A total of 6016 persons have been provided employment during the current financial year as on June 30 , 2018 under Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Protshan Yojana (PMRPY) in Chhattisgarh, the Central Government has informed.
Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Protshan Yojana (PMRPY) has been initiated by the Union Ministry of labour & Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivising employers by paying their entire contribution of 12% (or as admissible) towards the EPS and EPF for all sectors from April 1, 2018 to all eligible new employees and is applicable for all sectors for the three years. Till July 25, 2018, the scheme has 61.12 lakh beneficiaries in the country.
It has initiated labour reforms to create an enabling environment to facilitate ease of doing business, ease of compliance, transparency, accountability and extending the social security coverage of the unorganised workers.
Union Ministry of labour & Employment is also implementing National Career Service (NCS) Project for transforming the employment services in the country using technology to bring more employment opportunities to jobseekers.