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With employment generation a key priority of the Union Budget, the Ministry of Labour and Employment is now planning an integrated mechanism for the collection of regular employment data across ministries and states..
With this in mind, Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair an inter-ministerial meeting with various ministries, departments and organisations on Friday..
The meeting will focus on creating a strategic initiative that will systematically capture and analyse employment data and offer valuable insights into the job market, said a source familiar with the development. Further, a comprehensive framework that would link the demand and supply sides of employment opportunities across the country would help the government ensure that job seekers are equipped with the requisite skills...
At present, there are several government schemes and programmes that help in the generation of direct and indirect employment opportunities but there is no comprehensive data on the jobs being created through these initiatives..
At present, official data on employment and unemployment is available through the Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and the KLEMS data of the Reserve Bank of India...
