As per results of the last
survey on employment and unemployment conducted during 2011-12 by National
Sample Survey Office, estimated number of unemployed persons on usual status
basis in the country was 1.06 crore, of which 0.78 crore was in the age group
of 20-59 years for which information is available. During the same period
estimated number
of employed persons including part time and full time was estimated at 47.4
crore.
Apart from survey on employment and unemployment
conducted by NSSO, employment exchange statistics regarding jobseekers are also
complied based on information received from States. There are presently 978
employment exchanges in the country leading to approximately one exchange per
12.4 lakh population.
Government
has created a separate Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship for making broad policies for all other Ministries/Departments
with regard to market requirements and skill development and co-ordination with
all concerned for evolving an appropriate skill development framework, removal
of disconnect between the demand for and supply of skilled man power through
vocational and technical training, skill up-gradation & building of new
skills. Government of India has set target of skilling 5 crore persons in the
12th Plan. Government is imparting vocational training under
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS), Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) and skill
development through modular courses under Skill Development Initiative Schemes.
The Government runs various public employment generation schemes like Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Swarna Jayanti Shahri
Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) restructured into National Urban Livelihoods Mission
(NULM) since September, 2013, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
(DDU-GKY), and Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). In
addition, the government is promoting labour-intensive manufacturing and
increasing employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.
As per information received from the States,
State-wise details of placement effected through employment exchanges in the
country during the last five years are at Annex-II. Total number of educated
job seekers on the live register of employment exchanges in the country as on
31st December 2012 was about 3.75 crore of which about 45 percent
was 10th pass, 31 per cent 10+2 pass and 24 per cent graduates and
post graduates.
As
per results of three most recent rounds of labour force surveys on employment
and unemployment conducted by National Sample Surve Office (NSSO), Ministry of
Statistics and ProgrammeImplementatioState-wise details of estimated unemployment
rate on usual status basis in rural and urban area during 2009-10 and 2011-12
are at -
State-wise
unemployment rate in Rural and Urban areas on usual status basis during
2004-05, 2009-10 and 2011-12
|
Sl. No.
|
State/Union
Territory
|
2004-2005
|
2009-2010
|
2011-12
|
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0.7
|
3.6
|
1.2
|
3.1
|
1.2
|
4.3
|
|
2
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
0.9
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
3.4
|
1.7
|
4.8
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
2.6
|
7.2
|
3.9
|
5.2
|
4.5
|
5.6
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
1.5
|
6.4
|
2.0
|
7.3
|
3.2
|
5.6
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0.6
|
3.5
|
0.6
|
2.9
|
0.8
|
4.3
|
|
6
|
Delhi
|
1.9
|
4.8
|
1.7
|
2.6
|
7.8
|
3.5
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
11.1
|
8.7
|
4.7
|
4.1
|
5.1
|
4.6
|
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
0.5
|
2.4
|
0.8
|
1.8
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
|
9
|
Haryana
|
2.2
|
4.0
|
1.8
|
2.5
|
2.4
|
4.2
|
|
10
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
1.8
|
3.8
|
1.6
|
4.9
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
|
11
|
Jammu &
Kashmir
|
1.5
|
4.9
|
2.5
|
6.0
|
2.5
|
7.0
|
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
1.4
|
6.5
|
3.9
|
6.3
|
2.1
|
5.1
|
|
13
|
Karnataka
|
0.7
|
2.8
|
0.5
|
2.7
|
0.9
|
2.9
|
|
14
|
Kerala
|
10.7
|
15.6
|
7.5
|
7.3
|
6.8
|
6.1
|
|
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0.5
|
2.8
|
0.7
|
2.9
|
0.4
|
2.6
|
|
16
|
Maharashtra
|
1.0
|
3.6
|
0.6
|
3.2
|
0.7
|
2.3
|
|
17
|
Manipur
|
1.1
|
5.5
|
3.8
|
4.8
|
2.6
|
7.1
|
|
18
|
Meghalaya
|
0.3
|
3.5
|
0.4
|
5.1
|
0.4
|
2.8
|
|
19
|
Mizoram
|
0.3
|
1.9
|
1.3
|
2.8
|
1.8
|
5.0
|
|
20
|
Nagaland
|
1.8
|
5.5
|
10.6
|
9.2
|
15.1
|
23.8
