Parliament Question: Status of Employment in Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3562 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10TH AUGUST, 2026 STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT IN BHUBANESWAR LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY

3562. SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

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

(a) the details of total number of registered unemployed youth in the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency as on June 2026;

(b) the details of steps taken by the Government to boost local job creation in the said Constituency;

(c) the details of central welfare schemes currently implemented for the safety, health and social security of unorganised and migrant construction workers in Khordha district; and

(d) whether the Government plans to establish a new National Career Service (NCS) Centre or mega-skill hub in Bhubaneswar to bridge the industry-academic employability gap and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (d): Official estimates of employment and unemployment in India are derived from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation since 2017–18.

As per latest PLFS report 2025, the estimated Unemployment Rate

(UR) for youth of age 15-29 years has decreased from 17.2% in 2022 to

10.6% in 2025 in the State of Odisha (including Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency).

Further, the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) indicating employment on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has increased from 55.1% in 2022 to 61.3% in 2025 in the State of Odisha (including Khordha district of Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency).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 Khordha district of Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency).

The details of various employment generation schemes/ programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at

https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes.

Additionally, 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.

The Ministry of MSME launched Udyam Registration Portal on

01.07.2020 for formalizing enterprises, expanding access to government support and strengthening the MSME ecosystem. A total of 8.9 crore Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have been registered on Udyam Registration Portal, including Udyam Assist Platform (UAP), providing employment to over 39 crore people across the country.

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.

Also, the 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.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]. Government has approved 407 Model Career Centres across the country including 32 in the State of Odisha.

Further, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram– “One-Stop-Solution” on 21st October 2024 which entails integration of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal and enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram.

Till date, fifteen (15) schemes of different Central Ministries/Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the eShram to extend benefits and access to social security schemes to eShram cardholders including Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

(PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

(PMMSY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana

(PMMVY), etc.

Apart from the above, eShram has linkages with National Career Service (NCS) for Job Opportunities, Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) for Skill Development, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) for Pension and convergence portal of MoHUA, enabling eShram cardholders to avail additional services.

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