Meghalaya Govt to soon hold meeting with private employers for engaging local workforce

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 10, 2020

The state government has decided to soon hold a meeting with the private employers for engaging local semi-skill, skilled and highly-skilled resources available in the state.

“We have decided that the Commissioner & Secretary of Commerce and Industries and the Labour department to jointly convene a meeting with the private business houses to again follow up on the notification issued by the government in this regard,” Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters after a review meeting on Wednesday.

The notification was issued by the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training after stiff opposition from several NGOs against the government’s decision to grant special permission to bring highly-skilled workforce from outside the state.

The notification has asked all contractors or employers to explore possibilities of engaging the local semi-skill, skilled and highly-skilled resources who are in available in the state.

It said skill or highly-skilled resources working in different sectors in the state have migrated back to their home-state and are unlikely to return in the near future adding this has and will result in shortage of semi-skill, skilled and highly-skilled resources in the state.

According to the notification, major construction activities like roads & bridges have been adversely affected and are not in a position to resume work due to non-availability of semi-skill, skilled and highly-skilled labourers. Other employers are also facing similar constrain and challenges of scarcity of resources. This has resulted in a major demand-supply imbalance.