesh	2.32	2.37

7	Karnataka	18.67	20.33

8.	Kerala	8.94	8.90

9.	Madhya Pradesh	26.62	28.73
10.	Maharashtra	32.46	34.98
11.	Orissa	11.20	11.93
12.	Punjab	7.13	8.01
13.	Rajasthan	19.08	19.93
14.	Tamil Nadu	22.64	23.14
15.	Uttar Pradesh	46.47	49.39
16.	West Bengal	22.11	22.66
17.	Delhi	3.59	4.38
All India	315.84	336.75
Source: National Sample Survey Organization