On: 08 FEB 2024 – The data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June every year.

As per the latest available Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above in the country during the period 2018-19 to 2022-23 are as follows:

Years	WPR	UR
2020-21	52.6	4.2
2021-22	52.9	4.1
2022-23	56.0	3.2

Source: PLFS, MoSPI

The data indicates that the WPR, indicating employment, has an increasing trend over the years and unemployment rate has a declining trend over the years.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. Accordingly, the Government of India has taken various steps for generating employment in the country, both rural and urban areas.

The Government of India has announced Aatmanirbhar Bharat package to provide stimulus to business and to mitigate the adverse impact of Covid 19. Under this package, the Government has provided fiscal stimulus of more than Rupees Twenty Seven lakh crore. This package comprises of various long term schemes/ programmes/ policies for making the country self-reliant and to create employment opportunities.

The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) was launched with effect from 1st October, 2020 to incentivize employers for creation of new employment and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic. The terminal date for registration of beneficiaries was 31.03.2022. Since inception of the scheme, till 19.01.2024, benefits have been provided to 60.49 lakhs beneficiaries under the scheme. State/UT-wise progress of the scheme is at Annexure-I.

The Government is implementing Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) since June 01, 2020 to facilitate collateral free working capital loan to street vendors to restart their businesses, which were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic. As on 31.01.2024, 83.67 lakh loans have been sanctioned under the scheme. State/UT-wise progress of the scheme is at Annexure-II.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by the Government for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY, collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. State-wise data since inception of the scheme is at Annexure-III.

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is being implemented by the Government with an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore, for a period of 5 years starting from 2021-22 which have potential for creating 60 lakh new jobs.

PM GatiShakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable development. The approach is driven by seven engines, namely, Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways and Logistics Infrastructure. This approach is powered by Clean Energy and Sabka Prayas leading to huge job and entrepreneurial opportunities for all.

The Government of India is encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) etc. for employment generation. State/UT-wise details of the progress of the schemes are at Annexure-IV to VII.

Further, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to enhance the employability of youth.

Besides these initiatives, various flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Start-up India, Stand-up India, Digital India, Housing for All etc. are also oriented towards generating employment opportunities.

All these initiatives are expected to collectively generate employment in the medium to long term through multiplier-effects.

Annexure-I

Details of ABRY Beneficiaries (As on 19.01.2024)

State	No. of Beneficiary Estts.	No. of Beneficiary Employees
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Total	36	479
ANDHRA PRADESH Total	4044	166966
ARUNACHAL PRADESH Total	17	514
ASSAM Total	670	19908
BIHAR Total	1213	28553
CHANDIGARH Total	1584	64817
CHATTISGARH Total	2951	85103
DELHI Total	3146	227677
GOA Total	542	20948
GUJARAT Total	15579	644031
HARYANA Total	7640	400596
HIMACHAL PRADESH Total	2164	83382
JAMMU AND KASHMIR Total	891	19384
JHARKHAND Total	2248	62776
KARNATAKA Total	11010	486860
KERALA Total	2733	96352
LADAKH Total	17	190
MADHYA PRADESH Total	6257	205814
MAHARASHTRA Total	22448	978893
MANIPUR Total	58	1695
MEGHALAYA Total	39	1224
MIZORAM Total	15	377
NAGALAND Total	17	234
ORISSA Total	4195	89357
PUNJAB Total	6550	171012
RAJASTHAN Total	11481	326589
SIKKIM Total	113	3766
TAMIL NADU Total	16761	818054
TELANGANA Total	5392	283315
TRIPURA Total	150	5440
UTTAR PRADESH Total	12414	433665
UTTARAKHAND Total	2425	93505
WEST BENGAL Total	7710	227637
Grand Total	152510	6049113

Source: EPFO, MoLE

Annexure-II

State wise data on beneficiaries for Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) as on 30.01.2024

