(a) whether the Government is having any data of the persons losing their jobs in the country;
(b) if so, the details of laying off, sector-wise and State-wise during 2016-17 till 31st March 2019; and
(c) the details of number of graduates, post graduates and Ph.D holders who were unemployed in 2018 and 2019 separately?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) & (b): As per Labour Bureau statistics on “Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India” the number of people laid-off from jobs in the public and private sector, from 2016 till November 2019, year-wise is placed at Annexure-I.
(c): The information to the extent available as per the results of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and programme Implementation during 2017-2018 the Unemployment Rate among graduates and post graduates & above is reported as 17.2% and 14.6% respectively.
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