Question : AMOUNT SPENT ON PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT

(a) the amount spent under different schemes and on various employment exchanges for providing employment during the last three years, State-wise;

(b) the number of people provided employment under these schemes and by employment exchanges, scheme-wise and State-wise;

(c) whether the unemployed persons have not been significantly benefited from these schemes and employment exchanges;

(d) if so, the details and reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to make these schemes more effective?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MUNI LALL)


a) to d) Various schemes for poverty alleviation and employment generation are being implemented through various State Governments. These are being run by sharing of expenditure between Central and State Governments. Details of expenditure and the employment generated during the last three years in various employment generation schemes are given in Annexure-I. Some of the State Government are also implementing employment generation programme through their own funds.

The Employment Exchanges are under the administrative and financial control of the respective State/U.T. Governments. The details of expenditure incurred on Employment Exchanges are not maintained. Employment Exchanges register job-seekers and forward names against requisitions. They do not have any influence on the availability of jobs and as such can not provide jobs. However placement effected by the Employment Exchanges during the year 2000 is given in Annexure-II.

e) The progress of employment generation programmes is reviewed from time to time and reorganized/modified as and when found necessary. A number of employment generation schemes have been integrated to provide more focus and improve the efficiency. For instance, the schemes of IRDP, million wells scheme, TRYSEM, DWCRA have been restructured and integrated into the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana.



ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3228 FOR REPLY ON 13.8.2001

PERFORMACE OF VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION SCHEMES DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS.

S.No.	Name of the Scheme	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-2001
1	Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY)

(i) Total Allocation (Center + State)	(Rs. in Lakhs)	259703.00	220558.00	219295.82
(ii) Central Allocation (Rs. in Lakhs)	207844.00	165500.00	164549.98
(iii) Central Releases(Rs. in Lakhs)	205096.00	168527.86	138138.39
(iv) Employment Generation	(lakhs Mandays)	3766.41	2683.08	1926.81
2.	Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)

(i) Total Allocation (Center + State)	(Rs. in crores)	243145.86	218227.34
(ii) Central Allocation(Rs. in Lakhs)	182410.01	156200.00
(iii) Central Releases (Rs. in Lakhs)	198845.82	173641.95	141729.02
(iv) Employment Generation	(lakhs Mandays)	4279.36	2786.17	1381.58
3.	Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

(i) Total Allocation (Center + State)	(Rs. in Lakhs)	145627.78	147233.70	133250.01
(ii) Central Allocation(Rs. in Lakhs)	72915.00	110500.00	100000.00
(iii) Central Releases(Rs. in Lakhs)	62563.29	86954.73	46211.03
(iv) Employment Generation	(lakhs Mandays)	16.77	9.34	6.64
4.	Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

(i) Central Share Released	(Rs. in Lakhs)	15847.00	11877.29	8513.00
(ii) No. of Persons Assisted under	Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP)	42643	135185	104019
(iii) No. of Mandays of work generated	under Urban Wage Employment Programme	(UWEP)( in lakhs)	65.88	101.39	157.72
5.	@@ Prime Minister`s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)

(i) Target Numbers	220000	220000	220000
(ii) Cases Sanctioned(a) Numbers	(b) Amount (Rs. in lakhs)	271342161800	256885166500	176667113900
(iii) Cases Disbursed(a) Numbers	(b) Amount (Rs. in lakhs)	191351109300	180206109900	9723959300
@	The scheme was demand driven during 1998-99.
++	IRDP was merged in SGSY w.e.f. 1.4.99.
@@	As reported by DC(SSI) on 29.5.2001, (information is being updated every month)

S.No.	State/UT	Placement of job-seekers	through employment exchanges	as on 2000
1.	Andhra Pradesh	4.7
2	Arunachal Pradesh	@
3	Assam	1.3
4	Bihar	7.4
5	Goa	0.3
6	Gujarat	69.4
7	Haryana	4.7
8	Himachal Pradesh	2.3
9	Jammu & Kashmir	2.8
10	Karnataka	8.5
11	Kerala	16.8
12	Madhya Pradesh	3.9
13	Maharashtra	17.4
14	Manipur	@
15	Meghalaya	0.2
16	Mizoram	0.3
17	Nagaland	0.1
18	Orissa	2.3
19	Punjab	2.4
20	Rajasthan	1.6
21	Sikkim +
22	Tamil Nadu	13.2
23	Tripura	0.9
24	Uttar Pradesh	4.0
25	West Bengal	11.7
26	Andaman & N Islands	0.3
27	Chandigarh	0.5
28	D & N Haveli	@
29	Delhi	0.3
30	Daman & Diu	@
31	Lakshadweep	@
32	Pondicherry	0.2
Total	177.7
Note: -
+	No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State.