Number of People Employed
Number of People Employed
|
Employment
in Industries/Services by Groups
|
Employment
as on 31st March 2012 (in lakh)
|
|
Sectors
|
|
|
Agriculture,
Hunting, Forestry & Fishing
|
13.97
|
|
Mining
& Quarrying
|
12.13
|
|
Manufacturing
|
65.97
|
|
Electricity,
gas & water
|
8.82
|
|
Construction
|
9.5
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade and Restaurant and Hotels
|
7.69
|
|
Transport,
Storage & Communication
|
27.06
|
|
Financing,
Insurance, Real Estates & Business services
|
32.76
|
|
Community
Social & Personal Services
|
114.82
|
|
Total*
|
292.72
|
|
|
|
Reliable estimates of employment and
unemployment are obtained through labour force surveys conducted by National
Sample Survey (NSS) Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme
implementation. As per latest surveys, 2011-12 the overall workforce in
the country is 47.41 crore persons and 52.2 per cent are self-employed, 17.9
per cent are regular/wage salaried and 29.9 per cent are casual
labourers.
As per information available under Employment Market Information programme of
Ministry of Labour and Employment, 2.93 crore persons were employed in public
and private sectors under organized sector of Indian economy as on 31st March
2012. Detail of sector-wise and State-wise gender wise number of
persons are-
Industries
wise employment in organized sector as on 31st March 2012
State-wise
employment in organized sector during 2012
|
Sl. No.
|
State/Union
Territory
|
As on 31-3-2012
(in lakh)
|
||
|
|
|
Men
|
Women
|
Total
|
|
I.
|
NORTH ZONE
|
36.89
|
7.70
|
44.59
|
|
1
|
Haryana
|
6.33
|
1.17
|
7.5
|
|
2
|
Punjab
|
6.67
|
1.59
|
8.26
|
|
3
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
3.17
|
0.76
|
3.93
|
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
0.84
|
0.28
|
1.12
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
7.39
|
1.39
|
8.78
|
|
6
|
Rajasthan
|
10.61
|
2.29
|
12.9
|
|
7
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
1.87
|
0.23
|
2.1
|
|
II.
|
CENTRAL
ZONE
|
33.08
|
5.09
|
38.17
|
|
8
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
8.53
|
1.41
|
9.94
|
|
9
|
Chattisgarh
|
19.28
|
2.79
|
22.07
|
|
10
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
2.74
|
0.48
|
3.22
|
|
11
|
Uttaranchal
|
2.51
|
0.42
|
2.93
|
|
III.
|
NORTH-EASTERN
ZONE
|
10.43
|
4.60
|
15.03
|
|
12
|
Assam
|
7.51
|
3.70
|
11.2
|
|
13
|
Meghalaya
|
0.43
|
0.20
|
0.63
|
|
14
|
Manipur
|
0.60
|
0.19
|
0.79
|
|
15
|
Mizoram
|
0.10
|
0.03
|
0.13
|
|
16
|
Nagaland
|
0.59
|
0.19
|
0.78
|
|
17
|
Tripura
|
1.20
|
0.30
|
1.5
|
|
IV.
|
EASTERN
ZONE
|
41.14
|
5.23
|
46.37
|
|
18
|
Bihar
|
4.04
|
0.22
|
4.26
|
|
19
|
Jharkhand
|
5.96
|
1.14
|
7.1
|
|
20
|
Orissa
|
16.55
|
2.67
|
19.22
|
|
21
|
West
Bengal
|
14.58
|
1.20
|
15.78
|
|
V.
|
WESTERN
ZONE
|
59.96
|
13.21
|
73.17
|
|
22
|
Gujarat
|
18.84
|
3.20
|
22.04
|
|
23
|
Maharashtra
|
39.76
|
9.76
|
49.52
|
|
24
|
Goa
|
1.21
|
0.25
|
1.46
|
|
25
|
Daman
& Diu
|
0.14
|
0.01
|
0.15
|
|
VI.
|
SOUTHERN
ZONE
|
53.44
|
24.63
|
78.07
|
|
26
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
15.99
|
4.29
|
20.28
|
|
27
|
Karnataka
|
15.39
|
7.56
|
22.95
|
|
28
|
Kerala
|
6.40
|
4.49
|
10.89
|
|
29
|
Pondicherry
|
0.45
|
0.13
|
0.58
|
|
30
|
Tamil Nadu
|
15.21
|
8.16
|
23.37
|
|
31
|
Andaman
& Nicobar
|
0.30
|
0.08
|
0.38
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
235.25
|
60.54
|
295.79
|
Source:
D.G.E.& T., M/o Labour & Employment.
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.