S.No.	State	Eligible Application				Sanctioned				Disbursed				Disbursed Amount (In Rs.)
S.No.	State	FY 20-21	FY 21-22	FY 22- 23	FY 23-24	FY 20-21	FY 21-22	FY 22- 23	FY 23-24	FY 20-21	FY 21-22	FY 22- 23	FY 23-24	FY 20-21	FY 21-22	FY 22- 23	FY 23-24
1	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS	420	207	289	137	395	141	218	195	387	146	186	180	3,869,000.00	2,020,000.00	3,990,000.00	4,265,000.00
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	148,092	103,117	95,491	160,016	117,831	81,787	49,693	179,941	112,733	82,182	47,867	180,254	1,120,334,407.52	934,134,334.00	864,674,682.00	2,687,935,200.00
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	3,088	1,354	1,733	1,736	1,839	876	2,040	2,194	1,588	1,105	1,799	2,181	15,865,501.00	13,119,900.00	31,349,000.00	43,430,000.00
4	ASSAM	22,513	50,782	27,976	67,854	15,817	43,191	23,848	66,845	14,158	42,674	23,562	65,671	141,174,900.00	446,696,700.00	367,440,882.00	945,543,490.00
5	BIHAR	67,904	25,280	26,790	88,909	33,880	15,749	11,892	85,409	28,856	19,532	10,240	65,933	284,845,887.60	201,684,209.00	173,936,682.00	861,932,757.00
6	CHANDIGARH	3,007	2,293	3,181	1,386	2,148	1,573	1,866	2,704	2,051	1,593	1,891	1,901	20,394,344.00	17,720,282.00	34,360,000.00	37,760,000.00
7	CHHATTISGARH	66,788	16,344	31,600	26,598	41,015	9,274	11,741	46,102	40,294	9,240	11,152	39,955	399,327,090.20	120,163,000.00	202,183,895.00	662,990,201.00
8	Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1,590	162	659	686	1,123	148	435	1,330	1,031	228	300	1,466	10,273,524.00	2,430,000.00	5,294,950.00	23,095,000.00
9	DELHI	46,246	21,595	70,337	165,463	33,062	10,297	33,610	141,385	31,163	11,066	27,108	117,042	309,444,999.00	115,669,230.00	369,915,494.00	1,383,249,669.00
10	GOA	1,170	475	782	505	1,028	415	499	590	1,017	393	471	534	10,105,105.00	5,667,000.00	10,605,000.00	13,135,000.00
11	GUJARAT	133,190	149,593	131,550	304,384	106,659	114,095	103,901	254,072	102,285	111,507	99,801	247,333	1,015,394,744.08	1,280,089,624.00	1,674,543,015.00	3,537,772,957.00
12	HARYANA	30,036	22,442	21,410	207,296	17,807	12,629	12,068	136,683	16,944	11,613	12,158	106,507	167,796,648.60	137,484,718.00	209,599,450.00	1,232,505,868.00
13	HIMACHAL PRADESH	3,309	1,364	2,925	2,536	2,812	1,243	2,046	2,862	2,767	1,244	2,003	2,770	27,575,669.00	18,909,000.00	46,298,000.00	62,203,100.00
14	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	14,139	4,523	10,848	5,001	11,898	3,839	5,199	5,113	11,517	4,066	4,964	4,175	115,001,100.00	53,764,800.00	101,004,000.00	111,410,000.00
15	JHARKHAND	32,763	15,537	19,999	70,076	22,545	8,288	8,815	60,783	22,025	8,378	7,467	51,500	218,912,960.60	99,130,900.00	130,003,000.00	635,799,950.00
16	KARNATAKA	153,400	44,655	110,364	250,284	114,447	46,185	78,315	239,545	107,969	45,545	68,146	238,090	1,076,028,012.99	571,805,315.00	1,199,663,600.00	3,382,824,561.00
