Parliament on Jobs · 18th Lok Sabha · Session 2
Parliamentary questions on jobs and employment: Monsoon Session 2024
In the Monsoon Session 2024 of the 18th Lok Sabha (July to August 2024), MPs asked 529 questions on jobs and employment, 15.3% of the 3,465 questions asked in the session. 262 MPs asked at least one.
01 · What MPs asked about
Themes
| Theme | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jobs, recruitment and vacancies | 189 | 35.7% |
| MSMEs, startups and self-employment | 136 | 25.7% |
| Skills, training and apprenticeships | 120 | 22.7% |
| Labour rights, wages and conditions | 60 | 11.3% |
| Social security and worker welfare | 47 | 8.9% |
| Rural and farm livelihoods | 34 | 6.4% |
| Migrant workers | 19 | 3.6% |
| Education-employment linkage | 18 | 3.4% |
| AI, digital economy and automation | 11 | 2.1% |
| Gig and platform work | 6 | 1.1% |
Shares are of the session's questions on jobs and employment. A question can touch more than one theme, so shares add up to more than 100%.
02 · Who asked
Most engaged MPs
| MP | Party | Constituency | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne | Shiv Sena | Maval, Maharashtra | 15 |
| Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | Mumbai South, Maharashtra | 14 |
| Thiru D M Kathir Anand | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vellore, Tamil Nadu | 13 |
| Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | Parbhani, Maharashtra | 12 |
| Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | Osmanabad, Maharashtra | 10 |
| Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde | Shiv Sena | Kalyan, Maharashtra | 9 |
| Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske | Shiv Sena | Thane, Maharashtra | 9 |
| Shri Praveen Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh | 9 |
| Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | Eluru, Andhra Pradesh | 9 |
| Shri Dharmendra Yadav | Samajwadi Party | Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh | 8 |
By party
| Party | MPs asking | Questions | Per MP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 90 | 274 | 1.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 58 | 177 | 1.8 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | 70 | 3.2 |
| Telugu Desam Party | 14 | 65 | 4.1 |
| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | 7 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Shiv Sena | 5 | 44 | 6.3 |
| Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar | 8 | 42 | 5.2 |
| Samajwadi Party | 10 | 28 | 0.8 |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 9 | 20 | 0.7 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 6 | 17 | 1.4 |
By state
| State | MPs asking | Questions | Per MP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 33 | 181 | 3.8 |
| Tamil Nadu | 33 | 121 | 3.1 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 21 | 86 | 3.4 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 26 | 82 | 1.0 |
| Kerala | 17 | 50 | 2.6 |
| Bihar | 19 | 49 | 1.2 |
| Odisha | 12 | 41 | 1.9 |
| Rajasthan | 13 | 41 | 1.6 |
| West Bengal | 12 | 37 | 0.9 |
| Jharkhand | 9 | 35 | 2.5 |
Counts for MPs, parties and states count a question tabled jointly by several MPs once for each MP. Parties and states show the ten with the most questions.
03 · Shared concerns
Questions raised by many MPs
When many MPs table the same question, it signals a concern that cuts across constituencies and parties.
| Question | Ministry | MPs | Parties | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill India Digital and to Improve Employability of Youth | Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | 20 | 2 | 14 |
| Registered MSMEs | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| NGOs involved in CSR Projects | Corporate Affairs | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| PM SVANidhi in Maharashtra | Housing and Urban Affairs | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| Dairy Farming | Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Anganwadi Centres in Maharashtra | Women and Child Development | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Updated list of Safety Category Posts | Railways | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Shortage of Schools Teachers in Rural and Remote Areas | Education | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Schemes for the Labourers | Labour and Employment | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Vacancies in Judiciary | Law and Justice | 8 | 2 | 5 |
04 · Future of work
AI, gig work and the digital economy
17 questions (3.2% of questions on jobs and employment) touched on the future of work.
| Topic | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AI and skilling | 3 | 0.6% |
| Gig and platform work | 6 | 1.1% |
| Digital economy | 5 | 0.9% |
| Automation and job displacement | 1 | 0.2% |
| Green jobs and energy transition | 2 | 0.4% |
Schemes most referenced
| Scheme | Questions |
|---|---|
| MGNREGS | 20 |
| PMKVY | 19 |
| PLI Scheme | 9 |
| DAY-NRLM | 7 |
| Skill India Mission | 6 |
| e-Shram | 6 |
| PMEGP | 5 |
| PM Vishwakarma | 4 |
| ESIC | 4 |
| NULM | 4 |
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