45,398 youths got employment in last four years: Labour & Employment Minister

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Published By : Prasanta Dash | July 30, 2024 6:49 PM

45,398 youths got employment in last four years: Labour & Employment Minister

Bhubaneswar, July 30: As many as 45,398 youths got employment in last four years, said Labour and Employees State Insurance Minister Ganesh R Sing Khuntia on Tuesday.

Responding to a question by Congress MLA from Lakshmipur, Pabitra Sounta, Khuntia said that as many as 9,90,696 educated youths had registered their names in various employment exchanges in Odisha for jobs between 2020 and 2024. As many as 45,398 youths including 11,261 women had got jobs in different government and private sectors during the period. 

Presenting the database on the migrant workers, the minister said, till 2024, licenses have been issued to 476 contractors to employ 36,344 migrant workers under Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act, 1979. Migrant workers working abroad (outside India) are covered under the Emigration Act, 1983 of the Government of India, the minister said.

As on June 30, 2024, as many as 42,51,505 construction workers have been registered under Odisha Construction Workers Welfare Board and 3,75,950 unorganized workers under Odisha Unorganized Workers Social Security Board, the minister told the Assembly.

Responding to another query raised by member Prasant Behera on migrant workers, Singkhuntia said that the state government draws the attention of the Ministry of External Affairs regarding any exploitation of migrant workers abroad and takes steps accordingly for their safe return. The government has ensured the safe return of 105 labourers from foreign soil in 2023 and 2024.

 

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