Employment : Measuring vs
Creating
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The “ Task
Force on Improving Employment Data “
( headed by Shri Arvind Panagariya ) , is ready with its recommendations ,
which are :
·
Scrap the following current methods of collecting such
data :
# NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey
# Annual Labour Force Survey
# Population Census
#
Economic Census
#
Annual Survey of Industries
#
Quarterly Employment Survey
#
Micro Small and Medium Enterprises ( MSME ) Census
#
Sources such as EPFO / ESIC and NPS
·
Replace the above with a more robust household
and enterprise survey
·
In the proposed Survey, cover following
categories of workers :
#
All workers covered under EPFO, ESIC or any other social sector schemes
#
Government and other Public Sector Employees
#
Workers having coverage under private insurance or pension schemes or provident
funds
#
Workers subject to tax deduction at source on their incomes should henceforth
be considered as formal workers
·
Make the GSTN number as the Universal
Enterprise and Establishment Number , based on which the Annual Enterprise Survey could
be carried out
Availability
of a Universal Goods and Service Tax Identification Number for businesses and
list of borrowers from Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (
MUDRA Bank ) can help provide sample for the Enterprise Survey
GSTN
number to be extended to all commercial and non-commercial entities wishing to
register
{
Read my suggestion :
An Aadhar for Corporate ? [ 12 May 2016 }
·
Creating a Central Server from which all Government Data can be
accessed
·
Annual Survey of enterprises excluded from GST , including enterprises in Health and
Education
Although
this reform may provide in future , a more accurate MEASUREMENT of
UN-EMPLOYMENT , the larger question that remains unanswered is of EMPLOYMENT :
“ WHO will create , HOW MANY jobs
, and WHEN , and HOW
, and WHERE ? “
This
question assumes significance , given the following figures :
·
During FY 13-15 , when 25.9 Million
degree-holders passed out from universities , only 1 MILLION jobs were created
·
From FY 11 to FY 15 , job growth in Private Sector has been at 3 % per annum
·
2 out of 3 jobs in India’s INFORMAL
SECTOR ( excluding agriculture and construction ) , are in businesses
engaged in TRADE or providing SERVICES
My own views on EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ,
are covered by some 162 blogs ( each sent as E mail to Central Policy Makers ,
over the past 4 years )
Just type “ Employment
“ in “ Search this Blog “ at :
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
09 July 2017
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