17	KERALA	9,217	4,129	6,641	103,674	8,143	3,352	5,530	86,043	8,053	3,380	5,139	77,931	79,999,706.42	53,729,000.00	105,805,367.00	856,622,843.00
18	LADAKH	270	102	270	264	249	78	216	241	247	73	214	203	2,470,000.00	1,320,000.00	4,510,000.00	4,770,000.00
19	MADHYA PRADESH	410,291	267,072	260,729	439,493	324,015	197,836	175,570	462,057	313,750	199,555	170,505	406,061	3,119,326,701.00	2,421,026,611.00	3,042,977,823.00	6,797,304,514.00
20	MAHARASHTRA	241,354	62,046	384,269	518,661	169,490	44,403	238,256	507,424	149,105	60,749	211,281	440,409	1,481,235,647.87	730,258,777.00	2,684,221,953.00	5,449,159,543.00
21	MANIPUR	14,104	2,136	4,517	1,299	6,773	1,863	2,339	2,284	6,094	2,498	1,868	2,441	60,866,001.00	26,025,000.00	34,855,000.00	46,375,000.00
22	MEGHALAYA	343	414	1,266	2,256	266	385	1,039	1,682	253	383	1,020	1,650	2,530,000.00	4,120,000.00	12,989,780.00	22,848,700.00
23	MIZORAM	494	163	236	2,362	449	133	131	1,736	445	135	125	1,643	4,450,000.00	2,320,000.00	2,640,000.00	20,060,000.00
24	NAGALAND	1,725	782	1,007	1,948	1,214	464	563	1,294	1,202	467	471	1,257	12,020,000.00	6,345,000.00	8,040,000.00	18,820,000.00
25	ODISHA	47,008	11,784	25,179	28,455	29,260	7,718	12,983	39,263	27,492	8,994	10,686	37,210	271,730,731.16	105,652,690.00	202,556,700.00	622,391,804.00
26	PUDUCHERRY	1,542	369	756	2,313	1,202	169	563	2,470	1,130	226	520	2,437	11,286,498.00	3,355,000.00	9,895,001.00	34,820,000.00
27	PUNJAB	64,705	19,359	28,067	127,644	29,466	10,949	12,357	135,012	26,659	13,258	11,366	120,690	264,270,342.00	137,433,522.00	195,986,880.00	1,440,864,749.00
28	RAJASTHAN	102,738	19,769	52,402	121,682	55,762	12,224	19,055	109,311	50,329	17,024	9,120	99,128	501,615,853.80	170,871,295.00	160,579,100.00	1,265,038,614.00
29	SIKKIM	3	–	13	1,154	1	1	2	1,072	1	1	–	1,052	10,000.00	10,000.00	–	10,530,000.00
30	TAMIL NADU	218,542	106,190	108,949	245,071	110,365	62,706	58,648	267,366	87,710	77,949	60,334	246,760	871,970,690.00	796,659,791.00	1,037,273,843.00	3,418,334,371.00
31	TELANGANA	380,632	96,426	131,175	156,808	330,507	73,493	98,347	158,141	310,412	87,650	88,588	164,257	3,069,540,685.87	1,404,937,190.00	1,808,405,829.00	3,821,031,299.00
32	TRIPURA	3,616	1,092	1,717	2,193	2,633	871	1,043	2,437	2,611	822	994	2,319	26,066,825.00	10,475,000.00	18,720,000.00	37,264,800.00
33	UTTAR PRADESH	700,474	188,861	458,641	633,319	594,124	214,957	353,109	640,764	563,731	236,705	346,360	613,331	5,549,886,097.97	2,491,452,541.00	5,558,257,473.00	9,878,460,408.00
34	UTTARAKHAND	13,586	3,380	10,679	16,196	9,259	1,946	7,330	15,023	9,112	1,908	7,018	14,419	90,731,368.00	24,165,000.00	118,935,001.00	219,114,500.00
35	WEST BENGAL	11,688	17,167	16,806	216,887	5,215	8,791	4,920	174,630	2,377	11,220	2,694	162,506	23,548,899.00	110,660,707.00	38,315,880.00	1,681,727,170.00
Total		2,949,987	1,260,964	2,049,253	3,974,546	2,202,699	992,069	1,338,187	3,834,003	2,057,498	1,073,509	1,247,418	3,521,196	20,379,899,940.68	12,521,306,136.00	20,469,827,280.00	51,271,391,068.00

Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

State/UT-wise details of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

		F.Y. 2020-21			F.Y. 2021-22			F.Y 2022-23			F.Y. 2023-24 (as on 26.01.2024)
S.No.	State Name	No. of Loan A/cs	Sanctioned Amount	Disbursed Amount	No. of Loan A/cs	Sanctioned Amount	Disbursed Amount	No. of Loan A/cs	Sanctioned Amount	Disbursed Amount	No. of Loan A/cs	Sanctioned Amount	Disbursed Amount
1	Andaman and Nicobar Island	5,468	123.01	119.32	1,901	77.40	76.53	3,463	127.29	124.34	2,389	92.67	91.00
2	Andhra Pradesh	11,52,152	12,028.33	11,564.66	11,17,922	11,829.82	11,445.42	13,48,593	16,450.70	16,212.30	12,88,319	15,313.58	15,066.81
3	Arunachal Pradesh	6,159	179.31	172.12	5,705	90.50	86.51	17,193	224.78	214.59	20,470	237.43	230.27
4	Assam	11,89,829	7,657.19	7,399.66	6,82,889	4,866.50	4,577.28	5,99,213	6,300.99	6,182.19	5,48,455	5,036.60	4,944.31
5	Bihar	53,06,694	25,589.31	24,019.78	66,78,155	32,096.95	30,725.07	84,89,231	46,463.15	45,448.59	67,88,055	40,902.17	39,543.34
6	Chandigarh	20,295	449.35	432.22	14,926	281.66	273.03	17,261	301.41	293.58	11,418	230.74	223.71
7	Chhattisgarh	10,27,266	6,746.80	6,423.07	9,70,396	5,929.49	5,797.46	11,14,927	8,391.61	8,262.57	7,46,412	6,414.18	6,001.32
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	4,927	81	70	4,397	70	68	5,512	104	102	3,636	75	74
9	Delhi	3,30,497	4,130.30	4,003.83	1,94,835	2,616.58	2,559.59	3,37,476	3,800.63	3,759.22	2,37,216	3,242.76	3,169.62
10	Goa	37,520	553.70	501.47	35,950	491.36	472.87	42,745	719.27	700.19	34,581	599.22	583.89
11	Gujarat	14,30,956	11,579.26	11,313.24	15,90,960	12,152.39	11,990.04	17,84,437	17,668.10	17,507.49	14,61,374	14,774.16	14,568.97
12	Haryana	10,05,453	7,552.06	7,303.11	10,57,963	7,768.34	7,574.18	12,18,808	10,154.93	9,944.79	8,35,450	8,115.11	7,828.33
13	Himachal Pradesh	1,30,494	2,365.06	2,163.83	1,07,556	2,152.58	2,027.43	1,51,733	3,133.01	3,080.21	91,360	1,886.73	1,783.88
14	Jharkhand	16,68,281	8,471.20	8,177.78	17,77,882	8,817.00	8,615.43	20,56,159	11,266.17	11,097.08	16,87,689	10,120.14	9,956.43
15	Karnataka	46,45,196	30,199.18	29,785.29	42,98,481	28,695.29	28,374.92	55,92,066	40,964.95	40,746.09	46,85,231	35,090.87	34,866.80
16	Kerala	15,86,258	11,416.45	11,238.55	16,20,168	11,698.12	11,549.58	17,81,474	15,400.47	15,079.22	13,85,660	11,878.93	11,741.07
17	Lakshadweep	1,799	23.06	22.94	725	16.66	16.47	1,623	26.81	26.75	1,708	29.68	29.62
18	Madhya Pradesh	32,49,158	18,474.24	17,822.84	32,31,804	18,814.95	18,218.44	37,01,661	25,301.30	24,632.59	25,35,241	18,884.08	18,037.54
19	Maharashtra	37,54,163	25,208.63	24,624.06	41,58,052	25,797.74	25,416.48	52,53,324	36,531.98	36,104.52	40,82,070	31,993.92	31,680.77
20	Manipur	69,906	435.42	406.68	74,138	413.42	379.20	39,744	487.23	471.22	8,559	149.29	142.27
21	Meghalaya	40,478	414.67	402.43	16,892	211.84	204.01	24,937	340.62	331.52	23,719	308.87	303.10
22	Mizoram	12,716	245.30	211.15	11,396	211.29	192.30	23,394	424.40	420.92	23,760	424.26	420.35
23	Nagaland	19,787	261.07	244.48	15,191	229.00	209.49	15,172	314.62	296.78	16,427	302.09	295.52
24	Odisha	36,34,998	15,328.63	14,919.04	36,70,907	16,900.00	16,557.27	39,22,511	21,708.62	21,505.13	27,24,457	16,828.97	16,666.86
25	Pondicherry	1,08,775	618.77	606.91	1,31,525	801.43	795.30	98,394	741.23	735.74	1,07,197	814.09	808.13
26	Punjab	10,94,143	7,413.44	7,065.11	11,09,810	8,179.96	7,926.06	12,59,891	11,055.03	10,766.37	8,42,424	8,413.43	7,843.90
27	Rajasthan	24,81,296	18,571.38	18,223.39	26,67,998	18,999.20	18,728.94	29,77,440	24,686.97	24,492.62	20,93,858	20,229.42	20,058.52
28	Sikkim	15,356	200.95	193.09	11,059	162.54	156.89	13,805	225.77	219.30	15,658	184.66	178.71
29	Tamil Nadu	49,47,732	28,967.97	28,534.56	56,25,146	32,477.55	32,262.94	64,06,513	43,948.08	43,730.39	53,61,832	40,954.85	40,750.45
30	Telangana	6,36,219	6,947.89	6,765.03	5,33,545	6,168.85	6,010.47	6,39,323	8,134.81	7,995.30	7,05,704	7,850.52	7,660.86
31	Tripura	3,26,855	2,116.81	2,040.35	3,57,304	2,496.63	2,445.73	3,50,659	2,363.45	2,349.61	2,58,521	1,951.64	1,919.06
32	Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir	2,94,501	5,513.46	5,401.94	2,62,645	5,788.31	5,696.54	3,30,963	7,317.51	7,219.71	1,88,349	4,416.77	3,984.96
33	Union Territory of Ladakh	8,477	228.05	223.75	8,176	233.79	231.55	9,988	288.30	285.87	5,667	173.77	169.05
34	Uttar Pradesh	47,38,452	29,231.35	27,875.13	57,87,982	33,663.73	32,850.80	68,08,721	48,194.90	47,427.26	58,75,528	43,276.07	42,451.27
35	Uttarakhand	3,01,870	3,100.82	2,953.57	3,33,914	3,015.89	2,939.91	4,45,328	4,369.82	4,303.54	3,38,417	3,537.39	3,477.35
36	West Bengal	54,50,920	29,335.98	28,529.86	56,27,231	34,893.20	33,949.81	54,26,916	38,605.21	38,353.85	48,71,493	35,782.22	35,576.69
	Total	5,07,35,046	3,21,759.22	3,11,754.44	5,37,95,526	3,39,110.33	3,31,402.19	6,23,10,598	4,56,538.01	4,50,423.65	4,99,08,304	3,90,515.78	3,83,128.66

