Preface --1. Changing Employment Strategy and its Rationale --The Indian Perspective and the Dimension of the Problem --Recommended Alternative Employment Strategy --Operational Methodology --2. Changing Employment Scenario: Emerging New Issues --Overview --The Assessment of the Plan Strategy: Its Achievements --Emerging Issues --Empirical Findings of the Growth of Employment and Unemployment Indicators (1993-94 to October 2002) --3. Vocational Training and Skill Development --Introduction --Dimensions on the Need for Vocational Training --Prioritisation of Skill Building and Vocational Training --An Outline of the Existing Vocational System --Quantitative Deficiencies in Skill Development --Skill Mismatches --Structural Deficiencies --Some Comments on ITI's Efficiency and Organisation --Elements of Skill Development Strategy --Summary and Recommendations --4. Cluster Development. Introduction --Status of Clusters and their Problems --Involving Large Industries in Cluster Development Programmes --Developing a Feasible Model for Cluster Development --Criteria for Selection of Clusters --Measures for Involving State Governments in the Programme of Cluster Development --Measures for Involving Large Industries in the Programme of Cluster Development --Skill Upgradation in Clusters --5. Business Process Outsourcing: Potentialities for Employment Generation --Difference between Business Process Outsourcing and IT Outsourcing --Forms of Business Process Outsourcing --The Probable Range of Processes Outsourced --The Reasons for Outsourcing --Current Backlash --How to Deal with the Emerging Scenario --Developed Countries-The Demographic Shift --6. Business Process Outsourcing: Potentialities for Employment Generation --Historical background --Functions of the National Employment Service (NES) --Public Perception of the Employment Service --Present Employment Scenario vis-a-vis Employment Exchange Operations --Private Placement Agencies --Are the Employment Exchanges Relevant Today? --Whether the Employment Exchange is Necessary Today --Career Counselling and Vocational Guidance --Cost Effectiveness of the Employment Exchanges --Are Employment Exchanges Doing the Jobs as Effectively as Expected? --What Employment Exchanges Should do in the Present Scenario? --7. Labour Welfare and Social Security --Section I: Social Security For The Organised Sector --Introduction --Social Security Laws --Administration of Social Security Acts --Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 --Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 --Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 --Modernisation Programme-Reinventing EPFO --The Employees State Insurance Scheme --Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 --Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 --Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 --.

Section II: The Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Scheme, 2004 --Short Title, Commencement and Application --Definitions --Registration of Members --Collection and Recording of Contributors --Compliance and Enforcement --Finance and Investment --Award and Payment of Benefits --Payment of Pension --Miscellaneous --Section III: The Employment Guarantee Bill of 2005 --(As passed by Lok Sabha on 23.8.2005) --Section IV: Jai Prakash Rozgar Guarantee Yojana (JPRGY) --Allocation of Districts --Identification of Districts within the States --Selection of Blocks within the Selected Districts. Wage Employment under the JPRGY --Self-Employment under the JPRGY --Operationalisation of the JPRGY --Annexures --Bibliography --Index --List of Tables and Boxes --Tables --2.1 The Macro Economic Indicators on NDP, Employment and Unemployment-Organised and Unorganised Sectors, 1993-94 to 2001-02 (on Usual Status) --2.2 Sector-wise Growth of Employment from 50th to 55th Round and 55th to 58th Round of NSSO (Usual Status) --2.3 Aggregate Employment Growth (Overall and Sectoral): Usual Status --2.4 Number of Unemployed and Percentage to Corresponding Labour Force --2.5 Workforce, Underemployment and Employment Elasticity under UPSS, WS & CDS --2.6 Number of Female-headed Households --Household Size and Sex-ratio for the Female-headed Households during 1993-94 and 1999-2000 --2.7 Average Household Size (0.0) and Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males) over the different NSS Surveys --2.8 Consumption and Poverty by Gender Groups --2.9 Youth Unemployment in Contrast to All Age Unemployment --(i) Youth versus All Age --(ii) Female Youth versus All Age Female --(iii) Male Youth versus All Age Male --(iv) Female Youths (Rural versus Urban) --2.10 Educated Unemployment in the Rural and Urban Sectors: 1987-88, 1993-94 and 1999-2000 --2.11 Female Educated Unemployed 1987-88, 1993-94 and 1999-2000 --2.12 (i) Unemployment Rates 1993-94 and 1999-2000 Rural (Usual Status) --(ii) Urban (Usual Status) --2.13 Unemployment Rates: Selected States (on usual status) --2.14 Variation of Employment Rates among States for the Years 1994, 2000 and 2002 --.

3.1 Estimated Number of Children Leaving School (2001-02) --3.2 Ranking of Priority Areas for Vocational Training and Skill Development --3.3 Demography of Labour Force, Youth and Employment (Dimensions based on NSS Survey of EU, on CDS basis) --3.4 Vocational Training Programmes Conducted by Departments/Institutions --3.5 Intake Capacity in the ITIs by Trade (2002) --Boxes --2.1 Strategy and Achievements: Tenth Five Year Plan --3.1 Tamil Nadu Scheme for Training-cum-Production Centres --3.2 Initiatives Taken by the Department of Employment and Training, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Since August, 2003 --3.3 National Competency Testing Agency Proposed by MHRD --4.1 An Analysis of Cluster Development Initiatives --5.1 Indicative List of Internal Processes Outsourced. List of Annexures --IA Growth of Employment in Rural Areas as per Weekly Status --IB Growth of Youth Employment in Rural Areas as per Weekly Status --IIA Growth of Employment in Urban Areas as per Weekly Status --IIB Growth of Youth Employment in Urban Areas as per Weekly Status --IIIA Growth of Employment in India (Rural and Urban Combined) as per Weekly Status --IIIB Growth of Youth Employment in India (Rural and Urban Combined) as per Weekly Status --IVA Growth of Employment in Rural Areas as per Usual Status --IVB Growth of Youth Employment in Rural Areas as per Usual Status --VA Growth of Employment in Urban Areas as per Usual Status --VB Growth of Youth Employment in Urban Areas as per Usual Status --VIA Growth of Employment in India (Rural and Urban Combined) as per Usual Status --VIB Growth of Youth Employment in All Areas (Rural and Urban Combined) as per Usual Status --VII A Note Highlighting the Salient Features of the Sample Designs of Quinquennial Surveys and Annual Surveys on Consumer Expenditure and Employment - Unemployment in the NSS --VIII Growth of Persons Attending Educational Institutions (Usual Status) --IX State-wise Population and Employment Estimates by Usual Status 1994, 2000 & 2002 (Table 1-3). Average Annual Growth Rate of Population and Employment During 1994-2000 (Table-4). Average Annual Growth Rate of Population and Employment During 2000-2002 (Table-5) --X Enrolment Capacities for Vocational Education and Training in Different States --XI Indicative List of Vocations under Identified Sectors --XII Summary and overview of the Report by the Special Group on Targeting 10 million Employment Opportunity per year by Planning Commission, Government of India May 2002 (Page 1-17) under Chairmanship of Dr. S.P. Gupta, Member Planning Commission --XIII Summary Recommendations of Report of the Study Group on Development of Small Scale Enterprises, (Page 4-8) Planning Commission, New Delhi (2001) under Chairmanship of Dr. S.P. Gupta, Member Planning Commission..