Transcript Employment - MSS Research

Strategies for Full Employment
National Commission on
Enterprises in the Informal/Unorganized Sector
January 7, 2005
The Mother’s Service Society, Pondicherry
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Unemployment
 1993-94
20M
 1999-00
27M
 Twice as high for lower consumption classes
 On daily basis
35M
 Youth Unemployment
13%
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Kerala
35%
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Natural Employment Generation
 New entrants to labour force
 Urban migration
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7-8M/yr
1M/yr
 Agriculture employment is flat
 Less growth in unemployment
 Natural job generation
-1M/yr
7-8M/yr
 The absence of social unrest and the fact that urban migration continues and
urban unemployment does not rise enormously indicate the surpluses are
being absorbed.
 This is unorganized, unconscious process akin to education without schools
Make the unconscious process CONSCIOUS
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How society stimulates employment
 New products
 Higher skills
 New services
 Increased speed
 Growth in demand
 Change of attitudes
 Technological innovation
 Better access to information
 Higher quality
 Legislation & enforcement
 Higher productivity
 Administrative efficiency
 Organizational innovation
 Health consciousness
 Environment awareness
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Three Approaches to Employment Generation
 Expand existing activities
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Nursery schools, tutorial institutes, English teaching
 Borrow from other countries
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Credit rating & collection agencies
Trade shows & network marketing
Health clinics
 Promote culturally compatible activities
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STD & Internet Cafes
Chit funds
Self-Help Groups
Contract farming agencies
Mini-power plants
Rural information centres
Marriage halls
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Available Modes of Action
 Increase access to credit
 Provide incentives for new initiatives
 Strengthen or enforce legislation
 Impart training
 Use insurance as a stimulus
 Publicize opportunities in the media
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Where are the untapped potentials
 Raise farm productivity
 Renewable energy
 Agro-industrial linkages
 Service sector
 Employable skills
 Application of IT
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Horticulture
 Labour content 6 times cereals
 Generates 10-30 times earning / unit area
 Filling India’s nutritional gap requires 40% growth
 Add 4M ha horticulture to raise production 40%
 Generate 8 million jobs
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Food Processing
 Improve storage & processing to reduce Rs 70,000 crores in
crop losses
 Global share of processed food exports is rising
 India processes only 2% fruits & vegetables vs. Thailand 30%,
Brazil 70%, Philippines & Malaysia 78-80%)
 India projected to process 10% fruit & veg by 2010
 Industry directly employs 1.6M
 Requires massive investment in cold storage
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Power Demand to Triple by 2020
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Oil Demand to Triple by 2020
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Cotton & Textile Industry
 India is 3rd largest producer of cotton
 Domestic demand projected to grow 70% by 2010
 Export demand projected to triple by 2010
 Double productivity of cotton
 Double area under irrigated cotton
 12 million additional jobs in textile industry
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Forestry, Herbs, Medicinal Plants
 100 M rely on forests for main source of
livelihood, including half of India’s 70M tribals
 Objective to raise forest cover 50% in 10 ys
 Introduce corporate contract farming with bonded
performance guarantees & assured employment
for local population
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Fisheries
 World seafood market doubled in the 1990s
 India’s marine & inland fisheries employ 6M
 1/3rd of India’s marine fishery potential untapped
 China full-time employment in rural aquaculture
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1989 – 1.5M
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1997 – 3.3M
 Shrimp farming -- 4 direct & 4 indirect jobs per ha
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1999 – 161,000 ha generates employment for 1.3M
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Additional 120,000 ha would create 1M jobs
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Dairy
 Rs 100,000 crores by 2005
 India is largest and lowest cost producer
 70M dairy farmers
 Cooperatives provide employment for 11M
families
 Potential for 42M jobs
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Organization for Rural Prosperity
 Self Help Groups
 Contract Farming
 Rural Information Centers
 Farm Schools
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Self Help Groups
 1 million created in 3 years
 15 million members benefit
 90%+ repayment of loans
 Mostly for non-farm activities
 Commodity-wise SHGs for agriculture
 Appachi Foundation & ICICI – 60 SHGs for cotton
growers in Tamil Nadu
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Rural IT Knowledge Centres
 Mission 2007 – 500,000 village centres
 Can create 5 jobs per centre
 Can charge for services
 Soil analysis -- expert system for advice
 Multi-media farm training
 Input supply information
 Market information
 Educational information
 Health information
 E-government services
 Other vocational training
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Service Sector
 USA: provides 80% of jobs
 India:
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Grew by 60M jobs in 18 yrs
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Rose from 25% to 32% of total employment
 High potential fields
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Tourism
Transport, storage, communication
Education
Health care
Financial services
Internet-based activities
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Internet-based Self-Employment
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Desktop publishing
Web design
Web research
E-books
Translation
Technical writing
Engineering & technical services
Opportunities from Rs 5000 to 1 lakh per month
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Vocational Skills
 50% of firms in developing and industrialized
countries report severe shortage of skilled workers.