****
Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers by Placement Agencies
The Ministry of Labour and Employment
has issued guidelines on 30.10.2003 to the State Governments and Union
Territory (UT) Administrations to consider regulation of the functioning of
Private Placement Agencies. Subsequently, the Ministry requested State and UTs
in October 2010, to register placement agencies providing domestic workers
specifically under Shops & Establishments Act. Information on placement
agencies is not maintained centrally. However, the state governments were also
requested to ensure compliance of these guidelines. The Ministry has entrusted
a Study on ILO convention 181 regarding Private Placement Agencies to V.V. Giri
National Labour Institute. The scope of study includes a gap analysis of
existing legal frame work at both National and State level.
****
Social Security to Unemployed People
The Government through the Budget Speech, 2015 announced three Social
Security Schemes pertaining to the Insurance and Pension Sectors, namely
Pradhan Mantri JeevanJyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to move towards creating a
universal social security system, focused especially at the poor and the
under-privileged. The schemes provide essential and affordable social
protection to all citizens in a convenient manner linked to auto-debit facility
from bank accounts. These schemes are expected to address the issue of low
coverage of life and accident insurance and old age income security in the
country.
PMJJBY offers a renewable one year life cover of Rs 2 lakh to subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18-50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs 330 per annum per subscriber.
PMSBY offers a renewable one year personal accidental death-cum-disability cover to subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18-70 years for a premium of Rs 12 per annum per subscriber. In this scheme Rs. 2 Lakh is payable on death or permanent total disability and Rs. 1 Lakh on permanent partial disability. Atal Pension Yojana: Under the APY, the subscribers would receive the guaranteed minimum pension of Rs. 1000 per month or Rs. 2000 per month or Rs. 3000 per month or Rs. 4000 per month or Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions, which itself would be based on the age of joining the APY. APY is open to all account holders in the age group of 18 to 40 years.
To create awareness regarding the schemes an exclusive website www.jansuraksha.gov.in has been created by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance which hosts all relevant material / information, including forms, rules etc. related to 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.
PMJJBY offers a renewable one year life cover of Rs 2 lakh to subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18-50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs 330 per annum per subscriber.
PMSBY offers a renewable one year personal accidental death-cum-disability cover to subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18-70 years for a premium of Rs 12 per annum per subscriber. In this scheme Rs. 2 Lakh is payable on death or permanent total disability and Rs. 1 Lakh on permanent partial disability. Atal Pension Yojana: Under the APY, the subscribers would receive the guaranteed minimum pension of Rs. 1000 per month or Rs. 2000 per month or Rs. 3000 per month or Rs. 4000 per month or Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions, which itself would be based on the age of joining the APY. APY is open to all account holders in the age group of 18 to 40 years.
To create awareness regarding the schemes an exclusive website www.jansuraksha.gov.in has been created by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance which hosts all relevant material / information, including forms, rules etc. related to 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.
****
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.
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.
****
Examination for Advocates
The Bar Council of India conducts the examination, in compliance with the Apex Court’s observation in the SLP No. 22337 of 2008 in the matter of Bar Council of India Vs Bonnie FOI Law Collage & Ors. The purpose and objective of this examination is to set minimum standard for practice of Law in India and assess the candidate’s ability by examining his basic knowledge and analytical ability required to practice law in India. After coming into effect of the All India Bar Examination Rules, 2010, of the Bar Council of India, the Advocates who have obtained LL.B degree in the academic year of 2009-2010 onward and enrolled in the concerned State Bar Council, can practice in the court of Law, after passing this examination. However, the Bar Council of India on the request of various Advocates, relaxed the condition, thereby they are now allowed to practice for two years from the date of enrollment, with a condition that they should pass this examination within two years.
This information was given by Union Minister of Ministry of Law & Justice, Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
****
Pendency of Cases in Supreme Court
The pendency of cases in Supreme Court has come down from 62,791 matters as on 01.01.2015 to 61,016 matters as on 29.07.2015. The Approved and Working Strength of Judges in Supreme Court is 31 and 28 respectively; and 3 posts of Judges of Supreme Court are vacant as on 01.08.2015. No study has been conducted by the government in the recent past about pendency of cases in the Supreme court on account of insufficient number of judges. Further, there is no proposal, at present, to increase the strength of Judges of Supreme Court or to increase their retirement age.
****
Legislation Against Honour Killing
This Department had sought for the comments/views of the State Governments/Union-territory Administrations on the 242nd Report of the Law Commission titled “Prevention of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances (in the name of Honour and Tradition)”, 2012. Till date, comments/views of 27 States Governments namely, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and all Union territory Administration have been received on the said Report. Responses of remaining State Governments are awaited.
After considering the comments of all the State Governments/Union-territory Administrations and having wider consultation with the stakeholders, a policy decision to enact the legislation on the subject will be taken. In view of the above, it may not be possible to fix any time frame in this regard.
