Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)

Labour Force and Employment Projection

Dated 3rd March 2006

In the context of preparation of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, it-has been decided to set up a Working Group on Labour Force and Employment Projection. The composition of the Working Group will be as follows:

1.

Prof. B.L. Mungekar, Member, Planning Commission, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001.

Chairman

2.

Dr. Ms. Jeemol Unni, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad-380060.

Member

3

Shri Madhu Mohite, Former Secretary of the Mumbai Municipality Kamgaar Sangha, C-9, Govind Madhav Society, Arya Chanakya Nagar, Akurli Road, Kandivli East, Mumbai-400101. Member

4

Prof. Subhashish Gangopadhyay, Director
India Development Foundation, 249-F, Sector-18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon-122015, Haryana.

Member

5.

Dr. Bibek Debroy , Secretary General. PHDCCI. 4/2, PHD House, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi-1100 49.

Member

6.

Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla, Principal, OXUS Investment, S-160 Second Floor, Panchsheela Park, New Delhi-110017.

Member

7.

Dr. T.S. Papola, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Narcndra Niketan, I.P. Estate, P.O. Box No.7151, New Delhi-110002.

Member

8.

Shri N. Srinivasan, Director General, CII, 23-26, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, NewDelhi-110003.

Member

9.

Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi- 110001.

Member

10

Prof. P.N. Maribhat, Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, Maurice Nagar, New Delhi-110007

Member

11

Prof. Arup Mitra, Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, Maurice Nagar, New Delhi-110007

Member

12

Director General, National Sample Survey Organisation, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.

Member

13

Registrar General of India, 2A, Mansingh Road, New Delhi-110001.

Member

14

Shri C. Chandaran, CEO and Commissioner, KVIC, 3, Irla Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai-4000 05.

Member

15.

Secretary (Employment), Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032.

Member

16.

Labour Secretary, Government of Gujarat, Block No.5, New Sachivalaya, Gandinagar-382010.

Member

17.

Labour Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Se :r: .ariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600009.

Member

18.

Labour Secretary, Government of Orissa, Orissa Secretariat, Bhubaneswar - 751001.

Member

19.

Labour Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh, B-9, CHARIMLI, Bhopal-4520 04.

Member  ..

20.

Director, IAMR (or his nominee), Plot No.25, Sector A-7, Institutional Area, Narela, Delhi-110040.

Member

21.

Adviser (LEM), Planning Commission, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110 001.

Member

22.

Director (Employment Studies Unit), (LEM Division) Planning Commission, Sansad Marg, New Delhi.

Convener

2. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group will be as under:

  1. To review the employment situation in general and in respect of specific groups like women and educated persons, and in different regions of the country.
  2. To project the labour force and work opportunities that should form the basis of the strategy for the Eleventh Plan.
  3. To suggest strategies for creating work opportunities.
  4. To assess the unemployment situation in general and among groups such as youth and the educated and to suggest ways to deal with it.
  5. Any other issue(s) concerning employment policy and programmes, with the consent of the Chairman of the Working Group.     .

3. The Chairman of the Working Group may co-opt any other person as Member of the Working Group, if considered necessary.

4. The Working Group will submit its report by April 30, 2006. LEM Division of the Planning Commission will provide Secretariat for the Working Group.

5. The expenditure on TA/DA of official members in connection with the meetings of the Committee will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry to which the official belongs as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. The non-official members of the Committee will be entitled to TA/DA as permissible to Grade I officers of the Government of India under SRI 90(a) and this expenditure will be borne by the Planning Commission.

6. Smt. Padmaja Mehta, Director (Labour, Employment and Manpower Division), Room No. 551, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi (Telephone No. 23096541), will be the Nodal Officer for this Steering Committee for ail further communications.