Evaluation Study on Employment Opportunities Forgone by Nagas and Employment of Non-Nagas in the State

Abstract

The study on ‘employment Opportunities Forgone and Employment of non-Nagas’ is the 52nd report of the Evaluation Directorate, Government of Nagaland, Kohima. While the State's young demographic profile has made the State favorably placed in terms of manpower availability, yet given the high State's decennial population growth rate at 64.41%(2001) as well as the high rate of output from the universities and colleges, compounded by the non-optimisation of available employment opportunities, the gravity of unemployment issue is increasing year by year. By providing proper direction, capacity building and incentives, the unemployed youth/work force of the State could be motivated to take advantage of all available employment opportunities in the State .Therefore, to make an assessment of the employment opportunities foregone, the Evaluation Directorate undertook this study covering only the private/unorganised sector in the three district headquarters of Kohima, Dimapur (including Niuland sub-division) and Mokokchung (including Mangkolemba) where the concentration of the non- Naga workforce is high.