Hindustan Times ( 10 May
2017 ) carries following news report :
“ Modi sets up high-level panel to provide credible data for employment
policies “
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Tuesday set up a high-level task force under Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya to fine tune jobs data so
that the government can frame policies to spur employment.
The task force will recommend solutions which can be implemented in a time-bound manner.
“The PM has directed
that this task be expedited so that policies on employment can be formulated with a proper
appreciation of impacts, based on credible data,” a PMO release said.
The task force also
includes labour secretary Sathiyavathy,
chief statistician TCA
Ananth, Pulak Ghosh
of Niti Aayog and Teamlease chief Manish Sabharwal.
At present, data on employment is collected and published by
certain agencies including the Labour Bureau but the coverage
is very small.
The Labour Bureau data covers
only a few sectors and the methodology is not based on
updated panel of survey respondents.
“The net result has been that
both policy making and analysis are conducted in a data vacuum,” the PMO said.
Asserting that the government attaches the highest priority to job creation,
the PMO said, “India suffers from a lack of reliable, timely data on employment, which has made it
difficult for policy makers and independent observers to assess the extent of
employment generation at different points of time.”
Modi had directed his ministers to come up with a solution to fill this long
standing gap in the country’s statistical architecture.
In the last budget session of the Parliament, minister of state
for planning Rao Inderjit
Singh admitted that the overall unemployment was rising, and the rate
was highest among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The unemployment rate has
increased to 5% from just 3.8% in 2011.
In January, a United Nations report said India may witness marginal
increase in unemployment between 2017 and 2018.
The World Employment and Social Outlook report said: “Unemployment
in India is projected to increase from 17.7 million last year to 17.8 million
in 2017 and 18 million next year. In percentage terms, unemployment rate will
remain at 3.4 per cent in 2017-18.”
Dear Shri Sathiyavathy
/ TCA Ananth / Pulak Ghosh / Manish Sabharwal :
There are only following technology-based solutions to compile “ Credible Employment Data “ and for
job-generation
And compile such data :
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Automatically and Unbiased ( without human intervention /
dependence )
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Dynamically ( on continuous / on-going basis – 24*365 )
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Accurately ( with 99 % accuracy )
Please consider to implement my following suggestions ( earlier
sent as Emails ) :
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From BAD to MAD (
01 June 2016 )
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QuarterlyLabour Survey : A Still-Born Child ?
( 22 March 2017 )
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AnnualEmployment Survey ? ( 26 Oct 2015 )
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NationalCareer Service Portal ( 21 July
2015 )
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JobMelas are NOT an Answer ! ( 13
Feb 2017 )
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Incentivizing Employment ? ( 24 Aug
2016 )
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50Million Jobs in 5 months ? ( 24
June 2016 )
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10
May 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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