(a) whether the Government has assessed or proposes to assess the number of educated and
uneducated unemployed persons in Rural areas of the country including the North-Eastern
States particularly in Assam;
(b) if so, the State-wise details thereof particularly in the North-Eastern States state-
wise as on date; and
(c) the measures proposed to be taken by the Government to solve the said problem in a
time-bound manner?
MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)
(a) As per latest information available, number of educated and uneducated job seekers
combined together residing in rural areas, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed,
registered with employment exchanges of the country including the North-Eastern States as
on 31-12-2011 was 228.56 lakh. It was 9.65 lakh in Assam.
(b) State-wise details of educated and uneducated job seekers combined together residing
in rural areas in North-Eastern States as on 31-12-2011 are given below:
State Live Register (in thousands)
Arunachal Pradesh 3.2
Assam 965.5
Manipur 480.6
Meghalaya 14.8
Mizoram 6.2
Nagaland 37.2
Sikkim -
Tripura 288.7
Total 1796.2