This information was given by Union Minister of Ministry of Law & Justice, Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
****
Special Courts for Crimes Against Children
Section 28(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
provides that for the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the state
Government shall in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, by
notification in the official Gazette, designate for each district, a Court of
Session to be a Special Court to try the offences under the Act provided that
if a Court of Session is notified as a Children’s Court under the Commissions
for Protection of Child Right Act, 2005 or a Special Court designated for
similar purposes under any other law for the time being in force, then, such
court shall be deemed to be a Special Court under this Session. As per these
provisions, it is for the State Government to designate the Special Courts.
Information on the number of Courts so designated or the number of cases
disposed of and pending in these courts is not maintained Centrally. However,
as per the reports published by National Crime Records Bureau, the cases
reported and conviction rate in respect of crimes against children during the
years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are as under:
Crime against children
|
Year
|
Number of
cases reported
|
Conviction
rate
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
2013
|
58224
|
30.9
|
|
2012
|
38172
|
29.0
|
|
2011
|
33098
|
34.6
|
****
MoU with Other Countries
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has so far signed Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Twenty (20) Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and
International organization across the world including the Central Election
Commission of Georgia as per details attached at Annexure-A. Generally, the
Election Commission of India signs MoU with other EMBs on the basis of its
standard MoU. The salient features of every MoU signed with the EMBs of other
countries include promotion of exchanges of knowledge and experience in
electoral processes; exchange of information, materials, expertise and training
of personnel; production and distribution of materials pertaining to electoral
systems, voting technology, voters’ education and awareness, and participation
of women an minorities in electoral process.
The MoUs signed by the ECI with the EMBs of other countries pivot around
electoral matters including exchange of skills and experience and innovative
practices which are of benefit to both the signatories. India is presently
regarded as one of the most stable democracies in the comity of nations and
free, fair and peaceful elections held periodically at specified intervals to
Parliament and State Legislatures have been hailed the world over. Many
countries, particularly the developing world, look to the Election Commission
of India as the role model and have expressed their desire to share the
expertise, experience and best electoral practices of the commission. Such
Mutual cooperation between the Election Management Bodies of two democracies
goes a long way towards fostering friendly relations with such countries and is
beneficial for the evolution of democratic systems and practices in both
countries.
Existing MoU with other Electoral Bodies/Organization
with Election Commission of India
Annexure-A
|
Sr.
No.
|
MoU
|
Signed date and place
|
Validity
|
|
1.
|
MoU between the United Nations and the Election
Commission of India
|
28th August, 2004
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
2.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Commission Electoral Independent Coted’ lvoire
|
10th September, 2004
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
3.
|
MoU between the Federal Electoral Institute of
the United Mexican States and the Election Commission of India
|
27th October, 2004
Mexico city
|
Indefinite period
|
|
4.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Election Commission of Bhutan
|
24th May, 2006 Thimpu
Renewed on 17thSeptember, 2011 in
Thimpu
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (5) five
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
5.
|
MoU between the Election commission of India and
Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
|
22nd April, 2008
Kabul, Afghanistan
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (5) five
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
6.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Electoral Superior Tribunal of Brazil
|
14th December, 2010
Brasilia
|
Indefinite period
|
|
7.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
|
21st December, 2010
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
8.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India
and Election commission of Nepal
|
7th June, 2011
Kathmandu, Nepal
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (5) five
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
9.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Electoral Service of Chile
|
7th July, 2011
Santiago de Chile
|
Indefinite period
|
|
10.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
General Election Commission of Indonesia
|
16th August, 2011 in Jakarta,
Indonesia
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (5) five
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
11.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
Electoral commission of South Africa
|
11th October, 2011
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
12.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
|
17th May, 2012
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
13.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea
|
1st August, 2012
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
14.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
National Electoral Council of Venezuela
|
31st August, 2012
Caracas, Venezuela
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (1) one
year or unless terminated by either party
|
|
15.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
Supreme Presidential Election Commission of Egypt
|
18th September, 2012 New Delhi
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (3) three
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
16.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
High National Election commission of Libya
|
30th November, 2012 New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
|
17.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
UNDP
|
11th October, 2012
New Delhi
|
Expired
|
|
18.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
the Electoral commissioner’s office of Mauritius
|
11th April, 2013
New Delhi
|
Shall remain in force for the period of (5) five
years or unless terminated by either party
|
|
19.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum of Republic of Yemen
|
22nd December, 2013
Sana, Yemen
|
Indefinite period
|
|
20.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
central Election commission of Kyrgyzstan
|
12th July, 2015
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
|
Indefinite period
|
|
21.
|
MoU between the Election Commission of India and
Central Election Commission of Georgia
|
13th July, 2015
New Delhi
|
Indefinite period
|
****
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