Youth Employment

Ministry of Labour & Employment Employment Generation in Organised and Unorganised Sector Posted On: 03 FEB 2021 4:35PM by PIB Delhi As per the latest results of Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during 2018-19 the estimated Worker Population Ratio on usual status (principal status+subsidiary status) basis for the persons age 15 years and above (which includes both organised and unorganised) State-wise to the extent available is given below: Worker Population Ratio (WPR) (in percent) according to usual status principal status+ subsidiary status (ps+ss) for each State/UT age groups: 15 years and above (in %) S.No State/UTs PLFS 2018-19 1 Andhra Pradesh 54.8 2 Arunachal Pradesh 40.9 3 Assam 43.4 4 Bihar 36.4 5 Chhattisgarh 61.2 6 Delhi 44.5 7 Goa 45.9 8 Gujarat 49.7 9 Haryana 41.9 10 Himachal Pradesh 63.9 11 Jammu & Kashmir 52.9 12 Jharkhand 44.9 13 Karnataka 49.3 14 Kerala 44.9 15 Madhya Pradesh 52.3 16 Maharashtra 50.6 17 Manipur 44.3 18 Meghalaya 61.8 19 Mizoram 45.6 20 Nagaland 38.1 21 Odisha 47.6 22 Punjab 44.2 23 Rajasthan 50.0 24 Sikkim 61.1 25 Tamil Nadu 51.4 26 Telangana 50.6 27 Tripura 41.9 28 Uttarakhand 41.4 29 Uttar Pradesh 40.8 30 West Bengal 49.7 31 A & N Islands 49.1 32 Chandigarh 47.3 33 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 68.6 34 Daman & Diu 55.1 35 Lakshadweep 29.5 36 Puducherry 47.8 All India 47.3 Source: Annual report, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2018-19, M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation. This information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. ***** MS/jk (Release ID: 1694776)