Employment News : Part time work is also on rise in India.
Rise in Part-Time Work
The
World Bank in its World Development Report 2013 has pointed out that
part time and temporary wage employment are now major features of
industrialised and developing countries and that in India, the number of
temporary workers that employment agencies recruit grew more than 10
percent in 2009 and 18 percent in 2010. Part time work is also on rise
in India with the share of informal workers in total employment in
organized firms grew from 32 per cent in 2000 to 52 per cent in 2005 to
68 per cent in 2010. The propensity of firms to hire contract workers
has increased over time for all firms employing 10 or more workers.
The
World Development Report 2013 has also pointed out that when workers
move from low-to-high-productivity jobs, output increases and the
economy becomes more efficient. Stringent regulations that obstruct such
labour reallocation do not sit on the efficiency plateau and affect
economic efficiency. Government has taken several steps to provide
decent opportunities of livelihood to all those who seek employment. A
provision under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA), 2005 has been made to provide at least one hundred days
of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household
whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled work. Government is
taking all necessary steps to enhance the employability and employment
in the country by promoting growth of labour intensive sectors such as
Construction, Real Estate and Housing, Transport, Tourism, Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises, Information Technology Enabled Services and a
range of other new services. Besides, Government is also providing self
employment opportunities in the rural areas through National Rural
Livelihood Mission.
Approach Paper to the 12th
Five Year Plan (2012-17) suggests focus on faster, sustainable and more
inclusive growth for creating adequate livelihood opportunities. Such
job opportunities could come from faster expansion in agro-processing,
supply chains, steady modernization in farming, maintenance of equipment
& other elements of rural infrastructure and the services sector.
The
Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri K. Suresh gave this
information in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today .
PIB
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