Parliament on Jobs · 18th Lok Sabha · Session 5

Parliamentary questions on jobs and employment: Monsoon Session 2025

In the Monsoon Session 2025 of the 18th Lok Sabha (July to August 2025), MPs asked 971 questions on jobs and employment, 19.6% of the 4,947 questions asked in the session. That is up from 17.6% in the Budget Session 2025. 389 MPs asked at least one.

01 · What MPs asked about

Themes

971questions on jobs and employment
19.6%of all 4,947 questions in the session
389MPs asked at least one
246questions tabled jointly by more than one MP
ThemeQuestionsShare
Jobs, recruitment and vacancies29330.2%
MSMEs, startups and self-employment27928.7%
Skills, training and apprenticeships22022.7%
Rural and farm livelihoods13914.3%
Social security and worker welfare909.3%
Labour rights, wages and conditions798.1%
AI, digital economy and automation303.1%
Education-employment linkage202.1%
Migrant workers192.0%
Gig and platform work90.9%

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

MPPartyConstituencyQuestions
Shri Selvam GDravida Munnetra KazhagamKancheepuram, Tamil Nadu19
Shri Navaskani KIndian Union Muslim LeagueRamanathapuram, Tamil Nadu17
Shri C N AnnaduraiDravida Munnetra KazhagamTiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu16
Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh BaraiyaBharatiya Janata PartySabarkantha, Gujarat15
Smt. Bharti PardhiBharatiya Janata PartyBalaghat, Madhya Pradesh14
Shri Lumbaram ChoudharyBharatiya Janata PartyJalore, Rajasthan13
Shri Praveen PatelBharatiya Janata PartyPhulpur, Uttar Pradesh13
Shri Bibhu Prasad TaraiBharatiya Janata PartyJagatsinghpur, Odisha12
Shri Bhojraj NagBharatiya Janata PartyKanker, Chhattisgarh11
Shri Naba Charan MajhiBharatiya Janata PartyMayurbhanj, Odisha11

By party

PartyMPs askingQuestionsPer MP
Bharatiya Janata Party1557143.0
Indian National Congress802892.9
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam201195.4
Samajwadi Party26852.3
Telugu Desam Party14674.2
Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar7496.1
Shiv Sena6456.4
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)8414.6
All India Trinamool Congress13371.3
Janata Dal (United)10342.8

By state

StateMPs askingQuestionsPer MP
Maharashtra392214.6
Uttar Pradesh542112.6
Tamil Nadu351814.6
Andhra Pradesh221024.1
Rajasthan19953.8
Madhya Pradesh19883.0
Bihar25862.1
Gujarat21813.1
Odisha15763.6
Telangana14663.9

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.

QuestionMinistryMPsPartiesStates
Swavalambini Women Entrepreneurship ProgrammeSkill Development and Entrepreneurship25114
Regional Rapid Transit SystemHousing and Urban Affairs23112
Employment to SC/ST under MGNREGSRural Development17111
Bharat-Banker ProgramCooperation1629
Margin Money Subsidy under PMEGPMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises1618
Role of NRLM for Enhancing Skill DevelopmentRural Development1528
Women Empowerment via Digital SkillsSkill Development and Entrepreneurship14210
Schemes for Increasing Job OpportunitiesLabour and Employment13210
Impact and Outcomes of 11 Year Transformative ReformsLabour and Employment1329
Symposium on Start-up EcosystemTribal Affairs1319

04 · Future of work

AI, gig work and the digital economy

37 questions (3.8% of questions on jobs and employment) touched on the future of work.

TopicQuestionsShare
AI and skilling70.7%
Gig and platform work90.9%
Digital economy141.4%
Automation and job displacement00.0%
Green jobs and energy transition70.7%

Schemes most referenced

SchemeQuestions
MGNREGS41
PMKVY23
PLI Scheme22
e-Shram22
PMEGP17
PMMSY14
PM Internship Scheme13
PMMY12
PMFME11
Udyam Portal9

05 · Every session

Session by session

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