GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2585

ANSWERED ON: 26.08.2013

UNEDUCATED LABOURERS AND EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH 

(a) whether the percentage of educated unemployed people in the country is more than that of the uneducated labourers;

  (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; 

(c) the percentage of unemployment in respect of the uneducated labourers and the educated youth respectively in the country; and 

(d) the reaction of the Government in this regard along with action taken/proposed to be taken thereon? 

ANSWER

(a to d) The percentage/details of unemployed persons including labourers is captured through the survey of National Sample Survey Office. Details of education – level specific usual status unemployment rates for the persons of age 15 years and above and youth in the age group of 15-29 during 2009-10 are given at Annex. To promote creation of jobs, 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), Swarana Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY); Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP); Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) now restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).