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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 743
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026
PREVENTING MIGRATION FROM HILLY STATES
743. # SHRI MAHENDRA BHATT:
Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is considering any action plan to prevent
migration from hilly States; and
(b) the details of action plan being formulated by the Central
Government to create employment opportunities for youth in border
States?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) & (b): Migration of workers from one state to another state is a
continuous process and dynamic in nature.
The four Labour Codes i.e. the Code on Wages, 2019, the
Industrial Relations (IR) Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020
and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code,
2020 have come into force on 21.11.2025, subsuming 29 existing labour
laws for better working conditions, safety, wages, social security &
enhanced welfare of workers.
These new labour codes mandate appointment letters,
universal minimum wages, nationwide social security for unorganised,
gig, platform and interstate migrant workers, free annual health check-
ups, expanded rights for women to work in all sectors including night
shifts, etc. The Codes enhance worker safety, welfare, and social
protection across sectors including unorganized workers.
The Union Cabinet, on 1 July 2025, approved the
Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme, titled the Pradhan Mantri
Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PMVBRY), to promote employment
generation, enhance employability, and strengthen social
securityacross all sectors, with a particular focus on the manufacturing
sector. The scheme was launched on 15th August 2025.
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The scheme has a registration period of two years from
01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027 and a budgetary outlay of ₹99,446 crore. The
scheme aims to incentivise creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs all
across the country, over a period of 2 years.
The Government is creating jobs by Strengthening local
employment avenues through rural employment, skill development and
self-employment programmes tailored to local resources and
comparative advantages, improving employability of youth by expanding
access to skill training, apprenticeships and entrepreneurship support in
hilly and border districts, promoting sector-specific livelihoods such as
eco-tourism, horticulture, handloom, handicrafts and allied activities,
which are suited to hilly terrain, Enhancing infrastructure and
connectivity, including digital connectivity, to enable local enterprises
and remote work opportunities and convergent implementation of
Central schemes with State Government initiatives to address region-
specific development gaps. These measures are intended to reduce
compulsion-based migration by improving local economic conditions,
while respecting the freedom of individuals to migrate in pursuit of better
opportunities.
The Government has also taken various steps to support
youths across the country i.e. Employment generation coupled with
improving employability of all including youth, in both urban and rural
areas, is a priority of Government and is a multi-stakeholder initiative
of various Ministries/Departments of Government of India like Ministry
of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development,
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
Textiles, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology etc. which
are implementing different employment generation schemes/
programmes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme
(PMEGP), Vikshit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar Ajeevika Mission
(Gramin) (VBGRAMG), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes
(RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), National
Handicrafts Development Programme etc., which, along with increase
in capital expenditure, seeks to boost employment creation.
Further, 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 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 the digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].
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