Jobs/Unemployment Allowance for Jobless People

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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment

03-December-2014 17:24 IST

Jobs/Unemployment Allowance for Jobless People

The Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through labour force surveys on employment and unemployment conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSS), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.  According to the Employment and Unemployment Surveys conducted by National Sample Survey (NSS) Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the unemployment rates during 2011-12 are as follows:

Unemployment Rates (in %) as per usual status during 2011-12:

Age Group	Rural		Urban
	Male	Female	Male	Female
15-29	5.0	4.8	8.1	13.1
All Ages	1.7	1.7	3.0	5.2

Details of State/ UT-wise number of unemployed persons in the country as per live register maintained in the Employment Exchanges is at Annex.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that there is no such proposal under consideration of the Government. However, the Government has taken several steps to provide opportunities of livelihood to all those who seek employment. A provision under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), 2005 has been made to provide at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled work. In addition, Government has taken various steps to enhance the employability and employment in the country by promoting growth of labour intensive sectors such as Construction, Real Estate and Housing, Transport, Tourism, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Information Technology Enabled Services and a range of other new services. Besides, Government is also providing self-employment opportunities in the rural areas through National Rural Livelihood Mission.

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