Executive Summary:
This document presents the Minister of Labour and Employment's response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 201, concerning employment in Government sector companies. It addresses unemployment challenges, details government initiatives, and provides data on employment in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). The response includes data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and the Public Enterprises (PE) Survey, with data up to 2023-24 and information current as of July 14, 2025.
Key Points / Main Content:
Unemployment and Employment Data:
* The Unemployment Rate (UR) for persons aged 15 years and above decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
* The Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for persons aged 15 years and above showed an increasing trend from 2019-20 (50.9) to 2023-24 (58.2).
Government Employment Generation Schemes:
* The Government is implementing various employment generation schemes and programmes, including PMEGP, MGNREGS, DAY-NRLM, DDUGKY, RSETIs, DAY-NULM, PM SVANidhi, and PMMY.
* The National Career Service (NCS) Portal provides career-related services, including job information and skill development resources. As of July 14, 2025, over 6.43 crore vacancies have been mobilized on the NCS Portal.
* The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVBRY), an Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme.
CPSE Employment:
* The number of CPSEs and their employees are detailed in the Public Enterprises Survey (PE Survey).
* In 2023-24, there were 271 CPSEs with 15.19 lakh employees.
* State/UT-wise data on the number of all employees in CPSEs as of March 31, 2024, is provided, with a total of 15,02,933 employees.
Impact Analysis:
Citizens/Job Seekers:
* Impact: Benefit from increased employment opportunities and government schemes aimed at improving employability.
* Action Required: Utilize the NCS portal (www.ncs.gov.in) for job searching, career counselling, and skill development information.
Government Sector Companies (CPSEs):
* Impact: Expected to contribute to employment generation and provide data for government surveys.
* Action Required: Continue providing employment data for the Public Enterprises Survey (PE Survey).
Ministry of Labour and Employment:
* Impact: Responsible for monitoring employment trends, implementing employment schemes, and maintaining the NCS portal.
* Action Required: Continue conducting the PLFS, managing employment generation schemes, and updating the NCS portal.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour and employment policies and programs.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the starred question was raised.
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): An official data source conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on employment and unemployment in India.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI): The Indian government ministry responsible for statistical data collection and analysis, including the PLFS.
Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP): An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS): An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
National Career Service (NCS) Portal: A portal run by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide career-related services and information on jobs and skill development.
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVBRY): An Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme approved by the Union Cabinet to support employment generation.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *201
TO BE ANSWERED ON 04TH AUGUST, 2025
EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR COMPANIES
*201. MRS RUCHI VIRA:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether unemployment still remains a major challenge in the
country despite repeated assurances from the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the
Government in this regard; and
(c) the details of the number of the Government sector companies
across the country which have provided employment to the youth
along with the number of youth employed by these companies
during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
**STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO. *201 DUE FOR REPLY ON 04.08.2025 BY MRS RUCHI VIRA, M.P.
REGARDING “EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR COMPANIES”
(a) & (b): The official data source on Employment and Unemployment is
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) which is conducted by the Ministry
of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18.
As per the latest available Annual PLFS reports, the estimated
Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons age 15 years and
above has decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24.
As per the data available in latest Annual PLFS Reports, the
estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR), indicating employment on
usual status for persons aged 15 years and above during the year 2019-20
to 2023-24 are as follows:
(in %)
Year WPR
2019-20 50.9
2020-21 52.6
2021-22 52.9
2022-23 56.0
2023-24 58.2
Source: PLFS, MoSPI
The data indicates that the Worker Population Ratio, indicating
employment (including Government Sector Companies), for persons age
15 years and above has an increasing trend over the years in the country.
The State/UT-wise estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual
status for persons age 15 years and above are available at
https://www.mospi.gov.in/download-reports?main_cat=ODU5&cat=All&sub_category=All
Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a
priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing
various employment generation schemes/ programmes. These inter-alia
include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
(DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deen
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), etc. The details of various employment
generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government
may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes.
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is running
the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a one-stop solution for
providing career related services including information on jobs from
private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs,
job search & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance,
information on skill development courses, skill/training programmes etc.
through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in]. As on 14.07.2025, more than
6.43 crore (which inter-alia include Government, Private and Public Sector
Undertaking) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.
In addition, the Union Cabinet has approved Employment Linked
Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar
Yojana (PMVBRY) to support employment generation, enhance
employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on
the manufacturing sector.
(c): As per information provided by Central Public Sector Enterprises
(CPSEs) in Public Enterprises Survey (PE Survey), the year-wise number of
CPSEs along with the number of all employees reported are as follows:
Year Number of CPSEs Number of all
employees (in lakhs)
2019-20 250 14.74
2020-21 258 13.72
2021-22 261 14.62
2022-23 261 14.90
2023-24 271 15.19
Source: Survey Division, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of
Finance
The State/UT-wise number of youth employed by these companies
during the last five years is at Annexure.
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AnnexureAnnexure referred in Part(c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question *201 due for reply on
04.8.2025
State/UT Wise Number of all employees as submitted by CPSEs for the year 2023-24
Sr. Name of the State/UT Number of All employees
no. As on 31.03.2024
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 940
2 Andhra Pradesh 64,377
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1,664
4 Assam 44,322
5 Bihar 26,298
6 Chandigarh 920
7 Chhattisgarh 89,855
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 456
9 Daman and Diu 104
10 Delhi 35,287
11 Goa 4,615
12 Gujarat 66,401
13 Haryana 41,111
14 Himachal Pradesh 5,068
15 Jammu & Kashmir 12,603
16 Jharkhand 1,31,992
17 Karnataka 76,167
18 Kerala 34,300
19 Ladakh 381
20 Lakshadweep 51
21 Madhya Pradesh 97,417
22 Maharashtra 1,68,549
23 Manipur 662
24 Meghalaya 843
25 Mizoram 258
26 Nagaland 746
27 Odisha 1,26,826
28 Puducherry 2595
29 Punjab 20,936
30 Rajasthan 55,271
31 Sikkim 970
32 Tamil Nadu 1,09,472
33 Telangana 36,778
34 Tripura 3,103
35 Uttar Pradesh 86,103
36 Uttarakhand 19,756
37 West Bengal 1,35,736
State/UT wise Total 15,02,933*
*For 15,650 employees, either State/UT wise bifurcation not available or deployed
overseas
Source: Survey Division, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance