Parliament Question: Schemes for Employment Generation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH MARCH, 2026 SCHEMES FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

5831. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the details of programmes implemented by the Government to reduce the unemployment rate in Bhagalpur; and

(b) the details of number of job fairs organised by the Government during the last three years? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) & (b): The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

(MoSPI) since 2017-18.

As per the latest Annual PLFS reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has decreased from 7.0% in 2017-18 to 3.0% in 2023-24 and the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) indicating employment on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has increased from

35.5% to 51.6% in the State of Bihar (including Bhagalpur) during the same period.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/programmes in the country (including Bihar). The details of various employment generation schemes/ programmes being implemented by the Government may be

seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes.Government is also implementing Skill India Mission (SIM) to deliver skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/ schools/ colleges /institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated ‘FutureSkills PRIME’ a programme for Re-skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower for Employability in 10 new/emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence.

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 a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in]. Through NCS portal 8380, 9140 and 8860 job fairs were organized in the year 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 (as on 28.02.2026) respectively in the country.

Government is implementing Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 99,446 Crore aims to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs in the country, over a period of 2 years.

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