Mega meeting today to plan database for jobs

Within days of the Union Budget announcing several proposals related to employment, internship and skilling, the government is initiating a process to comprehensively tap relevant information on jobs and workforce.

- SHIVA RAJORA & SHREYA NANDI

In a first such step, some 20 Union ministries will brainstorm, on Friday, with the objective of creating a central database on employment.

In an interview, labour secretary Sumita Dawra told Business Standard that the exercise would be a starting point in formalising a way to capture data that will link supply and demand for workforce in the country. "We should have an institutional mechanism to capture and report the employment data with the central ministries," Dawra said, adding ministries will be encouraged to selfreport the employment related data on the PRAYAS portal.

The meeting will be chaired by labour minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya and will see participation of officials from ministries, such as external affairs, commerce and industry, agriculture, coal, corporate affairs, finance, skill development, and textiles.

Patnaik of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas further said: The judgment has significant implications for both state and central governments in terms of fiscal federalism and resource management.".