Creation of Employment Opportunities During Five Year Plan

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Government of India

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Creation of Employment Opportunities During Five Year Plan 

According to the last 3 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) surveys, the workforce grew from 39.7 crore in 1999-2000 to 45.91 crore in 2004-05, 46.55 crore in 2009-10 and 47.41 crore persons in 2011-12. 

Employment generation is both a cause and consequence of economic growth and is impacted by demographic shifts and technological transformations. For achieving the target of providing employment, Government has taken various steps by generating employment through encouraging private sector of economy, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. 

Government has also decided to strategically promote labour-intensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries. 

New schemes have also been launched which includes Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Swatchh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and Seekho aur Kamao scheme was launched for the skill development of minority communities. 

These schemes are being implemented nation-wide. 

For skilling to provide employment, a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been established to coordinate the skill activities across Ministries. In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries run skill development schemes across 70 sectors. According to the data compiled by National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), about 51.50 lakh persons were given skill development training in the year 2014-15 under these schemes. 

This was stated by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha yesterday.