Looking at the following news report appearing in today’s Economic Times ,
it would appear so !
Extract :
Ø As
part of this survey, informal sector workers would be asked about their ,
( A
) Occupation,
( B )
Monthly incomes,
( C )
Days of employment,
and
their profiles would be seeded
with Aadhaar to deliver the benefits
Ø The
survey is expected to yield crucial employment data on
the informal sector, filling a vital gap in India’s statistics
Ø The
National Statistical Commission will be roped in to compile data on the,
# Size,
# Distribution,
# Economic
contribution
of these un-organised workers to the
national output
Ø The
exercise will start soon and take
at least a year to complete.
Ø A
senior government official told ET that one of the top priorities of the labour
ministry, after the codification of labour laws, would be to create a database
of unorganised workers using the Aadhaar number
Ø “This
would help to directly transfer benefits for
this class of workers as and when we come up with any scheme for them,” the
official added.
Ø The
labour ministry had earlier conceptualised and test-piloted the Unorganised Worker Index Number Card
for unorganised workers.
However, it now feels that issuing a
unique number would only add to the confusions
and will instead use Aadhaar.
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MY
GUESS :
Ø This
proposal has potential to create controversy ( no issue , happens all the time
! )
Ø Opposition
Parties and Labor Unions will cry “ foul “ ! ( of course, to get noticed )
Ø Being manual process, it will need millions of surveyors, take
5 year to complete
and cost Rs 5000 cr
!
What will be the process
to determine whether a person walking on the road belongs to the “ Organized
Sector “ or the “ Unorganized Sector “ ? Ask 450 million persons ?
Ø By
the time those statistics get manually compiled
and published, data will be OBSOLETE !
Ø Like
census, if manual , this exercise would need to be REPEATED
, every 5 years !
Ø In
absence of well-defined / well-publicized , proposed DIRECT BENEFITS to the
respondents, there might be resistance to survey / even temptation to furnish wrong data, in the hope of getting “ qualified “ for
some imagined DIRECT BENEFIT !
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MY
SUGGESTIONS :
Ø This
survey must be made AUTOMATIC / CONTINUOUS / DYNAMIC
, needing no human
surveyors, and with data being aggregated 24x7, into the a server of the
Labour Mnistry
Ø It
should be MOBILE APP based , as
detailed in From BAD to MAD , but with additional feature of
GPS based tracking of persons working in the field, away from office / factory
/ establishment , as recently implemented by Punjab Mandi Board
[ source : MAD goes
to Mandi / 02 Jan
2020 ]
Ø It
should start with our 65 million MSME which employ 125 million Unorganized
workers – then extended to Self Employed persons
Ø To
motivate those 65 million MSME to participate , they must be offered INCENTIVES described in
my following blog ( earlier sent as email to Cabinet Ministers ) :
Organizing
the Unorganized [ 04 Feb 2019 ]
Ø My blog also suggests the ROLES to be played by :
# Ministry of Labour
# Ministry of Electronics and IT
# Ministry of MSME
# Ministry of Skills Development
# Ministry of Commerce
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ADVANTAGES of MY SUGGESTION :
( source : From BAD
to MAD / 01
June 2016 )
# For employees , no need to file a
separate annual Income Tax Return
# Direct deposit of PF / TDS amounts
into bank accounts of Govt Depts
# Direct Benefit Transfer ( DBT ) to
every Employer for Stipend Subsidy ,
based on number of total trainees /
apprentices employed
# Total number of employees in India (
category / region / industry )
[ A ] Occupation
( No more disputes re Jobs Generated each month ! )
# Employment Density ( Industry wise /
Region wise / Skill wise etc )
# Net Employment Growth Rate ( weekly -
monthly / Industry-wise )
# Co-relation with no of persons
graduating at various levels
# Data about those Unemployed ( "
Graduating " less " Employed " )
# Overtime Statistics ( Use / Abuse )
# Work-hour Analysis ( Ave hours / week
- month )
[ C / Days of Employment ]
# Wage / Salary Rates ( Rs per hour ) -
Industry wise / Region wise
( of great interest to Foreign
Investors looking to bring down
manufacturing costs , by
outsourcing to India / manufacturing in India )
# Compliance with labour laws / tax
laws / Apprentice Act etc
# Job Market Forecasts through BIG
DATA ANALYTIC ( region / industry )
# Demographic Profiles of employees
( Rural to Urban migration )
# Per Capita Income Growth for persons
using MAD app( MOM / YOY )
[ B / Monthly Income ]
# Changing composition between Blue
Collar and White Collar employees
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I urge our Minister for Labour, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwarji ,
to consider my suggestion
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20 Jan 2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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