BRIEF NOTE ON IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT

The Directorate of Employment is the apex of the organisation in the state . It is basically a regulatory body which ensures effectiveness of work and take appropriate action to bring about necessary improvements in Employment organisation . The works include collection , compilation , analysis and interpretation of statistics and employment market data & also carries out works and inspections of establishments under the different provisions of the Compulsory Notifications of the Vacancies Act , 1959.

Broadly the main primary routine activities are Registration , Submission , Placement , Vocational Guidance , Collection and Compilation of Employment Market Informations , Verification of Records of Establishments under the provisions of the CNV Act 1959 . As on 30.06.2000 the statistical figure for the year 2000 is as follows :

Registration : 87,032 Vacancy notified : 1267

Submission : 20,947 Placement : 970 & Live Register : 9,93,965

Lack of job opportunities for employment in Govt. and the organised sector is key concern of the State . Avenues in self employment is the only alternative to this problem . Hence stress is being given for self employment through our Vocational Guidance Programmes in form of Career Conferences , Career Talks organised in the schools and colleges of the districts.

After promulgation of the Hon'ble Supreme Court Judgement in a case filed by K.B.N. Viswashwara Rao & Others versus The Excise Suprintendent , Malkapatanam , Krishna District , Andhra Pradesh in the year 1966 , the activities of the Employment Exchanges in the State have become almost obsolete . This landmark judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court gives stress on wide publicity of vacancies through different media like Television , Print media , publishing the vacancies , besides notifying the vacancies under the provisions of Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies ) Act , 1959 . Therefore , a non-registrant in the

Employment Exchange can also apply for any job in persuance of the publicity made through different media. Therefore , it has now become necessary to diversify the activities of the Employment Exchanges and converting it to promotional activities by way of Vocational Guidance , counselling on different avenues on job opportunities , self-employment by way of organising career conferences , career talks , individual guidance etc.

Today the only openeing , where a large number of job seekers can find placement is the Defence Services. Our Hon'ble Chief Minister has taken up this issue at the Govt. of India level to recruit at least 5000 persons in Defence Services in a year against around 1500 vacancies earmarked for the state . Accordingly the matter was taken up with Secretary Defence ,Government of India .A meeting was held between Addl. Chief Secretary , Orissa and Comde. S.K.Dutta , Deputy Director General (Recruitment) on 11.07.2000 to find out possibility of increasing the quota of intake of boys from Orissa into Defence Services . It has been suggested to organise a State Level Seminar to bring an awareness among the students by inviting Principals and Headmasters of Colleges , Schools , Technical Institutions and in the Process they would motivate the students. Or this preliminary ground work has been completed .

There are also possibility of more intake of Orissa boys in Indian Navy . Recruitment to Indian Navy in different cadres like Matriculate Entry Recruits (MER) , DE(DH) Direct Entry (Diploma Holders ), A.A (Artifisher Apprentice) and NMER (Non Matriculate Entry Recruits ) are conducted twice in a year by I.N.S. Chilika which is one of the Recruiting Centres of the country . Unlike Army recruitment , Naval recruitment is done on the basis of a national merit list . There is no quota of vacancy earmarked for any state . The tests include written examination followed by medical and physical examinations . The recruitment position of Orissa in the national level varies from 4^th to 6^th position as revealed from the recruitment figures of the preceding five years . There is also every possibility of better intake of Oriya boys in case some pre-recruitment coaching are given to the participants to cross the physical tests. Therefore it is necessary to impart some basic physical tests to the participants in each district headquarters / Sub-divisional headquarters before they appear in the examination . The matter has been referred of the School and Mass Education Deptt. and Higher Education Department of the state to utilise the services

of the Physical Education Teachers of the schools and colleges for the participants to impart physical training .

Recruitment Rallies for Army were organised at Bhubaneswar , Sambalpur and Berhampur during April and July , 2000. 628 no. of vacancies were earmarked for the state for the rally conducted during that period . Out of this total despatch has been made in respect of Branch Recruiting Office , Cuttack (Bhubaneswar Camp) taking 265 number of personnel and results from Sambalpur and Gopalpur are still awaited . Attempts have been made to conduct Recruitment Rallies at tribal district headquarters viz. Phulbani , Mayurbhanja, Sundargarh , Koraput , Keonjhar , Kalahandi for securing better representation of Tribal youth during coming Rallies to be held in November / December , 2000. For successful organisation of Recruitment Rallies all logistic support is given by the State Government by way of providing accomodation to the recruiting team , who are visiting the state for a period of around 10 to 12 days in each phase , transport facilities for those officers , drinking water supply , medical coverage , ground facilities , law and order arrangements and the like. Also pre- recruiting coaching programme to medically and physically selected candidates are given for the written examination.

