Govt begins survey to ascertain Goa’s employment figures

In order to ascertain the Unemployment rate in Goa, the government has commenced a survey to find out how manyGoansand non-Goans have been employed in various sectors in the state.

The survey, which is expected to go on for a month, is being carried out by officials of the department of labour and EMPLOYMENT, who will visit industries, hotels, showrooms, supermarkets, general stores, pharmacies, garment stores, hospitals, clinics, and even kiosks.

In its annual report for 2020-21, theUnion ministry of statisticsand programme implementation (MoSPI) had said that Goa had the third highest joblessness rate in the country during that period.

Referring to data from the employment exchange for 2019, state labour minister Atanasio ‘Babush’Monserratesaid that as many as 1.2 lakh youth are registered on the exchange. He also claimed that some people obtain employment cards for themselves solely to land government jobs and said that the government is not a factory to keep on generating employment.