Question : AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME OF A PERSON

(a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to find out the percentage and number of persons engaged in different sectors particularly agricultural, industrial and service sectors during each of the last three years and thereafter, till date, separately;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and sector- wise;

(c) the average annual income of a person in above sectors during the said period, separately, State-wise and sector-wise; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to increase the annual income of a person in the country particularly in rural areas?

MINISTER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES)

(a & b): Estimates of employment and unemployment in different sectors of the economy are obtainedthrough quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation.Percentage distribution of persons on usual status basis engaged in agriculture,industry andservice sectors in major states is given in Annex I.

(c): State-wise per capita Net State Domestic product (average annual income) at current pricesfor the year 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 is given in Annex II.

(d): Eleventh Five Year Plan aims at creating 58 million job opportunities. The focus is also onproductive employment at a faster pace than before, and target agriculture growth at 4% per annumin order to raise the incomes of the masses of the rural population to bring about a generalimprovement in their living conditions. Government has also been implementing various employmentgeneration and poverty alleviation programmes some of which the important ones are Pradhan MantriRozgar Yojana (PMRY); Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY); Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana SGRY); Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act,2005 (NREGA).