Data on payroll additions from the EPFO will be integrated to a PMO dashboard, under categories such as job creation by state, sector and demography
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is likely to track how many jobs are being created in both the informal and formal sectors from next week amid a noisy debate on joblessness in India.
Data on payroll additions from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, or EPFO, will be integrated to a PMO dashboard, under categories such as job creation by state, sector and demography, two government officials said seeking anonymity.
The move will also help the government keep tabs on a wage subsidy scheme it has rolled out via EPFO to spur job creation in the covid recovery phase. Tracking and monitoring have assumed importance as job creation has become a prickly political issue.
“Details of jobs and payroll will be integrated with a dashboard, and it will provide regular updates about the growth and fall of the sector. A lot of work has gone into it, and it will go live in the next few days,” said one of the two government officials who declined to be named.
Source: livemint