Source: As per data uploaded by Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) on Mudra Portal

Annexure-IV

The estimated employment generated (No. of persons) under PMEGP of all States/UT during last 5 years and current year

S. N.	States/ UTs	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24 (till 30.01.2024)
S. N.	States/ UTs	Estimatedemploymentgenerated(No. of persons)	Estimatedemploymentgenerated(No. of persons)	Estimatedemploymentgenerated(No. of persons	Estimatedemploymentgenerated(No. of persons)
1	ANDAMAN NICOBAR	1240	1296	968	584
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	13392	19816	24584	30184
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	784	1568	1264	1264
4	ASSAM	23512	30840	20768	14608
5	BIHAR	17536	19816	35672	40648
6	CHANDIGARH-UT	80	168	120	80
7	CHHATTISGARH	21744	24160	20344	11880
8	DELHI	592	800	576	352
9	GOA	464	696	528	392
10	GUJARAT*	22832	33144	24568	22256
11	HARYANA	13920	13808	12472	9352
12	HIMACHAL PRADESH	9664	10192	7440	5680
13	JAMMU KASHMIR	68600	173184	96184	86968
14	JHARKHAND	12176	13712	14808	12776
15	KARNATAKA	35504	47016	44944	27040
16	KERALA	19112	22312	25032	18952
17	LADAKH	2248	2360	728	840
18	LAKSHADWEEP	24	56	16	0
19	MADHYA PRADESH	38832	64656	47656	24304
20	MAHARASHTRA**	24832	33024	29000	16752
21	MANIPUR	12448	9112	4360	2432
22	MEGHALAYA	2872	5592	2448	1760
23	MIZORAM	6480	5200	3296	2808
24	NAGALAND	5920	9928	3752	2752
25	ODISHA	25368	34408	31040	17504
26	PUDUCHERRY	352	528	200	96
27	PUNJAB	13216	14320	12512	10144
28	RAJASTHAN	22176	20792	16296	9856
29	SIKKIM	456	680	456	800
30	TAMIL NADU	41504	47776	49120	41800
31	TELANGANA	16200	23248	20320	16208
32	TRIPURA	6736	7664	5624	3744
33	UTTAR PRADESH	79952	100752	92808	67472
34	UTTARAKHAND	17992	14688	14424	8104
35	WEST BENGAL	16560	18440	17008	12200
	TOTAL	595320	825752	681336	522592