|
|
21
|
Orissa
|
5.0
|
13.4
|
3.0
|
4.2
|
2.2
|
3.5
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
3.8
|
5.0
|
2.6
|
4.8
|
1.9
|
2.8
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
0.7
|
2.9
|
0.4
|
2.2
|
0.7
|
3.1
|
|
24
|
Sikkim
|
2.4
|
3.7
|
4.3
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
2.3
|
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1.2
|
3.5
|
1.5
|
3.2
|
2.0
|
2.7
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
13.3
|
28.0
|
9.2
|
17.1
|
10.5
|
25.2
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
1.3
|
5.4
|
1.6
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
5.3
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0.6
|
3.3
|
1.0
|
2.9
|
0.9
|
4.1
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
2.5
|
6.2
|
1.9
|
4.0
|
2.7
|
4.8
|
|
30
|
A& N
Islands
|
6.2
|
8.8
|
8.0
|
8.4
|
5.4
|
8.6
|
|
31
|
Chandigarh
|
2.6
|
4.0
|
24.7
|
3.4
|
0.0
|
6.4
|
|
32
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
3.3
|
3.0
|
4.8
|
5.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
33
|
Daman &
Diu
|
0.3
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
2.4
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
7.5
|
25.0
|
9.7
|
5.7
|
16.0
|
11.5
|
|
35
|
Puducherry
|
7.0
|
8.1
|
3.0
|
3.1
|
0.8
|
2.9
|
|
|
All India
|
1.7
|
4.5
|
1.6
|
3.4
|
1.7
|
3.4
|
Source:
NSSO Reports, 2004-05, 2009-10& 2011-12.
State-wise placement effected through
employment exchanges
|
Sl.
No.
|
State/ Union Territory
|
Placement effected by the
Employment Exchanges during (in thousands)
|
|
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014 (provisional)
|
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
0.6
|
3.1
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
1.1
|
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
3.2
|
2.3
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
0.1
|
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2.2
|
0.9
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
0.9
|
|
|
6
|
Delhi
|
4.1
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
1.8
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
0.9
|
2.2
|
|
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
202.8
|
225.6
|
246.0
|
271.6
|
290.8
|
|
|
9
|
Haryana
|
5.8
|
6.9
|
12.3
|
0.7
|
0.3
|
|
|
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1.1
|
3.2
|
4.1
|
1.9
|
2.3
|
|
|
11
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1.7
|
1.3
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0.4
|
|
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
12.5
|
8.7
|
12.1
|
3.4
|
1.1
|
|
|
13
|
Karnataka
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
2.6
|
3.9
|
2.1
|
|
|
14
|
Kerala
|
11.5
|
13.5
|
9.4
|
7.9
|
8.0
|
|
|
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
9.0
|
6.6
|
8.5
|
2.7
|
0.3
|
|
|
16
|
Maharashtra
|
207.3
|
165.6
|
103.8
|
18.6
|
9.6
|
|
|
17
|
Manipur
|
0.6
|
@
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
18
|
Meghalaya
|
0.0
|
@
|
@
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
19
|
Mizoram
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
|
|
20
|
Nagaland
|
0.0
|
@
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
21
|
Orissa
|
5.4
|
2.9
|
2.8
|
1.4
|
0.7
|
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
2.1
|
3.2
|
2.7
|
2.5
|
2.4
|
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
0.5
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
|
|
24
|
Sikkim*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
17.4
|
11.2
|
10.8
|
20.9
|
8.8
|
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
2.4
|
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7.2
|
5.6
|
1.6
|
4.0
|
1.3
|
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
2.2
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
|
|
30
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
|
|
31
|
Chandigarh
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
|
|
32
|
D & N Haveli
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
33
|
Daman & Diu
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
|
35
|
Puducherry
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
1.2
|
0.3
|
|
|
Total
|
509.6
|
471.5
|
427.6
|
348.4
|
338.5
|
|
Source: D.G.E. & T. M/o Labour&
Employment.
Note: * No Employment Exchange is
functioning in this State.
Total may not tally due to rounding
off.
@ Figures less than fifty.
This Information was given by the
Minister of State(IC) Labour and Employment, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya in Lok
Sabha today.
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