(a) whether the Government propose to give priority to mitigate the problem of
unemployment in the country during the Tenth Five Year Plan;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government have made an assessment of various categories of unemployed
persons at the end of the Ninth Five Year Plan; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which the number of unemployed increased in
the country during the Ninth Five Year Plan?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISINVESTMENT, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF PLANNING,
STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION No.456 REGARDING UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM FOR
ANSWER ON 18-4-2001 BY SHRI NAWAL KISHORE RAI AND SHRI RAMJI LAL SUMAN
(a)&(b): A major objective of planning in India is employment generation. For
working out the strategy for the Tenth Five Year Plan, a Steering Committee and several
working groups have been set up by the Planning Commission which have begun their work.
(c) & (d): As per the assessment made in the Planning Commission, on the basis of key
results of the 55th round survey (1999-2000) of National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO), the number of unemployed in the country in 1999-2000 was 8.94 million. The
category wise details of the number of unemployed is given in the following table:
Table : Number of Unemployed (million)
1993-94 1999-2000
Rural Male 2.75 3.30 Rural Female 0.83 1.03 Rural 3.58 4.33 Urban Male 2.75 3.53 Urban Female 1.16 1.08 Urban 3.91 4.61