Source: Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Annexure-V

State/UT-wise details of the employment provided (in person-days generated) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last five financial years from 2018-2019 to 2022-2023 and current financial year 2023-2024 (as on 02.02.2024) (Figure in lakh)

SI. No.	States/Uts	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
1	Andhra Pradesh	2593.24	2417.19	2396.03	2229.96
2	Arunachal Pradesh	128.14	158.73	151.35	116.75
3	Assam	911.53	916.61	791.31	780.23
4	Bihar	2276.27	1811.79	2369.09	1751.49
5	Chhattisgarh	1840.90	1692.36	1325.25	963.08
6	Goa	1.10	0.95	0.94	0.33
7	Gujarat	482.29	568.02	468.09	426.10
8	Haryana	179.62	146.40	96.51	99.91
9	Himachal Pradesh	336.19	370.94	307.89	253.95
10	Jammu And Kashmir	407.01	406.33	308.95	287.19
11	Jharkhand	1176.08	1132.47	915.36	944.31
12	Karnataka	1480.32	1634.93	1263.96	1232.73
13	Kerala	1023.00	1059.66	965.78	861.01
14	Ladakh	21.30	19.27	19.56	18.35
15	Madhya Pradesh	3420.21	3000.13	2265.62	1688.89
16	Maharashtra	679.36	825.42	788.06	811.25
17	Manipur	330.52	305.59	74.77	105.32
18	Meghalaya	383.70	393.63	289.27	248.58
19	Mizoram	198.66	200.77	202.33	165.34
20	Nagaland	180.12	192.58	197.25	177.40
21	Odisha	2080.75	1977.94	1853.77	1665.67
22	Punjab	376.75	331.52	321.19	313.01
23	Rajasthan	4605.35	4242.97	3571.87	2977.12
24	Sikkim	37.34	34.34	32.48	29.88
25	Tamil Nadu	3339.46	3457.26	3346.61	3874.97
26	Telangana	1579.53	1457.94	1218.70	935.22
27	Tripura	437.22	426.18	334.55	344.50
28	Uttar Pradesh	3945.41	3257.96	3118.59	3026.63
29	Uttarakhand	303.61	243.18	206.65	157.34
30	West Bengal	4140.17	3642.28	378.76	1.65
31	Andaman and Nicobar	2.61	1.14	1.29	0.77
32	Lakshadweep	0.02	0.01	0.05	0.03
33	Puducherry	10.57	6.15	8.30	18.20
34	The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.26
	Total	38908.33	36332.63	29590.16	26507.42

(As per NREGASoft) and also from the nrega website.

Source: Ministry of Rural Development

Annexure – VI

State-wise and Year-wise details of candidates trained and placed during the last 5 years and current year as on 31.12.2023 under DDU-GKY:

