Reliable
estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through labour force
surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation. As per the results of the two
most recent surveys conducted during 2009-10 and 2011-12, estimated employment
rate on usual status basis in the country has declined from 39.2 percent in
2009-10 to 38.6 percent in 2011-12 State-wise details of employment rate on
usual status basis are at Annex-I.
To promote
creation of more jobs in order to reduce unemployment, Government has taken
variety of steps like encouraging private investment in various sectors of
economy, fast tracking various approvals for projects involving substantial
investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), SwaranajayantiShahariRozgarYojana
(SJSRY); Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP);
Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY) now restructured as National
Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), besides entrepreneurial development programmes
run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. To increase
employability, Government is also focusing on skill development in a big way
and has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate action among
Central Ministries in this context.
This information was given by Minister of State for Labour & Employment
Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Lok Sabha today in reply to a written
question.
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