Question : Employment Commission

a) whether any proposal to set up an Employment Commission in the country to generate employment avenues is under consideration of the Government;

b) if so, the details and objectives thereof;

c) whether the existing mechanisms to create employment avenues are not adequate;

d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of Government thereto; and

e) the manner and the extent to which the setting up of Employment Commission is likely to help in solving unemployment problem in the country?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) to (e): There is no proposal at present, to set up an Employment Commission by this Ministry. The Government has set up the National Career Services (NCS) Portal to transform the National Employment Services and its network of 978 employment exchanges, by providing a variety of employment related services like online registration of candidates, online posting of employment opportunities, by employers, job matching etc. In addition, the Government has taken various steps to generate employment opportunities by encouraging the private sector, fast tracking of projects and schemes for employment generation.


Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country like encouraging private sector of economy, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
For skilling to provide employment, a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been established to coordinate the skill activities across Ministries. In order to improve the employability of youth, around 20 Ministries run skill development schemes across 70 sectors.

A new Scheme “Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana” is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour & Employment with the objective of promoting employment generation and an allocation of Rs. 1000 crores has been made for 2016-17. Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for enhancing employment where the Government will be paying the 8.33% EPS contribution of the employer in respect of new employment.

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