 India’s problem is not lack of employment
opportunities but lack of employable skills.
 Skills create employment and self-employment
opportunities.
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Vocational Skills Gap
 Only 5% of India’s workforce (20-24 years) have
vocational training compared with 28% in Mexico
and 96% in Korea.
 By 2010 major labour shortages will emerge in the
industrialized nations forcing movement of both
manufacturing & service jobs to wherever the skills
are best.
 Upgrading skills essential to tap global markets
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Vocational Training in India
 4200 ITIs
 1,654 government run
 2,620 private
 Courses offered
 43 engineering & 24 non-engineering trades
 Capacity – 6.3 lakhs
 State enterprise programmes – 1.7 lakh
 Including agriculture & other – 20 lakh
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Vocational Training Deficit
Students completing 8th-9th standard
300 lakhs
Students entering 10th-11th
150 lakhs
New entrants to workforce (per year)
70 lakhs
Vocational training in engineering, agriculture &
other fields
20 lakhs
New entrants to workforce w/o training
50 lakhs
Existing unemployed youth (15-29) of which 80%
are educated up to 10th
150 lakhs
Existing workers to be trained to raise non-ag
skilled portion to 25%
350 lakhs
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Three Models
 Farm Schools in every revenue village
 Vocational Schools
 Computerized & Televised Vocational Training
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Vocational Schools
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Promote vocational institutes at block and district level
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5000 govt
50,000 private
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Conduct exams for every skill as for drivers licenses
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Certify approved training centres, e.g. BPO
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Provide scholarships & incentives for trainees
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Computer-based learning is
twice as fast @ half the cost
 Multimedia
 Interactive
 Immediate Feedback
 Self-paced learning
 Eliminates need for trained teachers
 Responds rapidly to changing skill needs
 Uniform testing
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Computerized Vocational Training
 Establish 1 lakh CVT Institutes like internet cafes
 50,000 in private sector
 50,000 training centres at engineering and arts
colleges, ITIs, polytechs, high schools, NGOs, etc.
 Partnership with industry to develop multimedia
training software
 Provide training to a minumum of 4 million students
per annum
 Government certification of courses
 Generate self-employment opportunities for 50,000
entrepreneurs
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Multimedia vocational courses
English
Child care
Nutritionist
Selling skills
Real estate
Law clerk
Telemarketing
Insurance agent
Quality manager
Catering
Video editing
Furniture design
Farm mgmt
Pharma rep
Textile design
Reporting
Dry cleaning
Electrical repair
Travel agent
Internet research
Graphic design
Bookkeeper
Organic farming
Interior design
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CVT Job Shops
 Privately owned, self-employment
 Each centre with 1 to 10 computers
 Stocked with a library of training software
 Training material on CD-Rom format
 Fees based on an hourly rate
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CVT Job Shop: Assumptions
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Three computers per Job Shop
20 training programmes per Job Shop
Each computer utilized 300 hours per mo
Operating expenses for rent, two paid
employees, phone, electricity may range from
Rs 15,000 to 20,000 per month
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CVT Job Shop: Economics
 Capital investment Rs 1.5 lakh.
