(a)whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding the number of adult unemployed youths and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(b)whether the Government is taking any measures to provide employment and social security to them; and
(c)if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a): Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment had conducted household based Annual Employment Unemployment Surveys (EUS). Five rounds of Annual Employment Unemployment surveys have been conducted in the years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2015-16. The report of 5th Annual Employment Unemployment Survey (2015-16) was released in September, 2016.
According to 5th EUS report (2015-16), Unemployment Rate (per 1000 persons) for persons of age group “15-17 years“,“18-29 years“ and “30 years & above“ are 198 persons, 132 persons and 16 persons respectively.
The Report for 2016-17 (6th report) is under finalization. On the recommendation of the Task Force on Improving Employment Data, this Survey has been discontinued and replaced by the Periodic Labour Force Survey(PLFS) being conducted by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
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According to the 5th round of Employment-Unemployment Survey (2015-16), Unemployment Rate (per 1000) for persons of different age groups according to Usual Principal Status (ps) approach for each State/UT is placed at Annexure-I.
(b) & (c): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority concern of the Government. Further, 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 the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) schemes run by the Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
The Make in India, Skill India, Digital India schemes are being implemented by the Government and these are likely to enhance the employment base. MUDRA and START UP schemes are initiated by the Government for facilitating self-employment.
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana has been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivizing industry for promoting employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is paying the entire employer’s contribution (12 % or as admissible) towards the EPS and EPF w.e.f. 01.04.2018 to all eligible new employees and is applicable for all sectors for the next 3 years from the date of registration of the new employee.
Government has also implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises of a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform for jobseekers and employers for job matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content.
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