Question : NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY

(a) the growth in jobs vis-a-vis economic growth of the country in terms of percentage during the last decade along with the reasons for dismal growth in employment generation;

(b) whether the Government proposes to formulate a National Employment Policy to accelerate employment growth in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the basic objectives of the proposed policy;

(d) whether the government has sought suggestions from all the stakeholders on the proposed national policy and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the time by which the said policy is likely to be implemented ?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL, MINES AND LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a) to (e) Estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through surveys of National Sample Survey (NSS) Office. As per the last three NSS survey results, the estimates of employment are as given below:

 Workforce by	2004-05	2009-10	2011-12 Major sectors	Perce	In crore	Perce	In crore	Perce	In crore	ntage	persons	ntage	persons	ntage	persons Primary	58.44	26.83	53.15	24.74	48.90	23.18 Secondary	18.18	8.35	21.48	10.00	24.25	11.50 Tertiary	23.38	10.73	25.37	11.81	26.85	12.73 Total	100.00	45.91	100.00	46.55	100.00	47.41