Centre likely to move ILO against its India employment report
- India, a founding member of the International Labour Organization (ILO), is likely to raise a complaint against the UN agency over its India Employment Report, 2024, released in March.
- A Union Labour Ministry official said the “model” the ILO had used to assess the employment scene in India was not suitable and India had its own assessment of the situation.
Highlights:
- Weeks before the Lok Sabha election, the report prepared by the ILO and the Institute of Human Development (IHD) said India’s youth account for almost 83% of the unemployed workforce and the share of youngsters with secondary or higher education among total unemployed youth has almost doubled from 35.2% in 2000 to 65.7% in 2022.
- The senior government official said data used by the ILO are different from the data used in the country.
- “We will take up the matter with the ILO,” adding that the concept of employment has been changing drastically in the country with more people turning entrepreneurs and formal employment gaining momentum with increasing subscriptions in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.
- The Union Labour Ministry had earlier expressed doubts over the data provided by private agencies such as the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The government has been insisting that the Periodic Labour Force Surveys have better data on the situation in India.
- “Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government. Accordingly, the Government of India has taken various steps for generating employment in the country,”.
Prelims Takeaway:
- ILO
- NSSO