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- The analysis of the data has revealed the extent both of their contribution to the economies of other states and
- The challenge before the UP government to provide them with employment within the state.
- To connect the skilled workers to industry, the state has formed a labour commission, and is developing a web portal with skills data.
What the numbers show for 30 lakh migrant workers?
- Out of about 30 lakh workers whose skill-profiling has been done by the UP government so far, about half, i.e., close to 15 lakh, are unskilled workers.
- The largest numbers of skilled workers are construction workers, they are about 5.33 lakh.
- The next big number is that of labourers other than construction and factory workers.
- There are about 91,000 painters.
- There are about 66,000 agricultural labourers.
- About 65,000 of those associated with carpentry.
- About 62,000 tailors or those associated with stitching or embroidery.
- 45,200 drivers, 21,093 cooks, about 17,400 electricians, 13,231 plumbers and 11,609 automobile mechanics.
- Among the workers who have returned are women, the bulk of whom are ayahs or those who make their living looking after children.
- 8,941 beauticians, barbers, or those associated with the mehendi art.
- 8,842 computer or mobile repair workers, and 8,600 workers associated with sales and marketing.
- There are about 3,650 female housekeepers or domestic help.
- 8,300 people were street vendors, vegetable vendors, or rickshaw pullers.
- The list also includes those working as delivery boys or in courier services, teachers, packers and movers etc.
- About 2,000 people who were engaged in the banking or insurance sector.
Government’s strategy for their employment?
- The data will be shared with the industry and on a web portal with the contact details of each worker, so that interested potential employers can contact them.
Through MGNREGA
- MNREGA has come as the biggest relief for the state government in providing employment to not just those who have come back from other states but also to those who have lost their jobs within the state.
- The average single-day employment was about 9 lakh, but as more and more people started moving back to their villages, the number saw its peak a few days back – reaching 57 lakh in a day,
- Labourers under MNREGA were engaged in projects such as-
- The deepening of ponds in villages, and in river rejuvenation projects.
- As many as 22 river rejuvenation works are in progress across the state.
What about skilled workers who have returned?
- With very few employment opportunities still, many skilled workers too are engaged in MNREGA works, sources believe.
- There are about 15 lakh skilled workers among the migrant workers who have returned.
- The largest number are construction workers.
- The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Department and the Infrastructure and Industry Department have been given the job of acting as a mediator to link workers with industry.
- Government agencies like the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority, Public Works Department, etc., are trying to engage labourers at their construction sites for road projects.
- Work is currently in progress on three expressways in the state –
- The Purvanchal Expressway, which is in an advanced stage; the Bundelkhand Expressway; and the Gorakhpur Link Expressway
- UP has also signed MoUs with the Industries Association, FICCI, Udyog Bharti, and the National Real Estate Development Council to find employment for 11 lakh workers, and for skills training.
- The Noida Apparel Export Cluster had recently asked for about 2 lakh tailors;
- it has been given a list of those associated with the tailoring job.
Anything for women workers?
- Not many of those who were working as domestic helps or ayahs are willing to take up employment under MNREGA, sources said.
- The state government plans to engage them through Self Help Groups in the manufacturing of masks and PPE kits.
- Under the recently launched Banking Correspondent Sakhi Yojana under the Rural Livelihood Mission,
- Women can be deployed in every village to provide all kind of banking help at people’s doorsteps.
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