 Cost of operations per computer hour = Rs 20 / hour.
 Cost of amortising of computers and software over two
years = Rs 14 per hour
 Average cost of training = Rs 35 per hour
 Average retail price of training = Rs 50 per hour
 Net profit = Rs 15 per hour or Rs 1.5 lakhs / yr
 50 hours of computerized vocational training, equivalent to
about 250 hours of classroom training, would cost the
student only Rs 2500.
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Training Software: Economics
 Cost Rs 50 lakhs per course
 Retail price Rs 1000 per set
 Sale of 10,000 sets generates Rs 50 lakhs profit
 Offer 50% government subsidy for development
of approved courses
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CVT Action Plan
1. Delivery CVT through all state-owned engineering colleges, ITIs,
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Polytechnics, liberal arts colleges, high schools, other institutions
certified by GOI.
Provide financial assistance/ incentives under Central Government selfemployment schemes to promote private training institutes.
Encourage financial institutions to provide loans to entrepreneurs.
Negotiate with computer software companies to develop a wide range
of vocational training courses.
Recognized institutional authorities to certify course contents.
Finance bulk purchase of approved training software with 50% subsidy
to minimize the cost of training.
Train entrepreneurs to set up/manage private institutes.
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Who creates enterprises?
 Skilled experienced workers leaving existing jobs
create enterprises
Machinists
 taxi drivers
 hotel servers
 bus cleaners
 Printers
 tailors
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 Do entrepreneurial training programmes work?
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Promoting Entrepreneurship
 Extend bank credit & seed capital to employees with 5
years experience & guarantee their right to return to job
 Require training & certification for new enterprises to
reduce failure rate
 Existing entrepreneur to sign as guarantor
 Insurance companies can ensure loans based on
qualifications
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Identify Self-employment Opportunities
 Tuitions
 English teaching
 Child care
 Home care – Apollo Hospitals
 Home delivery
 Pharmacists
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Computerized Self-Employment
 Internet research
 E-books
 Translation
 Technical writing
 Web page design
 E-marketing
Computer loans for self-employment on easy terms
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IT Incubator Business Parks
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Computerised vocation training
Computerised tuitions institutes
Computerised language training
Software training
Video-conferencing services
High speed data transfer services
Web, graphic and animation design services
Computerized testing laboratories – medical, soil testing
Computer repair and maintenance services
International Internet telephony
Computer hardware parts manufacturing and assembly
Customer and technical support call centres
Back office processing
Medical transcription
Digital photography, scanning and image processing
Internet research services
Accounting services
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Employment Guarantee Scheme
 Once backed by law, the people will demand it.
 Administration lacks determination and efficiency
to make it happen.
 Possibility of unrest and violence.
 Require administrative ordinance confined to
EGS to enforce implementation.
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Issues for Study
 Natural job creation -- past 5 opr 10 years
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How many jobs are being created?
In which sectors & fields?
By what process?
How can the natural process be magnified and accelerated?
How are rural migrants absorbed in the cities?
 Occupational demand
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Identify high growth occupational categories at all levels
Measure growth in pay/income levels by category
 Emerging Activities
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Identify emerging occupations in all sectors,
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Farm managers & Soil technicians
Servicing for cell phones, ACs, computers, VCDs, etc.
Home delivery, floor cleaner, masseuse
 Skills for national development
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Compile a complete list of skills needed for India’s development to next higher level
 Job creation in other countries
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Study which job categories grew rapidly in US during a comparable period?
Study developments in other countries that will impact on job opportunities here.
 Efficacy of Entrepreneurial Development Programmes
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