Sl. No.	State	FY 20-21		FY 21-22		FY 22-23		FY 23-24
Sl. No.	State	Trained	Placed	Trained	Placed	Trained	Placed	Trained	Placed
1	Andhra Pradesh	4156	2177	1606	2135	18651	15690	15328	9534
2	Arunachal Pradesh	28	33	233	71	608	294	414	138
3	Assam	1966	3296	3553	916	11889	6277	8070	4546
4	Bihar	2687	2745	7099	2491	11515	7976	5445	3840
5	Chhattisgarh	1109	3683	6499	2883	9742	8542	2231	2193
6	Gujarat	240	875	830	599	2912	1327	2679	1510
7	Haryana	26	1213	1772	680	5518	2686	6644	2494
8	Himachal Pradesh	0	117	334	10	3967	2325	3504	1646
9	Jammu and Kashmir	3454	1945	2300	1102	5459	2485	770	927
10	Jharkhand	1050	1879	4035	1354	10215	7146	8580	4535
11	Karnataka	769	1649	1442	673	3757	2551	2666	1210
12	Kerala	3053	2931	3219	1097	8413	5125	4046	1831
13	Madhya Pradesh	903	969	6825	3977	15653	11987	9250	6748
14	Maharashtra	874	3319	348	1612	6053	3023	3045	1461
15	Manipur	338	387	811	139	1921	869	375	326
16	Meghalaya	83	158	456	241	2165	1301	1387	857
17	Mizoram	37	88	105	94	344	319	523	145
18	Nagaland	221	278	1009	614	2371	1464	1382	1017
19	Odisha	7978	7729	10474	4828	16506	12411	2936	3265
20	Punjab	2922	1931	6976	4188	8119	7646	9895	5521
21	Rajasthan	981	1759	3096	3130	6048	5611	5089	1881
22	Sikkim	0	43	90	0	859	328	956	252
23	Tamil Nadu	213	1286	8228	2941	15224	9641	10387	4640
24	Telangana	2752	1436	3177	2494	4165	1877	25	93
25	Tripura	21	609	1049	193	2244	1021	1718	531
26	Uttar Pradesh	1540	4068	16898	3765	36509	20271	34974	15313
27	Uttarakhand	367	416	3645	917	8280	4459	4732	3403
28	West Bengal	521	2544	732	2424	9406	4354	3878	3536
29	Puducherry			165	44	844	261	813	386
30	A. N Islands			0	0	133	37	390	117
	Total	38289	49563	97006	45612	229490	149304	152132	83896

Source: Ministry of Rural Development

Annexure – VII

No. of Skill Trained Candidates Placed under DAY-NULM (During the last five years and the current year [2018-19 to 2023-24 (upto 30.01.2024)])

S. No.	States/UTs	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
1	Andhra Pradesh	24	58	35	18
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	624	62
3	Assam	451	2285	7253	324
4	Bihar	617	1539	2098	636
5	Chhattisgarh	199	119	361	4
6	Goa	401	787	531	1138
7	Gujarat	5054	7960	3010	893
8	Haryana	1048	72	2125	36
9	Himachal Pradesh	431	1301	965	14
10	Jammu & Kashmir	8	130	849	66
11	Jharkhand	711	592	3078	3030
12	Karnataka	213	1164	325	0
13	Kerala	941	1811	2311	375
14	Madhya Pradesh	13327	5913	35060	3348
15	Maharashtra	3178	696	714	1053
16	Manipur	56	141	5258	3998
17	Meghalaya	302	533	401	122
18	Mizoram	325	307	450	532
19	Nagaland	158	167	66	82
20	Odisha	0	0	0	0
21	Punjab	4225	9969	14120	8652
22	Rajasthan	2759	4615	4116	2859
23	Sikkim	0	0	0	0
24	Tamil Nadu	2596	1261	22955	9920
25	Telangana	0	0	0	0
26	Tripura	98	280	0	0
27	Uttar Pradesh	5880	18155	10380	3320
28	Uttarakhand	162	134	458	19
29	West Bengal	696	1779	1526	95
30	A & N Islands	0	0	0	0
31	Chandigarh	198	1405	945	127
32	Delhi	52	270	310	114
33	Puducherry	25	76	154	86
34	Ladakh	0	0	0	0
	Total	44,135	63,519	1,20,478	40,923

Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri. Rameshwar Teli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Formal job creation

The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is applicable on the factories and establishments employing 20 or more persons engaged in any of the 197 class of establishments/schedule of industries and employees with monthly EPF wages up to Rs.15,000/- only are statutorily required to be enrolled as members. The number of members registered under Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for the past five years, is under:-

Sl. No.	Year	Contributory Members (in crore)
1.	2018-19	4.69
2.	2019-20	5.54
3.	2020-21	5.93
4.	2021-22	6.42
5.	2022-23	6.85

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. Accordingly, the Government of India has taken various steps for generating employment in the country.

The Government of India has announced Aatmanirbhar Bharat package to provide stimulus to business and to mitigate the adverse impact of Covid-19. Under this package, the Government has provided fiscal stimulus of more than Rupees Twenty Seven lakh crore.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by the Government for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY, collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. Upto 26.01.2024, 46.16 crore loans were sanctioned under the scheme.

The Government of India is encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Deen Dayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) etc. for employment generation. The Government is implementing a programme for skilling of rural youth for entrepreneurship development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs).

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Rameshwar Teli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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