(a) whether employment opportunities in various sectors including Government and Non-Governmental Organisations/ departments have increased in various States including Bihar and Jharkhand;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
(c) the details of total number of Jobs provided in various States during the said period, State and sector-wise; and
(d) the action plan formulated by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRIBANDARU DATTATREYA)
(a) to (c) Sector-wise employment opportunities are not maintained centrally. However, reliable estimates of employment and un- employment are obtained through labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. From these surveys estimated employment on usual status has increased from 39.70 crore persons in 1999-2000 to 47.41 crore in 2011-12, registering an increase of 7.71 crore. State-wise details of employment rates are at Annex-I. Information on placement is also collected from state employment exchanges through Employment Market Information and the State-wise details of number of jobseekers provided employment through employment exchanges in the country during the last three years are at Annex-II.
(d) Government of India has been making continuous efforts through normal growth process and by implementing various employment generation schemes in order to create additional job opportunities for both educated and uneducated youth in the country. Some of the important initiatives are, Prime Minister`s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP); National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM); SwarnaJayantiShahriRozgarYojana (SJSRY) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) besides entrepreneurial development programmes run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.