For having better representation of Oriya girls in joining as Officer in Indian Defence Services , special coaching programmes are being conducted to face Service Selection Board Examination conducted by UPSC. Government have identified two professional institutes namely M/S Kalinga Academy at Bhubaneswar and M/S G.Z. Institutes at Rourkela to take up these coaching programmes. During August, 2000 one such programme has been organised in M/S Kalinga Acedemy , Bhubaneswar taking 25 girls. These institutes are professionally qualified having all required infrastructures. Around 12 girls have been selected as officers in Indian Defence Services through these courses . From the last course alone one Miss Manisha Pati and Priya Mohanty have been selected.

"Meet the Talents"-200" was organised in the Auditorium of Soochna Bhawan , Bhubaneswar on 08.08.2000. Successful candidates of the All India Civil Services , IIT. Defence Services Examination and those who excelled in Sports and Games in the National and International

Level were also felicitated including the toppers of 10^th class H.S.C Examinations. The programmes has been designed to motivate the students of Orissa for All India Services etc.

In the Common Minimum Programme enunciated by Govt. stress is laid on Self earning and Employment since scope of employment opportunities in Govt. / Public Sector is reducing. So far role of this organisation is concerned on these aspects , it is basically counselling and giving guidance for self employment through career conferences , career talks , individual guidance, dissemination of available informations on self-employment avenues , publication of V.G.Bulletins etc. To promote Vocational Guidance activities in the State, Government have set up 22 Model Career Concerns in some of the Women colleges and Girls' High schools located in the tribal and backward districts of the State, besides 12 Students Information Bureau set up in Premiere colleges of the State. There are also University Employment Information & Guidance Bureaus set up in four universities of the state, i.e. Utkal University , Berhampur University, Sambalpur University and O.U.A.T , Bhubaneswar for disseminating informations on various jobs and career opportunities and studies abroad to the students of such universities including self employment ventures. This department is also co-ordinating with other departments at district level for availing self-employment assistance like PMRY , SGSY , SUME , SEUP etc. under on going poverty alleviation programmes.

Employment Exchanges Information System is an integrated software for on-line registration of candidates in different employment exchanges of the state . The system is required for on-line registration , preparation of annual list , submission of list names , live-register, provision of renewal , lapsing, transfer of registration cards , generation of statistical reports and returns, ensuring fairness in submission , avoidance of human errors and delay, safe up keeping of data on various activities of Employment Exchanges etc. Keeping in view of the above objectives eight District Employment Exchanges viz- 1. Bhubaneswar , 2. Berhampur , 3. Sambalpur , 4. Rayagada , 5. Angul , 6. Balasore , 7. Keonjhar , and 8. Bolangir have been computerised so far including Directorate of Employment, Bhubaneswar . The computerisation work of District Employment Exchange, Koraput is in progress . During this financial year it has been programmed to computerise District Employment Exchange , Phulbani . Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC) is the nodal agency for software consultancy for this purpose. OCAC provides consultancy on total solutions including feasibility studies , requiremnet specifications , procurement of Hardare and Software packages , application software developments and training etc.

As per L & E Deptt. circular No. 6867/ LE dt. 23.06.88 , No.5198 / LE dt. 14.05.98 and Memo No. 13531(187) LE dt. 28.11.98 the procedure for registration of names in Employment Exchanges is as follows.

The following categories of candidates can register their names in the employment exchanges.

6867/ LE ( i ) The permanent residents

Dt. 23.06.88 (ii ) The outsiders who have resided in the locality for more than 12 years.

The registration of candidates belonging to (ii) caegory shall be allowed on production of necessary certificate from the local Tehsildar.

6867/ LE (iii) Regular and Work charges employees either of Government or

dt.23.06.88 public Sector and regular employees of Private Sector Industries and

&No. 5198 / LE Organisations and his or her dependants ( viz. Children , dependant

DT.14.05.98 brother or sister who normally reside with him or her ).

Memo No. (iv) The Orphanages / Destitutes

13531 (187) / LE For the purpose of registration of their names in the Employment

dt.28.11.98 Exchanges , the following shall be considered :-

Envelope No[ ] Part-1 Registration Type (F/T/R) [ ]